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Written by Paula Clayton
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Monday, 26 April 2010 14:31 |
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Decorative painting on existing tile - make your backsplash into a splash of style.
Oh my gosh!
I had these photos sitting in a folder here & thought I had already put them up ... nope. They're just sitting here nice & neat & labelled in their folder waiting to be posted.
So, anyway, this is something we've been doing for a while that is pretty effective.
You know that nice tumbled marble stuff, all very rustic, doesn't compete with your other kitchen decorative choices, yet gives a nice warm earthy feel? 4" square jobs, some fancy border stuff available.
Well, maybe you want a feature thingy somewhere.
This one is nicely post-able as I got good before/during/after shots, so can show you how it goes. Up above there the tile is stuck on, not grouted, and it's all painted white. That's just primer. Good quality, but regular stuff. It doesn't have to be pot-&-pan-sitting-on-it heat resistant ... just a good quality nice grip to give us a prepared surface. All you want is that you can wipe it later with no fear, right?
Then regular wall paint on top. Here the sky & mountain areas are blocked in.
There's the source pic to the left. It's from the area the client's family is from - and its a surprise from her to him, last Christmas. Cool, eh! Both of them have family from the same small village, and that is one intense piece of landmark up the mountain.
OK, so now the painting of the painting part is all done ...
but nah, we don't like the grout lines, so they've got to go ...
There we are!
It's your choice - grout lines or not. Personally I like the grout lines showing ... but that really works best if your subject matter isn't big on the detail.
You want to get us in after the tiles are stuck in place, but before the grout goes in. If you do want a choice. Otherwise, yes, we will be painting your grout lines.
Here's some grapes before grout, at a different place, and then laundry after grout.
OK, and now I'm having a big old hissy fit 'cos I can't find the pics of the ones with the veges on them! They are beautiful (speaking as a woman who appreciates her produce) and I'm particularly proud of one wee corner with a bit of parsley & some garlic. Drats.
Anyway, anyway, anyway .... you can paint whatever subject matter you'd like on these things. The tumbled marble is nice - but even regular tile can be adhered to with the right goop. I'd stay away from trying to paint any tile that gets dinged up ... high traffic areas, especially if it's starting out high gloss. But it can be done. Might involve a grinder & some epoxy ... but it can be done.
For regular backsplash stuff we do a couple of coats of Modern Master's "Masterclear". It's a restaurant-grade water based clear coat with huge durability & adhesion. "3,000 scrubs" they say.
And, of course, you don't need to paint on tile. You can paint on your wall then clear coat it. This blurb is just to let you know that everything is possible (as usual), and great solutions and enhancing wonders can be found at every turn!
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Written by Paula Clayton
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Monday, 19 April 2010 12:11 |
Well, gee, who else would like some of these? They're fun to paint!
Its a small room, and just needed a bit of something fun to jazz it up a bit, but not anything too over the top or distracting from the goggle-box.
Chalk to lay out the folds, the curtains are painted in primer, then a red glaze.
Which is all very well, here, but not really this bright. I had the camera set with the flash on to show what was happening, but it really looks:
Softer, darker, and with gold diddy-bops.
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Written by Paula Clayton
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Monday, 19 April 2010 11:31 |
Lorina Harding does this catchy song that was stuck in my head for the first couple of weeks in March. We didn't drive a blue convertible, but we did make it down to Sixth Street a little bit, in between our work projects. (music)
#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.
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Written by Paula Clayton
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Monday, 19 April 2010 10:40 |
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OK - so it might seem a little strange & backwards, but it actually worked out easier this way.
Someone else had painted the brick this off-white color. Which worked for them, but the current home owners wanted it to be brick again. And believe it or not it can be a lot easier & less yucky and money-consuming to just fake it with paint.
Drats, and apologies, I didn't get 'before' pics of these to show you the difference.
This is the fireplace - the mantle and bricks had all been the same off-white.
 
Terry adding more red.
And one wall of the family room, first all the red & ochre colors. Then a wash of a darker brown to pick out the texture a bit more.
Finally the tedious tedious part of painting in all those mortar lines.
And what a hoot - it worked! Yeah, yeah, we knew it would, but it's still always a fun surprise: the clever tricks you can achieve by simply playing around with paint.
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