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Trompe L'oeil bamboo/rattan bookcase painted on a door.
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Door Art...
Door is painted to look like a bamboo bookcase. The sides of door are also painted like bamboo..so that when attached to the wall it has a diminsional look.
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At least this piece of art can be moved to a different location in your home or to your new home if you should ever move.
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I painted faux rattan as the back of the bookshelves and also the fronts of the faux drawers and doors on the lower half of the faux bookcase.
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Everything you see on the door is trompe l'oeil...the drawers and doors are all painted on.
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Antique door art.. I painted a faux bookcase on another old door...monkey included...
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Closeup of painted items on the faux bamboo bookshelves.
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Let me turn a plain space(door) into a piece of faux furniture for you..
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Door to attic before....
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what a difference...
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Now the door is disguised and looks like a piece of furniture holding lots of the owers treasured items
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Trompe L'oeil painted on door under staircase...many of the items in the painting are favorite things.
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Door before painting....a big blue space..
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Closeup of top half of painting..
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Creative way to hide a boring space.
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Another view...paint can give a flat space dimension.
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Plain white closet door...was the only thing you saw in the room.
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Now it has character...a faux french dhoor is much more interesting..
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Faux koi pond painted on a flat flagstone rock...
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Window painted on slanted wall in kitchen..gives that space an interesting view.
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Another view of my faux window in my kitchen....
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Faux fish painted in the top of the plastic birdbath..
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Closeup view of the fish in the "pond"..
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Faux Bamboo painted on unfinished pine armoire for client...
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Drawes and door has faux rattan painted on the fronts with faux bamboo borders...This piece will be used in a safari themed boys bedroom
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See...its unfinished pine....
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Faus bamboo and rattan painted on plain door...She just redecorated her office and wanted the door to coordinate with her new bamboo and rattan desk..
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Her new door after my brushes and I did our magic...What fun it was to do...and this woman's office is GORGEOUS...
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Faux Columns with grapes painted on a wall in kitchen area
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Another view...
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Faux columns painted in entryway....
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The client wanted the columns to play up the opening in the wall..
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Full view of the hall..
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Woodsy vines meander up and along the railing of the columns...
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I painted faux bamboo on the trim around this door which leads into the sunroom. She has bamboo furniture in the sunroom.
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Closeup of bamboo...
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Finished library looking up.
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Area in family room that needed something....Theres about an 18inch ledge in the space up there.
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First morning...Based all the elements in...Had my first panic attack up there....Should NEVER have looked down.
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Another view of the space..
The clients wanted the look of a library up there.
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Looking up at the space. Ive only basecoated everything in...no detailing done yet
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Finished bookshelf...Took this pic up on the ladder...
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I didnt have to put in too many details since the library is only viewed from down below..
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Inspiration for the palm/urn came from a set of coasters the client has in the family room. I added the round window for interest..
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It certainly added interest and color and there isnt anything to dust...
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5ft. topiary painted in sunroom area...
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Another topiary I painted on a wall facing the sunroom in hallway...
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Faux brick walk leading up to front door..
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The faux brick walk is painted on the wood decking.
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Here I am painting a green lizard sunning on the walk.
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The client has several outside kitties and thought the lizard would be fun.
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Closeup of lizard. The faux bricks were very easy to do..I used 1/4 detailing tape and a roller.
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Triple topiary painted on opposite side of door where I painted another.
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These topiaries have gotten to be so much fun to paint..Im very pleased with how they turn out...Can you see the electrical outlet in the urn?
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Spiral topiary freehanded on wooden gate. The topiary compliments the sideyard garden very well.
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Topiary took only 1 hour to paint from start to finish.
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View of the topiary from the sidewalk along the street.
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Window scenes painted on magnetic sheeting which worked perfectly on the metal doors to the Media Center.
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The kids at the elementary school loved them.
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Crosshatch faux finish in golds with fleru-de-lis and faux scarf painted on wooden screen/room divider.. Back side is painted just like the front.
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Screen before I started painting this morning.
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Close up of faux scarf and fleur-de-lis(I drew out)..
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Bottom half of discarded china cabinet..with some paint and creative thinking it has a new life...
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I painted the faux scarf on top, fleur d'lis scrollwork on doors in black..the chest is painted a pale gold. I added new wooden knobs instead of brass ones like it had.
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Courtyard wall mural painted this morning for GES Career Day...inspiration taken from BHG Paint Decor mag.
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As you can see, mural was painted on white paper for the demonstration..took about 3 hours, including the faux background color.
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I will be painting a similar scene in a showhome bathroom next week...this was great practice..
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Faux window painted in a windowless
bathroom. Client wanted a view behind the commode.
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View from the entryway of the bathroom.
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Finally painted one of those spiral topiaries for myself...I had to paint over my hydrangeas when I repainted the walls....The green of the topiary pops against the red clay walls.
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See how great the topiary looks placed on my pantry door...
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Topiary painted on luan..Cutouts can be adhered to most any surfaces. Best part is itll never die....
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Topiaries painted on sheet of luan..I will cut them out so they can be affixed to a gate, wall, or wherever..
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Same shape, completely different looks. These too are painted on luan and will be cut out so they can be used inside or out.
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What the board looked like this morning..Just starting to plan the "paradise" scene.
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Closeup of the blue hydrangeas in the faux niche'.
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Wish I was walking on the beach outside this window view...
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Tabletop was stained dark brown...I did a faux stone to match the cherub base.
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Faux tiles painted on the hearth. The fireplace surround was black.
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Client has decorative wooden embellishments to adhere to the front of the mantle.
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Shells and water spruce up the antique sink in my daughters beachy bathroom. The basin of the sink had lost most of its enamel shine, so I just sanded it and painted it...
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Jan. CTTY ornies that I painted for Debbie Matthews. The artichoke is painted on a shell cutout..the apple has a glare so it doesnt really show up the colors...and the pineapple cutouts were a Dollar Tree find... the ornies were all drybrushed...with lots of different colors...
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I carved/etched our high school logo onto a pumpkin which I used as a center piece for an appreciation luncheon I hosted for all of our athletic personnel.
It was a big hit...
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Faux peaches painted on those cheapo ornaments. Peach ornies will be given to other cheerleaders who are cheering at the 2006 Shrine Bowl by the Gilbert Varsity Cheerleaders.
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