for those of you playing the home game, here is the before, during & after of the little vignette, and all the particulars:
paint colors, from benjamin moore: ivory white, #925 (base coat – wall and floor), brushed aluminum, #1485 (used for stenciling), deep indigo, #1442 (dark checks on floor) and bali, #702 (lighter frames). from pratt & lambert: boucle, #24.26 (darker frames) and on the trim, woodwitch, #32.22, an excellent, slightly moody color recommended by my exceedingly chic friend jenny.
the stencil is a tried & true fave from royal design studio, fabric damask. there is a little raw-umber-tinted glaze at work as well.
it’s a little shocking that so tiny an endeavor required so much planning. please indulge me as i once more express enormous gratitude to family & friends (in no particular order) who helped me get things this far: margaret, for the nudge (and choosing the stencil), sarah, sally, allison, anna, mk, selena, meg, perre, dru, cheryl, catherine, karen & katherine for encouragement and counsel, lauren (below), for arranging & hanging the frames, julia for the opening day tulips, my other lauren for the poochie treats, epps for patience, sound advice, and for channeling his inner trim carpenter, and honey & bug for the coffee, love, and cupcakes.
6 Comments
the space looks FABULOUS!!! (but i still look like a goober) congratulations!!!
OMG, THAT is sooooo cute! I can only imagine all the work it took! Believe me, I know. I am so excited for you and I know you will succeed!
Catherine
darn, i missed cupcakes???
this is fabulous!!! i want to be there!
Hi,
I came across your website and I love how the walls came out on the March 4, 2010 post.I wanted to try and duplicate this look for my powder room walls and was wondering if you wouldn’t mind sharing some more of the details. Is the brushed aluminum, #1485 that’s used for the stenciling is that a glaze or just regular paint?
Also, where did you purchase the raw-umber-tinted glaze you mentioned and does that just go over the brushed allumuniom color? Thanks!
laura, i don’t mind at all! brushed aluminum was used straight from the can, but with a very very dry brush – almost all of the paint is off-loaded on to a paper towel – so it sort of fades in & out as you see…more of a “swirl” of the brush than a “pounce”. i used the “ultimate stippler” brush from royal designs, it’s a large round brush, so the work goes pretty quickly.
the glazing medium i use is called glacis, made by adi-color. using their universal tints, i mix it myself to an almost-hershey’s-syrup color. i think the ralph lauren aging glaze tinted to the tobacco color in their line would give you a similar tone if that’s a resource for you. our local benjamin moore dealer will tint their glaze for you the same way as well….let me know if you need some other ideas. i applied the glaze with a 3″ chip brush, and worked some back off with cheesecloth.
feel free to get in touch with any other questions! thanks for taking time to peek at my work. good luck with your project. xx
Thanks for the information!