Venetian Plaster

[RUDisney]

OK, so I've decided what I want to do in my master bathroom. Currently, the walls aren't perfect, since I pulled off the wallpaper and left the imperfections. I decided that they were OK because I painted the entire wall a parchment color, and then I did a sandstone block affect after I taped our what would have been grout lines.

Then, last winter, my DH decided we needed a killer mirror. I had to stretch the remaining paint to fill in what was a white wall.

I've hated the result since, but didn't know what I wanted to do until I saw an episode of Decorating Cents on HGTV one day last week. They did a yellow-mustardy colored Venitian plaster affect with deep wine-colored draperies that were trimmed in gold.

I can't get the final look out of my head. I can picture my bathroom done in something similar.

So, I've got down the part, from the show, of how to apply the plaster... but, how do I obtain the varigations in color and do I have to apply a wax coat at the end?

Basically, how does one apply a Venetian plaster look?

 

[binny]

Havent done it myself but here is what I found at DIY...

http://www.diynet.com/diy/lr_walls/article/0,2041,DIY_14083_2570731,00.html


good luck! I love the look too~!

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

When she started watching Trading Spaces two years ago, Lauri was inspired by Doug using Venetian Plaster on one episode. End result -- Venetian Plaster in our dining room above the chair rail.

We actually found it very easy to do. Just follow the directions given in the link above or talk to someone at Home Depot or someplace like that for hints and tips.

It's a little time-consuming, though, as the wait time between coats is longer than the wait time between coats of paint. The end result does look great and gives it a very rich look.