An Artful Spin for Special Spaces

 

DECORATIVE ART BY: CHAREE NICKENS
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: JIMMY REED
WRITTEN BY: CAMILLE CABALLERO

 

 

When Charee Nickens first stepped into her client’s home, she took notice of the grand entry doors, eclectic furniture and the beautiful dark wood floors throughout. However, the plain white walls did nothing to enhance the home. The rooms did not feel warm and inviting and desperately needed to be personalized with color and texture. Charee was confident that adding the right decorative finishes would dramatically change the atmosphere of the home and harmonize the style...   

 

In the kitchen and family room there is a hint of a country style; the remaining areas of the home have a contemporary, yet classic design. At the first meeting the client’s main focus was the living room walls. She thought she wanted a grass-cloth look, but that quickly changed when she saw the variety of custom decorative finishes in Charee’s portfolio—a whole new world opened up to her. With excitement, she chose many different finishes to be installed throughout her home. She was eager to beautify her entire home in anticipation of relatives and friends who were coming to visit for her daughter’s wedding...
 

For the living room, Faux Effects® LusterStone® was an ideal product to add a subtle, metallic glow, which is eye-catching and elegant in any light. Charee started with two coats of Off White SetCoat® on the walls, then vertically troweled on a mixture of SandStone™ and SetCoat® Clear. The final step was applying LusterStone® in Champagne Mist, Antique Parchment and Snowflake White. She chose to customize the finish by adding Crushed Pearl LusterStone®, which brought out the blue hues in the pillows and accessories. This finish added warmth with a hint of cool tones and a beautiful texture.

After designing and finishing the Living Room walls, Charee moved to the accent wall of the Dining Room and the expansive wall behind the staircase. Both of these walls needed a finish to unify and bring balance to the space. Charee chose a custom, chocolate brown plaster finish with hints of black and gold, which is a nice accent to the rich tone of the entry doors and flooring. After applying a basecoat of Dark Brown SetCoat®, Charee applied three coats of Topaz Venetian Gem® tinted with some Dark Brown FauxCrème Color™ to add movement and cover the existing orange peel texture. When the Venetian Gem® was dry, she applied a black glaze with FauxCreme® Clear and Black FauxCrème Color™, tightly troweling it on to allow the glaze to fall into the texture of the plaster and create visual dimension...

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