More FAQs About Painting

1. I saw this wall painted with a patter to look like wall-paper. How do you do that?
2. I've heard you guys do murals. That must cost a fortune.
3. About this interior designer thing - isn't that a lot of money to spend just on a paint job?

That is called FAUX FINISHING. FAUX means "FALSE" in French. It is basically applying a coat of paint to a wall, letting it dry, and then making a pattern by stamping or wiping with a sponge or rag or something to make the pattern using a different colour than the base coat. The stuff you use to make the pattern is called glaze and it's just paint mixed with a special compound to slow the drying and thin it down. What kind of pattern you get depends on the colours, the type of rag or sponge, and who is doing it. Like snowflakes, no two artists will make the same faux finish using the same materials.

Funny you should ask. It isn't really that expensive. It's hard to give a figure on this without knowing exactly what you want, but a free estimate is well... FREE. So get an estimate and see if it's in your budget. To get the most value though, if you really love the mural or think you might move, get it done on canvas or board. Then you CAN take it with you.

Our mural artists by the way generally have a fine art background and do paintings and sculpture as their mainline work. So you might get a soon-to-be priceless work of art out of the deal.

Well, 1) it's not a lot of money and 2) it's not just a paint job. The designer will charge you a pretty reasonable hourly fee. Our main designer works fast so you save even more. She will meet with you and look over the area to be designed. Then she'll find out a bit about you and get some idea where you're headed design-wise. The overall look and style.

From that she will give you advice on paint colours that will work with your existing furnishings OR will coordinate the new items you want to get. Say you want a new Living Room Suite with couches and tables. (Go ahead, SAY IT: "I want a new living room suite!") Didn't that feel great?

Ok, so you show her what you are looking at getting and she'll make sure the room looks great when the new furnishings are delivered.

So it's actually pretty inexpensive and once you have a design worked out you will use it for years to come when you add things to the room. It's not like on TV where some person comes in and waves their arms around and says "Dahling! All of this simply MUST go!! Give me a million bucks! As I've said before, at Kassel we know about real budgets in the real world.