![]() She kept telling me that they generally don’t tint this product because it’s used as a texture, and then you’re supposed to paint over the top with latex paint. That was much darker than I had intended it to be, but I seemed to have trouble communicating what I wanted with the girl working at Benjamin Moore that day. That first coat was pretty dark, and also had a lot of green in it. This is the product I used - Modern Masters Venetian Plaster in an ultra-deep tint base.Īnd this is the formula for the original dark teal… ![]() I started with a coat of Behr Aqua Rapids, and then troweled on the Modern Masters Venetian plaster finish on top of that. I’d love for you to join me on my actual website! You can click here to find this post on Addicted 2 Decorating. Note: If you’re reading this post on a website other than Addicted 2 Decorating, you’re on a website that steals content from bloggers, and is using my content without my permission. Even though it’s lighter, it looks much more velvety now than it did with just the first coat on it. So that’s why I’m thinking I might do one more coat this weekend just to lighten it up one more time.Īnd each new layer adds such a beautiful depth to the finish. ![]() It’s still not quite as light and soft as I had originally planned, though. It still has that velvety look, because that’s the nature of the Venetian plaster finish. So after two more coats, gradually getting lighter and lighter with each coat of the Venetian plaster finish, this is what my walls look like now… I love that spa look that I created with the original mock ups of the bathroom, and I can’t get that look with the darker walls. Here’s how it looked…īut after going back and looking at posts where I had shared my original plan for the bathroom, I decided to stick with lighter walls. But once I got the first coat of the darker teal on the walls, it was so gorgeous that I wondered if I might want to keep the walls dark. I had planned on the walls in the bathroom being a lighter teal, similar to what I have on my kitchen cabinets. When I showed you pictures of the walls after I had done the first coat, I was second-guessing the color. Take a look at a few of our rooms.I might have my Venetian plaster walls in the bathroom finished, but I’m going to live with them as they are for a day, and look at them throughout the day, and decide if I might want to do one more lighter coat. We have used Venetian plaster on wooden and plastic columns, walls, and even ceilings all to great effect. In the hands of a skilled professional artist or applicator, it is simply stunning and is a useful substitute when marble cannot be installed or the cost of marble is prohibitive. When burnished, it is rock hard and looks like marble. This also explains the higher cost of the finished product. It’s the burnishing that gives the surface a shine and an illusion of depth and texture. True to tradition, Venetian plasters consist of many layers hand-applied by trowel and then burnished. There are better quality products (by vendors such as Texstone, Firenze, and Faux Effects) that can give you a professional-grade finish quality desired by interior designers and high-end homeowners around the world. These cheaper versions tend to look less dimensional and more "plastic-y". Newer technology has given us an acrylic version that’s a little more user friendly and found at DIY hardware retailers like Home Depot and some paint stores. True Venetian plaster consists of slacked lime, marble dust and marble chips. Their marshy soil couldn’t handle the weight of heavier materials so the Venetians applied thin veneers of this light weight material that would mimic the look of limestone, travertine, or marble without the weight of these building materials. Venetians used this plaster on the interiors and exterior surfaces of palaces and homes. Venetian plaster gets its name from the city of Venice, of course. Marmorino, scagliola, and sgraffito are application techniques used to get diverse layering effects with Venetian plaster. Italian craftsmen expanded its function as a decorative finish by tinting and manipulating the plaster in creative new ways. But it was those talented Italians that mastered this elegant finish and perfected it into the plaster that we know today. Did you know that the decorative finish referred to as Venetian Plaster has been around since early Egyptian times? They used it to protect the surfaces of their buildings. I’m not talking the 80s I’m talking the 15th Century old. ![]() It’s a high shine, mineral based plaster. May people confuse it with everything from diamond plaster to glazed Sheetrock texture. ![]()
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