Oh yeah! I love this combination!
Even though the current trends of today
are on modern and contemporary designs where there doesn’t seem to be a lot of the traditional or
“Old World Faux”
There is a combination of the two in what seems to be a new trend that I have seen coming into play as of late to where
Interior Designers are combining the two where the old meets the new
So in order to experiment with this combination, a friend of mine Craig Lebeau of Studio West in Naples Fl had a cabinet built to see what we could come up with to reflect this combination where
“Old Meets The New”
Now these are only the progress pictures that I have so far but as you can see the cabinet has straight sharp lines as in the modern/contemporary look, but with some old world embellishments this prototype is really starting to take on a characteristic all its own and actually has a very unique look.
If this finish looks familiar to most of you, well you are correct. It is my
“Trompe Loeil Foil”
finish which I developed not long ago that keeps on selling and selling and selling…….
As a matter of fact I still have this finish available on DVD in my
“How to Faux” “Amazing Accents”
video series on the upper right of this page or by
this link here
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6 thoughts on “Cabinet faux & Trompe Loeil”
Art
I love the look of this piece. I know how hard it is to get crackle to do what you want instead of what it wants. I love the overall evenness of the crackle. Evenness is that a word? lolol
Hi Renee,
How was it in North Florida during that cold snap? I told the wife we MUST move further south..lol
I think its a word, lol Crackles I usually have pretty good luck with when using the “good stuff” as I would rather spray it but I couldn’t in this situation, I can control it much easier with a sprayer other wise you just have to control it by how heavy you apply it. The heavier, the bigger the crack. You must be careful though because if you apply it too heavy then it could “curl” and pop off after it cures. I have some update pictures I am going to post today of the final finish these were just progress pics
Wow — that crackle came out fantastic! What a cool piece, Art…
Thanks Regina,
It was the AquaCrackle that I used over the usual sizing, some of it was a little larger than I wanted but it worked out after adding all the trompe loeil to it
Great work Art! What a beautiful way to revive cabinetry.
Hi Kerri,
Been a long time since we talked last, This is actually a new cabinet that was custom made, the owner loves trompe loeil and he says “do as you will” so I “dood” it, lol