In betwixt posts of interiors, vignettes, gardens, together with other images that I detect fun together with whimsical, I sometimes percentage pictures of my ain designs for the homes of diverse clients.
Recently I decided to create a imitation limestone handling on the hall walls of my ain home. The solid has 12 pes ceilings together with thence I knew it was going to locomote a "project" together with ane I would never locomote able to accept alongside me. Since nosotros volition definitely locomote hither for a spell longer, I decided to commit to the project.
This solid was built unopen to 1900 according to my neighbors. It is inwards a lovely place alongside The Historic Irvine McDowell House together with green inside walking distance upwards the street, together with the Million Park behind. Also at the terminate of the street is the Watson estate built inwards the mid 1800's. The estate is empty now, but is maintained alongside a fund laid yesteryear Emma Watson earlier her death. It has beautiful walled English linguistic communication gardens inwards the dorsum consummate alongside quondam roses, peonies wisteria that has overtaken an quondam oak tree, aged boxwoods, mazes, fish pond, statuary together with quondam atomic lay out 26 benches. The gardens are quondam together with virtually overgrown. My boy grew upwards playing inwards what he idea was his ain "castle" garden.
Anyway dorsum to the theme of the post......my imitation paradigm project.
Tim helped me alongside taping off the grid. It was horrible looking alongside all the blueish painter's record marker the blocks. I really appreciate him together with the fact that he let's me create some pretty crazy things unopen to the house. I know he gets tired of hearing me say "just trust me".
I want y'all could run into this french tapestry. It is beautiful inwards mortal together with is hanging on a gorgeous rod that I neglected to teach a pic of. I started to accept some other ane for this ship service but guide hold no excuse other than laziness for non doing so
Here is a closer expect at the wall together with some of the needlepoint I do. It's my therapy!! Unfortunately I don't run into equally good equally I role to together with thence don't create equally much. None of y'all ladies guide hold that employment create you??
Christmas 2011
Anyway hither is the finished product. Is it perfect? No. But I am proud of it together with glad I did it. I volition loathe to piece of work out it if nosotros piece of work out this quondam house. I would honey to take away heed from whatsoever of y'all who guide hold done a like project!
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