Painted Marble Effect Victorian Fireplace
Painted Marble Effect Victorian Fireplace This painted marble effect Victorian fireplace was the second commission from a couple near Milton Keynes. The first fire surround I painted for them was in their lounge, this one was in the dining room. This too was in pretty poor condition and needed a fair bit of preparation before I could actually create the faux marble paint effect. The clients wanted to change the original red marbling colour, which would...
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Imitation Painted Marble Fireplace For this imitation painted marble project I traveled down to near Milton Keynes. The couple who commissioned me were doing extensive renovations to their home and wanted a specialist painter to faux marble two of their fireplaces and bring them back to their former Victorian glory. I absolutely love creating the illusion of marble with paint and these projects were no exception, in fact they were some of the most rewarding to date. ...
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Kitchen Island Painting This kitchen island painting project was a real pleasure to do and something very unique. The clients wanted to make it a real feature and create an effect that would compliment an old Chesterfield sofa that sat in the corner of the room. They were in the throws of renovating their old lakeside house and were doing everything as sympathetically as possible, maintaining much of the original features and having any new work designed and decorated to work in harmony with...
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Painting Faux Stone Walls I painted these faux stone walls on the exterior of a conservatory in a home in West Yorkshire. The clients contacted me as the original stone effect, which had been done some 15yrs previously, was now looking very faded and had worn badly in places (see photo below). As with most of my faux work some sort of preparatory base painting was required before I started and this was undertaken by the clients usual painter and decorator. For this project...
read moreThere’s a ‘New’ Glaze in Town
There’s a ‘New’ Glaze in Town – For those of you have that have done any specialist paint effects I’m sure at some point you used the original ‘Transparent Oil Glaze’ from Ratcliffes. This was a brilliant product with a fantastic open time that allowed you to play around to your hearts content to get the exact effect you wanted. Quite a few years ago this ‘original’ Ratcliffes glaze was discontinued (I believe due to the VOC content) and...
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Specialist Decorating in Leeds For this specialist decorating project I travelled to the lovely village of Thorner, near Leeds. The commission came about during a conversation with one of the clients friends, whose roll top bath I had faux marbled a few years previously. The client had been looking for a decorative solution for his archway for some time, and whilst talking to his friend, my name came up. Faux marble work is one of my absolute favourite specialist paint effects to do,...
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