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Nashville Southern Living Showcase Home Faux Finishes Project Recap

By Dana Tucker 8 Comments

Modello Skimstone Ikat floor at Nashville Southern Living Showcase Home
Modello Skimstone Ikat floor at Nashville Southern Living Showcase Home

To say that we have had a busy 4th quarter would be a huge understatement. Not only did we have the immense privilege of providing decorative faux finishes in two premiere home tours, we also bought a house that wasn’t for sale, sold our house without a realtor, moved, and underwent a major kitchen renovation all while juggling the usual client relationship and money making balls all at the same time. Whew!!! That’s me taking a huge breath. I know there will be more blog posts to follow with details of the above projects, but today I wanted to recap our faux finish and decorative painting projects at the Nashville Southern Living Showcase Home built by Castle Homes.

We ended up providing faux finishes and decorative painting in several different areas of the home. We had the pleasure of working with the extremely talented and super organized, Kristen Finney of Finney Interiors. Kristen invited me to the first meeting with the builder and designers to discuss the rooms to be designed. The designers got to submit their request for the rooms they wanted to design. Kristen and I were immediately on the same page. Both of us being avid readers of Southern Living Magazine, we knew that outdoor spaces were a huge focus for the magazine. We knew that if Southern Living did a story on the house it would include the outdoor space. Also, working in our favor was the use of the Nanawall in the home’s design. This amazing door is a wall of windows that completely folds and slides to one side to create a completely open living space. It was the entry wall to the covered patio. We knew the outdoor room was the space we wanted.

When it came time to put the design plan for the outdoor space together I suggested a concrete overlay patterned design. I had the pleasure of meeting Melanie Royals at a conference earlier this year and she and I became fast friends. I am a huge admirer of her stencil designs. She is a genius in the art of applying color and pattern. She is the manufacturer of Modello Designs. These are one time use masking stencils that are perfect for large area applications. The stencils adhere to the concrete and you are able to trowel and paint your designs through the stencil, peel up the stencil, and voila you have an amazing custom finished pattern.

Melanie, custom designed an IKAT Modello pattern with a chevron border for our project. Melanie, also introduced me to Katrina Johnson of Skimstone at a conference this summer. She and Melanie and I got together to brainstorm this project. Katrina and Melanie are the dream team of concrete overlay. They actually have put together some training videos of how to install a Skimstone floor with Modello patterns. So, our team consisted of Melanie Royals custom designing our pattern, Katrina Johnson of Skimstone providing the product, and Pablo Johnson also of Skimstonewho came into town to help Brooks with the project installation. Here are a few photos of the installation.

Outdoor Living Area Before
Outdoor Living Area Before

 

Layers of Skimstone applied to the floor
Layers of Skimstone applied to the floor

 

Laying out the Modello pattern
Laying out the Modello pattern

 

Modello Stencil in place
Modello Stencil in place

 

Pablo Johnson and Brooks Tucker
Pablo Johnson and Brooks Tucker

 

Completed Modello Skimstone Ikat floor
Completed Modello Skimstone Ikat floor

 

Modello Skimstone Ikat floor at Nashville Southern Living Showcase Home
Modello Skimstone Ikat floor at Nashville Southern Living Showcase Home
panoramic shot of Modello Skimstone Floor by Bella Tucker Decorative Finishes
panoramic shot of Modello Skimstone Floor by Bella Tucker Decorative Finishes

Nancy McNulty, of McNulty Communications did the P.R. for the showcase home and did an amazing job getting multiple media outlets to cover the showcase home. She also put together this video of the floor installation.

Thanks so much Nancy!!! You rock!!

We also designed a powder bathroom finish using Royal Design Studios large Chez Sheik stencil with their new Pearl Oyster stencil Creme paint base coat is Sherwin Williams Magnetic Grey- 7058.

Brooks Tucker working on the Southern Living Powder Bath stencil design
Brooks Tucker working on the Southern Living Powder Bath stencil design
Powder Bath Design with Royal Designs Large Chez Sheik Stencil
Powder Bath Design with Royal Designs Large Chez Sheik Stencil

We painted a drywall oven hood a metallic pewter finish,

Faux Pewter Hood by Bella Tucker Decorative Finishes
Faux Pewter Hood by Bella Tucker Decorative Finishes

we added some pink stripes outside the amazing Amanda Burdge’s guest retreat, we also finished the ceiling in the girl’s bedroom in a shimmery pearl metallic.

Many, many thanks to Castle Homes for inviting us to participate in this gorgeous showcase home, to Kristen Finney for bringing us in to provide finishes for her interior designs, to Nancy McNulty for the amazing PR, to Melanie Royals for your generosity and talent, to Katrina Johnson for your amazing Skimstone products and for loaning us Brooks’ new BFF Pablo Johnson. Brooks and Pablo spent a week together finishing the Modello Skimstone floor. I think that kind of artistry, hard work, and hours of commitment bonds people together. Thanks Pablo for coming to Nashville to help. You are welcome back anytime, we’ve got a room ready for you in the new house.

If you would like to talk to us about how to infuse your home or business with some Southern Living charm, please email me at [email protected] or give me a call at 615-500-1517.

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  1. kari says

    November 28, 2011 at 3:30 pm

    super cool floor! digin that!

  2. faux painting in atl says

    December 3, 2011 at 8:25 pm

    WOW seems paltry compared to the work done here in this show house! I LOVE the floor, and have worked with skimstone – which I also think is a wonderful product.
    The bathroom is stunning – well done and suits the space just right. thanks so much for sharing pictures!

  3. Bonnie Lecat says

    January 5, 2012 at 6:54 am

    Wow… I love your blog! I’m so glad I discovered it. I don’t see where I can subscribe, but I would like to, if possible:) Keep up the good work!!

  4. Doris Davis says

    January 7, 2012 at 7:08 am

    Love that outdoor floor!!

  5. admin says

    January 7, 2012 at 8:14 am

    Thanks so much for all your comments on the floor. It was an amazing experience to be able to work on this show house.

  6. Linda Phillips says

    February 12, 2013 at 12:13 pm

    This California kitchen designer loves what you do!

  7. Dana Tucker says

    February 12, 2013 at 12:37 pm

    What a wonderful surprise seeing your comment!! Thanks.

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