Last week I spent some rushed time trying to fit in a custom made European Luxury bed for a local designer.  I was given fabric samples, and color samples, and some blank canvas pieces to work with.  She was very clear about describing her vision to me.  The bed is going to be very elaborate with a variety of beautiful fabrics enveloping it and a 7 ft wide and 9 ft tall custom made headboard.  I can’t wait to see everything once its tied together.  I’ll be sure to take some pictures of the final product.

I didn’t get a chance to go in with oil paint and put the final detailed touches on the bed, but will be going on site in a week or two to complete the project.  I’m currently working on the daughters custom bed which will be similar but a bit girly and dainty!  Its been a really fun project to work on.  I love antiquing and distressing things.

Here is what it sort of looks like after being painted and gold leafed!  You will have to use your imagination until I get pictures of the bed assembled.  A lot of the pieces were poly-styrene so I used a new primer over at Hirshfields to prime everything, including the wood pieces.  Soon pictures will come.  until then, I’ll be working on the other bed.

You get the idea… I’ll wow you later!  lol

goldy love,

LULU

This past week the team and I found ourselves all over the place.  One of the houses that we were working on was located in Stillwater and true to the Stillwater way was just bursting with character and personality.

We originally were exposed to this beautiful home and its wonderful family through a contractor who needed to have a particular type of gel staining done.  It needed to be done to the new windows for the front room to match the existing trim and windows that have been with this home since the beginning.  (I’ll post these next time)

Well, in being there and working on the trim we got a chance to see some really beautiful ceiling tiles that were simply painted in white.  You can imagine our excitement just at seeing them alone.  Add to this our creative flair, and the three of us were just buzzing with all of the jolly things we were wishing to do to them.  In the end the homeowners chose a simple Modern Masters effect, using a whiz roller and lots of zig zagging that left the rooms nothing short of striking!

The first picture is of the girls priming the ceiling tiles over the white that was already on the ceilings. 

This second picture to the far right shows how well the metallic paint was covering over the primer and the ceilings in process.  This picture does not quite show the dining room in the back, but there were larger tiles in there that received the same treatment.  What was very interesting about this process is that although we did the same method on each of the rooms the appearance is very different in each of the rooms.  The larger less detailed tiles really show the movement in our rolling, and a bit more definition in the color of the metallic paint, really highlighting the highs and lows.  The smaller tiles appear very clean and uniform, and they both look gorgeous!

We ended up doing a lot more projects for this wonderful family including a accent red wall in there teenage sons room, then painting the rest of the room in a butter-cream tinted beige.  We did all the new windows, and trim in the front sitting room, and some other projects as well.  The home was lovely to be involved in beautifying even more.

Below is the finished result in one of the rooms!  I’ll post pictures from the trim project soon!  Happy Painting!!!  LULU