Textured Wall Wash

A lot of times clients come to me wondering what to do with
their already-textured walls. Wash them, I say! In this sunroom, we base-coat painted the walls a sunny yellow, then I washed over them with a glaze of chocolate brown, creating a beautiful weathered look. This really made the texture stand out, which was a concern of the homeowner (she figured, why have texture if you can't tell it's there?). This is an excellent finish to apply to already-textured walls, and created depth and movement on the walls. Textured walls are much more exciting with a wash of color!

Hammered Copper Ceiling

A client of mine was looking for inspiration for her dining room. The walls will eventually be painted and textured in here, but for the meantime, we look to the ceiling. This hammered-copper finish is just beautiful in a dining room, where the chandelier light reflects off of the metallic paint. What a gorgeous and inspiring finish, and an unexpected look for a dining room.

Tuscan-Inspired Entryway

This finish looks like it's textured (and that's what the homeowner originally wanted), but the end result is very smooth. The homeowner had warm colors throughout her house, and we were trying to come up with a finish that would compliment those. We also wanted something that wasn't over-powering for such a large entryway space. This finish is the perfect fit - it offers just enough texture and color to keep the walls interesting (no artwork to have to purchase!), but isn't too much for the space.

The chair is done - bid high!

I finally finished the chair for the Sit On It! Auction in April. It started it's life as an oak/cherry solid-wood chair...which I think I improved upon with paint. Take a look for yourself:

Sit On It!

I've been asked to paint and donate a chair to the Young Womens Resource Center annual fundraiser, Sit On It! I'm really honored and quite excited about this. What a great way to show off artists' work, but still raise a lot of money for a great cause. I'll update with photos once I have a master plan in place.

Here's the information:

April 4, 2009 - Sit On It!

The Young Women’s Resource Center will hold the tenth annual Sit On It! on April 4th, at Forte Banquet Center and we invite you to attend! There will be music, food and great company, all for a fantastic cause.

Sit On It! creatively combines the community support of local arts with much needed fundraising to support girls and young women in our community. Each year more than 30 Des Moines area artists design, create and donate functional objects of art for auction at Sit On It!, including one-of-a-kind chairs, tables, sculptures, paintings, pottery, jewelry and much more! A silent auction of creative packages donated from dozens of Des Moines area businesses and sports teams is also part of the event.

More than 400 people attend this event each year. Last year’s Sit On It! raised over $55,000 for the Center. This important revenue provides more young women and girls a chance to realize their full potential through Young Women’s Resource Center programming.

If you would like to attend this fabulous event or if you would like to sponsor Sit On It! or donate art, please contact Christina Heth, Volunteer Services/Special Events Coordinator at 515-244-4901 or cheth@ywrc.org.