I love to alter the look of a piece of furniture to give it a look of antiquity, putting on a glaze that warms the look of stark white. The walls in 'the chateau' are the original plaster finish, left virgin after the removal of the wallpaper(it fell off). This finish is perfect for my taste and is catching on up at Sisters. The statue of the Nubian princess, was painted with orange and red fingernail polish by heathen children left to their own devises and salvaged with white paint and glaze, as is the statue on my newel post. Painting frames and chairs and even the fireplace surround, has given each piece a new life...or an old life, however you perceive it. Even altering a lampshade with tea stain, gives it a new personality. Anyway, it's just having fun with paint and there are so many women out there that just can't do it, so it is up to me to put the ideas in their mind and show them a vignette to induce their own style. I love painting walls with the glaze, but that's another post...
