I love collaborating with homeowners and designers on specialty finishes – and this recent project in Westwood, MA is no exception!
The dining room originally had white walls with white wainscotting on the lower half. The client is a big fan of black/dark gray and white as a color scheme – so the designer wanted to work with that, but come up with something more dramatic and interesting.
To make this happen, we used lime paint – which is applied with a trowel like plaster, sealed with wax and then burnished – or shined- by rubbing it with the edge of the trowel.
Everyone (including me!) was thrilled with the results!! We got the richness of the varying colors of charcoal with the motion and variating shine from the specialty finish. It looked particularly good with the homeowner’s fantastic chandelier and vase.
Here are some pictures of the end result – including a close-up/angle shot to show the sheen resulting from the burnishing.
Enjoy!
Jason
