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Faux Finish Powder Room – Antique Bronze

June 21, 2010 By Colleen Jorgenson 8 Comments

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I’ll admit it – I have done any faux finishes for quite some time. I don’t market myself as a faux finisher and I’ve kept my present house pretty simple as far as walls go. But when you’re self-employed and a friend calls and offers work, it becomes a huge blessing. For more than one reason.

Theresa is the faux finisher in our area. When all the other faux finish firms tanked in the economy, Theresa is still going strong. There’s a reason for that. She’s really, really good. And if you want to learn something, try & learn from the best, right?

bronze faux finish

I had no idea what type of finish we were going to apply. I was just following along. The project was a small powder room with high ceilings.

faux finishes

Neutral wall color, standard ‘knock-down’ texture.

faux finishes

Thank goodness the vanity wasn’t installed yet. I’m so sorry I didn’t take a picture of it. It was sitting in their garage and I just forgot.

faux finishes

First order of business – tape everything off. Notice  how the baseboard isn’t taped off? Yep, Theresa decided we’d faux finish the baseboard too. But she wasn’t ‘feeling’ the knockdown texture.

She disappeared for a few minutes while I continued taping, then came back and said, “Yep, we’re going to ‘float’ it.”

“Float it?” I asked. What’s that?

“We’re going to apply an imperfect smooth finish first,” she explained.

imperfect smooth texture

Theresa starts applying joint compound, while I see blogging opportunities.

imperfect smooth texture

I had never textured walls before so it was kinda fun. Well, except for the ceiling. Did I mention they were about 11’ high? Try getting 2 people and a ladder into a small powder room. Yeah, it’s a bit tricky.

imperfect smooth texture

I came back the next day and sanded it all down. All. Of. It. What a mess. Fine, white powder everywhere. Next came the black basecoat.

bronze faux finish

Black. Dark.

Bronze Faux Finish

The more I painted the darker it got, even with the door open & a window.

The next day, I was with Theresa again and anxious to see where we were going with this black finish.

bronze faux finish

This stuff got rolled on with a foam roller.

bronze faux finish
Bronze Faux Finish

Isn’t this gorgeous? And this is just the 1st coat! Unfortunately, it’s really hard to get good pictures of faux finishes, especially metallics because of the reflections & sheens. But you kind of see the textures & the black, don’t you?

bronze faux finish

Can’t forget the switchplates & light cover. White just wouldn’t work with this finish.

Bronze faux finish

Then we ragged on a lighter metallic. Look how even more textures show up. Can you see them?

bronze faux finish

Theresa added some black strokes here and there which really made the metallics pop. Then we ragged on a tinted sealer which made everything look even richer.

bronze faux finish

What fun stuff did you do this weekend? Are you ready for Summer?
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Comments

  1. mishebe says

    June 21, 2010 at 5:32 pm

    very cool!

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  2. Donene says

    June 21, 2010 at 6:06 pm

    Oh, this looks great! I love it and especially the color!

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  3. La Maison Reid says

    June 21, 2010 at 6:47 pm

    More picture, please once you get the room all back together. It’s an amazing transformation. I love trying new faux finishes even though they say faux finishes are “out” you only have to look at any decorating magazine to see “they” are wrong! And yours is worthy of a magazine. Beautiful job!

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  4. Rory from Tools Are For Women Too! says

    June 21, 2010 at 11:28 pm

    Wow! Would love to see more photos of the entire room when it’s completed! I love when a powder room is really over the top…like a little jewel box of a room! Thanks for showing it to us on Modern Craftswoman Monday! Rory

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  5. Kaysi says

    June 24, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    WOW!! That is amazing!

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  6. Maryann @ Domestically-Speaking says

    June 26, 2010 at 1:31 am

    Yes… more pics! Love how the black really makes the glaze pop.

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  7. kk rousseau says

    December 30, 2013 at 3:47 am

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  8. kk rousseau says

    December 30, 2013 at 3:48 am

    Gorgeous finish, simply spectacular! Specifically, which metallic colors did you use? I’m inspired to try something like this on canvas for floor cloths.

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