Love You to the Beach and Back

Love you to the Beach and Back!

We’re back to the beach where life is just “beachy”. Beachy faux finish that is. It seems things come in waves- ha! Pun intended. We’ve had several requests this year for beach inspired faux finishes. Here’s one of the latest that transforms orange hued wood cabinet finishes into something every mermaid would love:

The completed look:

a closer look:

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Blue Faux Finishes

Blue Faux Finishes

Today we celebrate the color : Blue

You view our Blue Faux Finish video clip on our You Tube Channel: 

https://youtu.be/xcGA4HuiW-A

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Solid as a Rock

Solid as a Rock

Natural Rock features are showing up everywhere. They are a beautiful way to create texture and interest for focal walls in family rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, bed rooms, and even on the exterior. A stunning quartz wall is featured in a home’s full interior makeover on my art blog titled “ The 7 Year Itch” 

https://swanstudiosinc.blogspot.com/2016/01/faux-painting-7-year-itch.html

Excavated rocks were used and some even painted for pool waterfall on the blog " Between a Rock and a Hard Place" https://swanstudiosinc.blogspot.com/2014/11/faux-painting-between-rock-and-hard.html

A drop-dead gorgeous wall was created for a master head board wall in the article " If you Live in a Glass House-Throw Stones" https://swanstudiosinc.blogspot.com/2017/06/if-you-live-in-glass-house-throw-stones.html

Today's rock feature wall, however, has its own twist... No rocks are used. They are all faux painted. Perhaps a better term , in this case, would be "Trompe L'oeil"( to fool the eye ):

Creating faux rocks gives way to painting with different techniques and mediums Rocks come in such yummy varieties of depths and textures. Some rocks are smooth, some rough, some dead flat in finish, and some twinkle as light bounces across them. Here's a close look at the rocks:

For the “grout” a mixture of fine sand medium, latex paint, and full body medium was troweled and painted on. The last step for the rocks was to create a subtle shadow edge to give an even more realistic feel. The end result--- It totally “Rocks”:

The home owner’s cat, Sophie, loves it so much she insisted on being in the photos :

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Making America Clean Again

Making America Clean Again

Cape Coral Cleaners just opened a new location Cape Coral. They now have a store front at 30 Hancock Bridge Pkwy West in the Santa Barbara Centre. They offer very convenient customer services such as pick up and delivery, after hour drop-off, and locker access. They also now have their fabulous tropical logo painted life size by yours truly:

Owner Dan Puleio hosted the Cape Coral Chamber September After Hours to introduce everyone to his new location. He treated the crowd with yummy cupcakes and nibbles and live music, living up to his company slogan “Because we Care”.

With Owner Dan Puleio and Logo Mural

with Denise Perchall, Access Point and Loretta Puleio

with Susan McNamara, Cape Style Magazine and Sarah Sheffield, Massage Envy

Whatever your dry cleaning need, Cape Cleaners can help from laundry to alterations and even Flag cleaning. Stop by their new location or check them out on the web at:

https://capecleaners.com

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