#1: Ceiling Modello
An elegant design to both accent & bring together the chandelier & nice oval table. They'd chosen the design ahead of time, and it had been shipped there, awaiting our arrival.
Debby squishing everything nice & smooth before being upside down.
Because while pulling a Michelangelo is fun every now & again, its even better if you can be all organized & keep the experience short. Modello up, yeehaa! This is the finagling bit. Everything has to be just-so, aligned, properly squished in place.
A modello is a single-use stencil. It gives us the advantage of beautifully intricate designs that aren't limited by having to have wee bridges of stencil material holding elements together ... but you really want to make sure you get it in the right place. Single use.
So the painting part ends up being the relatively easy part of the process.
Which gave Debby the time to prep the stainless steel range hood .... mmmm, TSP. How lucky can a gal be?
Back to the Modello adventure ... the cool bit!
Meanwhile, Back in The Kitchen:
The range hood is stainless steel. Paintable surface! Since Debby had so nicely done the icky prep work then had to return to her modello, I had the honor of getting in the way in the kitchen.
Prep, prime, 2 basecoats, a crackle coat, and an antiquing glaze, before I get to play with doing the pretties.
And, voila! It now matches the porcelain table ... and is an interesting thing to look at instead of a great expanse of functionality.
The Bar
Ow, ow, ow! There's not quite enough room for me to stand up in here!
Well, just in that section. I survived, and the bar got grapeified.
The View
If you didn't have a wall between the bathroom and the world outside you'd see some Austin skyline.
Of course, walls are not an impediment in our business. More like an opportunity to put a window to anywhere you darn well please.
