Re: Painting OT

[Guest guest]

Did you end up sponging, or ragging the 2nd color? It sounds

gorgeous! You should send me some pictures (off-line) so I can see

how it looks!

Jen B.

> Hi Jen, wanted to give you an update on the painting I was doing -

thanks to your advice it turned out great! Really looks like a

garden wall in Tuscany, waking up with the birds singing and the

roses outside the window and all is fantastic. Thanks for your

ideas!

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> R.

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[Guest guest]

It was totally cool. I left the base coat that was up, which was a nice yellow

but in a matte formula. Then I found a paint store that sold paint mistakes for

about $2 a can and picked up two different pinks and a sepia tone and glaze to

mix into the paints. I also purchased a bottle of gold - those paints that are

meant to be used as accents - and added it to each of the paints, but the most

went into the sepia . I started out by applying the three different paints and

then using a soft brush to blend the colours, but half way through the project I

was becoming frustrated. It looked good but the paint kept thickening and it

just wasn't as soft as I wanted... so I grabbed a wet sponge, added some water

to the paints and started treating them like water colours and did more of a

wash - loved it at that point. Turns out that the texture was very matte, which

bothered me in the beginning, but the sheen from the gold was subtle and made of

for the lack of reflection from the finish. Next is the ceiling - going to do

that in a very pale blue with a bit of pink and white, but in a more reflective

finish. I can't wait to send you pictures, but have to finish the window

treatment, that won't happen until next week because I have another huge exam on

Thursday for which I have to study. Thank you so much for your inspiration, if

you hadn't talked about doing your daughter's room I would never have gotten

around to doing mine!

R.

[Guest guest]

Wow!! It sounds absolutely gorgeous!! I can't wait to see pics of

the finished project. ) I should send you pics of my daughter's

room too. It looks great with the newly painted furniture, and the

gauzy ceiling canopy (complete with white feather lights strung along

the underneath of the canopy). Plus we got a white duvet cover and

pink furry pillows and throw for the bed. It is very Pottery Barn

Teen. LOL

Jen B.

> It was totally cool. I left the base coat that was up, which was a

nice yellow but in a matte formula. Then I found a paint store that

sold paint mistakes for about $2 a can and picked up two different

pinks and a sepia tone and glaze to mix into the paints. I also

purchased a bottle of gold - those paints that are meant to be used

as accents - and added it to each of the paints, but the most went

into the sepia . I started out by applying the three different

paints and then using a soft brush to blend the colours, but half way

through the project I was becoming frustrated. It looked good but

the paint kept thickening and it just wasn't as soft as I wanted...

so I grabbed a wet sponge, added some water to the paints and started

treating them like water colours and did more of a wash - loved it at

that point. Turns out that the texture was very matte, which

bothered me in the beginning, but the sheen from the gold was subtle

and made of for the lack of reflection from the finish. Next is the

ceiling - going to do that in a very pale blue with a bit of pink and

white, but in a more reflective finish. I can't wait to send you

pictures, but have to finish the window treatment, that won't happen

until next week because I have another huge exam on Thursday for

which I have to study. Thank you so much for your inspiration, if

you hadn't talked about doing your daughter's room I would never have

gotten around to doing mine!

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> R.

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