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Marble
Effect - Marmorino
Natural
Italian Venetian Plaster Articles
Grassello Lucido
Venetziano - is the finest in our entire line of Venetian Plasters.
This exquisite plaster contains the highest volume of ground marble
and the smallest size of crushed Italian lime. This elegant finish provides
a marble finish with the look and feel of authentic marble. To witness
the transformation from old world plaster to stunning marble finish
is most captivating. You must see it to believe it, for pictures and
descriptions do not do it justice.
So you‚ve decided
to hire an Interior Designer - good move! Now what?
Before you start planning your reveal party, you‚ll need a basic
understanding about the process to ensure that you get the most design
for your dollar and that you have a fun and fabulous experience, no
matter what type of project is ahead of you. You‚ll need to learn
the basics of choosing the right design professionals, establishing
a budget, outlining the details of the contract, considering your lifestyle
and communicating your challenges.
If you would have
your rooms interesting as well as beautiful, make them say something,
give them a spinal column by keeping all ornamentation subservient to
line. Before you buy anything, try to imagine how you want each room
to look when completed; get the picture well in your mind, as a painter
would; think out the main features, for the details all depend upon
these and will quickly suggest themselves. This is, in the long run,
the quickest and the most economical method of furnishing.
Did you ever wish your
bedroom was bigger or smaller? Well if you don‚t have enough money
to change the actual size of the room, then you can use paint to make
the bedroom seem bigger or smaller.
Paint is well known as one of the least expensive and easiest ways to
change the look of any room, but if you pick your colors carefully you
can give the space a new feel as well as a new look. Certain colors can
make your bedroom walls feel closer or farther away.
After searching decorating
books, using trial and error decorating, and growing up a little bit,
you have finally found the style of decorating that you really love. Your
style could be Arts & Crafts, French Country, Asian, or Metro Hip.
If you are still searching for your style or want a second opinion on
what your general home style really is, try taking the fun style quiz
on http:/www.thehomestylist.com/. Now that you have identified a décor
style, the challenging part may now be to implement that style and make
it substantial enough so others will notice. There are seven simple elements
that will really help you emphasize this
Color can have an astounding
effect on perception, personal feelings, and even interactions. Different
colors evoke different memories, and different ideas. In the bedroom,
where one is supposed to be most at ease, it is important that you plan
out your color scheme so that it creates the maximum comfort for you.
In feng shui, every color evokes energy. In order to choose the right
color for a certain setting, the one who inhabits that area must get in
touch with their inner self, and see which color they harmonize best with.
In the bedroom one tries to achieve maximum relaxation. By choosing the
colors that you feel most comfortable with, you will find the greatest
contentment with your decorating.
Tired of plain, boring
walls? Faux finishes are a great way to jazz up your space with little
cost or effort. Here are a few of the most popular finishes.
Sponging: Of all faux finish techniques, sponging is the easiest, even
children can do a somewhat messy reproduction of this technique. In order
to sponge, you must first paint the entire area one base color. After
this coat dries, then you can take a sponge or even a plastic bag, dip
it in paint, and apply the paint randomly to the walls. Although this
is a random process, you want to be careful not to get any one area of
the wall extremely dark or leave it extremely light or your eye will be
drawn to that spot immediately. Sponging is very easy, and for all supplies
usually costs between $50-$100, which may also include classes if you
want to learn from the professionals.
Colors have many different
meanings. Have you ever been in a blue room, feeling calm and relaxed,
and then walked into a red room and you began to feel chatty and excited?
The change in your mood wasn't just coincidence - it was an actual psychological
and physiological response to the colors of the rooms. When you are planning
to decorate your home, the colors of your rooms should be one of your
first considerations. You want to choose colors that you're not only comfortable
with, but also colors that will create the right types of moods for both
you and your guests in each room.
Deciding what colors
to use when decorating your house can be a real challenge. Do you want
a soothing atmosphere, vibrant or warm and cozy? The choice does not have
to be complicated if you understand the workings of the theory of color.
