A Naked Kitchen Gets Bronzed – And Plastered!

This week I’ll be on the wall Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Tuesday I’ll be in the store all day as we have an  11am workshop on Easy Cabinet and Furniture finishing scheduled.   Wednesday and Thursday the store will be closed.  Friday and Saturday we will reopen.

When I say I’ll be ‘on the wall’  – this is the kind of stuff I’m doing…

Just finished a kitchen for some really nice clients…    can you believe they found me in the parking lot at the local grocery store?  (It pays to have that advertising on the truck, right?)

They recently moved into a lovely  new house – and coming from a previous house filled with color, they couldn’t wait to warm up this house.   First stop, the kitchen-

Painters arrived and gave the ceilings a splash of color, draperies (rich tones) will soon be installed,  but not before we dressed up the walls with a textured plaster finish.

I started with a troweled layer of Aquastone – I created textured as I went along, which slowed up my troweling process more than I anticipated.  I thought I’d be able to plaster in a day, but it ended up taking me two…

Day three I painted the whole thing Setcoat Metallic Bronze

Day four I glazed the walls with Aquacreme and a mix of dark brown and black tint, rolled it on and knocked it down with a rubber trowel.   Did I mention that that corner over the ovens was a real beotch to reach?

Glaze still wet, but all cleaned up -

Of  course I had to push the furniture back in place so I could a better photo opportunity

Wish I’d have taken a finished picture from this same angle as my only ‘before’ photo…

Oh well, hopefully I’ll be back in the future and can take a long shot, window treatments and all …

More Cool Kitchens…

Cleaning of my desktop,  I have this folder called ” Cool Kitchens” …

Most of these are from Kitchen Design-Ideas ,  a pretty informative site for kitchen inspiration

Lori Caromal Colour’s Her Oak Kitchen Cabinets…

BEFORE

After -

I used Reclaim Off White with Antiquing Glaze. I sanded after I painted the off white to get a very distressed look! I cannot tell you how happy I am with the results! Thank you for making a product that was so easy to use! I am a first time painter of anything!! I am doing my hutch and table top next!

What a lovely transformation, and accomplished by the homeowner herself   Great job Lori, thanks for letting me share!

LET CAROMAL COLOURS ROCK YOUR world!

Head to my store   SHOP.FABFINISHER.COM   for all of your Caromal needs  – including perfect 8 ounce samplers of the Textured Basecoats – a great way to experiment with color combinations!

A Caromal Question Answered – Black Islands And Glazed Walls…

Hi patty,

I just ran across your blog and am so excited to have found you!   I am ready to embark on two big projects.  First is my kitchen island.  It is a beautiful piece but I really want to refinish it black with some of the natural cherry color peaking through.  My uppers are also cherry stained maple with some iron work.  Which products do you recommend to achieve this?

My second endeavor is for wall glaze.  My walls are venetian plaster, but are painted matte ivory with no over glaze.  Does Reclaim offer a product that would allow me to glaze the walls without requiring an eggshell base coat.  I am okay with the color for a base so would love to eliminate another base coat if possible.

Thank you!      Janet

Nice to meet you too!   Black  distressed over cherry would be a lovely focal point.   To achieve that you could brush on the Textured Basecoat Peppercorn (black) then sand back to reveal your existing cherry color,  or you could use the Reclaim Licorice (black) , rolling it on and sanding back to your existing cabinet finish.   Either would get you the results you’re looking for…

Don’t do anything over those matte plaster walls -  you will ruin the finish.    If your color is perfect, then I’d recommend rolling on a coat of the Caromal Colour Wall Sealer – its just that – a sealer for use over unsealed walls (ie  your plaster).  It is clear so your existing wall color is still in play – and one coat will do ya.   THEN use one of their wall glazes -  it’s a lovely glaze that is easy to work – it stays open much longer than local box store glaze – and isn’t super strong in tint so its subtle and natural looking.

The glaze comes in 2 colors – coffee stain and tea stain -  coffee is more brown and tea is earthy brown like warmer brown with hint of green in it.

Hope this helps!