Thursday, June 01, 2006

This bedroom ceiling was rain-damaged and although it was repaired, the client was looking for a quick fix!
She REALLY wanted to spend her time and money on cool walls and accessories, NOT ceilings.

So, we came up with a really pretty solution: WALLPAPER.

We purchased 2 rolls of (cheap-o) Home Depot wallpaper BORDERS with a nice, raised texture.
We cut it into sections about a foot longer than the room, and painted it a red (from the “mis-tint” bin).

We then glazed it twice: first with a burgundy, followed with an earth brown/gold mix.
While that dried, we dealt with the medallion (also an inexpensive model, from Home Depot):

We painted the medallion a metallic bronze, and then layered on acrylics in Raw Umber and Venetian Gold.

We then pasted the wallpaper border over the ceiling (again—this ceiling was repaired, first!),
and followed with the chandelier and the medallion.

WHAT A RICH LOOK!

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