Louisville Faux- Florals.

Add florals to my resume..

Louisville Faux- Gold and copper metal leafing.

I love how metal leafing changes color throughout the day. In this dining room installment, the metallic reflects in ways that paint could only dream of.

Louisville Faux- crackled light fixture close up.

Louisville Faux- Before and after.

Actually, before and better. This set of furniture is unique because of the way the seating fits nice and snug underneath the tables. To me, this concept makes the pieces contemporary. Anyone that works in design would agree that the 'before' look of the furniture is far from contemporary. The furniture carries a dark and rustic feel. The triangle shaped seating is far from conservative so no wonder it was a hard sell to most clients. But sometimes, a client understands and can visualize that if the tones are changed to be more suitable to their home environment, the pieces will be a success. This is one of those success stories. Inspired by the gold/silver box shown in the first photo, the set could free itself from the land of misfit furniture. Even though the 'inspiration box' has more silver, you must respect and understand that the seat cushions have a deep, almost purple, hue to them. Shifting more to a gold palette respects complementary colors. And I could enjoy adding another relationship to the list of clients that trusted in me to bring their vision to life.

Louisville Faux- Forgive me internet, my last blog was last March.

This dining room began with a wall color that the client did not care for. Instead of trying to work with the disapproved color, as a professional, you must LISTEN to the client and then pay attention to the design style the client wants. For example, if the client says they don't like the color red, then don't paint the walls red! So we decided to have the walls repainted and fauxed with two tones to bring out the cabinets in the kitchen and the distressed leather couch in the adjacent room. The photos reflect beginning to end. It only took one day to make a gal happy in a room that drove her bonkers for weeks.

Louisville faux- Medallion and ceiling.

(1) Paint the white medallion gold to match an adjacent, highly adored mirror.
(2) Make the chrome canopy on the crystal chandelier match the same gold mirror.
(3) Faux finish the ceiling to work well with the walls fauxed by another painter from years back.
(4) Add more gold embellishment in the corners to give wow factor.
(5) Still working on those corners..
(6) Still loving my job..
(7) Always learning, never taking for granted..

Louisville faux- Spruced up shelves.

These photos are details of shelves that are located in the multi-mirrored bath that I posted about previously. The room has so many degrees of gold that when the shelves were installed they seemed starved for the same golden love. Gold leaf was applied to the tops of the shelves to bring up the shine and glamour.