LULu Wanderlust » MIFF http://lulupainting.com Professional Interior and Decorative Painting. Twin Cities, new products, color lusting, great designers, and fabulous finds! Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:33:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Lusterstone for $10/GALLON http://lulupainting.com/2009/08/lusterstone-for-10gallon/ http://lulupainting.com/2009/08/lusterstone-for-10gallon/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:58:15 +0000 lulu http://lulupainting.com/?p=1049 The Minneapolis Institute of Fine Finishing is selling LUSTERSTONE GALLONS for only $10

lil ol me LULU and Patina Designs

Colors include:

  • Cobalt Blue
  • Terra Cotta
  • Merlot
  • Crimson Red
  • Charred Olive
  • Weathered Bronze.

Be sure to get in there fast or call to reserve yours immediately…They are going FAST at only $10 a gallon, How on earth can you beat that?

The Plaster Center is located at:

525 Second Avenue North, 3rd Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55405

Contact the Plaster Center to order:

By phone: (612) 374-0221
By email: plastercenter@comcast.net
For more information: Visit their website

enjoy!!!  lulu

]]> http://lulupainting.com/2009/08/lusterstone-for-10gallon/feed/ 3 A Students Vanishing Car! http://lulupainting.com/2009/05/a-students-vanishing-car/ http://lulupainting.com/2009/05/a-students-vanishing-car/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 14:40:05 +0000 lulu http://lulupainting.wordpress.com/?p=726 I have to head out the door to do demo’s at the Minneapolis Institute of Fine Finishes Open House today but, the ever so sweet Nancy Jansson from ‘Affirming Spirit’ http://www.affirmingspirit.com/ sent this over to me this morning and I just had to share it with all of you.

This girl rocks!!!!  Design student Sara Watson Decorative finished her car to DISAPPEAR!!!!  read more here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/8030766.stm

sara-watsonHave a colorful day everyone!!!!  lulu

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dsc02773(Here is a photo of the students working on the doors in the studio)

The students were all wonderful and really brought a lot of insight and innovative ideas to the finishes.  The greatest part of it for me was seeing how beautifully each door came out and how each finisher brings something new to the table.  We had people in the class ranging from a district manager at Hirshfields, to fine finishers and a DIY homeowner wanting to refinish her cabinets at home with out spending a lot of time.

dsc02775(this is one of the students crackle tissue paper doors)

I taught wood icing which was a huge hit.  People were very impressed with how the product really does stain just like wood.  We even did a test, taping off one half of a door and just skim coating it with wood icing, letting it dry over night and then staining.  The match was dead on, and it filled in all the nasty wood grain on the door we were doing charging the whole feel of the piece.  I’m busy now working on putting together a Full Wood Icing class for the studio.

dsc02779(this is the wood icing finish we did, developed by he wonderful Rose Wilde)

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in class.  You all were such a joy to work with and I look forward to seeing pictures of your beautiful works of art and will hope to see you in the studio again soon!

love, LULU

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