As many colors as there are out there all come from one of the colors
of the rainbow: red, yellow, orange, green, blue, indigo, violet and black
and white.
Are you STILL thinking
about painting your walls with color?
Many people are afraid to make the leap from 'builder's beige' to a more
daring color choice. What holds you back? Are you afraid the color will
be too strong? Not match your furniture? Or you'll become tired of it
and have to start over again?
Earthy colors and natural
materials are two basics for the old world style of decorating. To get
an idea of the colors we‚re talking about, go for a walk outside
and take notice of the beautiful colors around you, the blue sky, the
golden sun, even the chocolate brown of mud in the springtime. Ok, so
you don‚t have a view of the blue/green Mediterranean Sea but you‚ve
seen pictures of it haven‚t you? On that walk, stroll through the
produce department of your local grocery store and note the dark purple
eggplants, the red peppers, yellow lemons, green olives. These are some
of the colors you‚ll want to consider for your Tuscany decorating.
Natural materials will include wood (think rustic, sturdy type furniture),
tile (colorful ceramic for wall accents) natural stone for flooring and
unpolished metals such as copper, tin, or pewter for accents.
Traditional portland
cement plaster is an extremely versatile, time-tested exterior finish,
frequently referred to as stucco. It consists of portland cement-based
materials and sand, mixed with water to form a workable plaster. The
key ingredient, portland cement—the same material that is the basis
for the hardened properties of concrete used to build super-highways,
bridges, and skyscrapers—provides strength, durability, and toughness
in portland cement plaster.
If you live in an
older house, say 50 or 60 years or older,
there is a good likelihood that you have plaster on your walls.
Plaster walls were very common, especially in the late 18th
century and 19th century. Plaster was fairly readily available,
was workable, and was capable of producing very smooth walls and
ornate embellishments. It was and is however, very difficult to
worth with. It took a fine plasterer many years to learn his
trade under the careful instruction of a master plasterer.
Faux and Decorative
Painting Sponge painting
Sponge painting
is great because it is easy, fast, requires
little paint and materials, and did I mention it was easy? It
can be used on walls, furniture, and accessories, and can give
instant facelift to dull objects.
Do your walls seem
dull and uninviting? Do you long for a cozy,
welcoming room? Consider decorative wall painting techniques,
such as sponging, ragging, stenciling or stamping. Even if you
have no experience, you can brighten even the dullest room
quickly and cheaply with one of these easy decorative wall
painting techniques.
Tired of plain,
boring walls? Faux finishes are a great way to
jazz up your space with little cost or effort. Here are a few of
the most popular finishes.
Sponging: Of all
faux finish techniques, sponging is the
easiest, even children can do a somewhat messy reproduction of
this technique. In order to sponge, you must first paint the
entire area one base color. After this coat dries, then you can
take a sponge or even a plastic bag, dip it in paint, and apply
the paint randomly to the walls. Although this is a random
process, you want to be careful not to get any one area of the
wall extremely dark or leave it extremely light or your eye will
be drawn to that spot immediately. Sponging is very easy, and
for all supplies usually costs between $50-$100, which may also
include classes if you want to learn from the professionals.
In the last 10 years,
faux painting techniques have gone from
obscure to popular, from the realm of professionals to
do-it-yourself projects. These techniques are not difficult
although they can be time consuming (what decorating or
remodeling project isn‚t though) and require quick hands.
Called faux painting because these techniques mimic or create
a false look of stone, texture, leather, and more, you will find
that the styles fall into one of two types: additive or
subtractive. Additive (also called positive) techniques simply
mean that you add color onto the wall. Sponging is the most
common of this type. Conversely, subtractive (also referred to
as negative) techniques means you take paint off after it has
been applied. Ragging is a common subtractive technique. Most
negative techniques use glazes and require that you move quickly
before the glaze dries.
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