Tuscan plaster- Kitchen Cabinets
An exclusive finish from the Faux Academy
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I developed this finish for one of my Italian clients. These clients traveled to Tuscany/Italy looking for distressed kitchen cabinets. They fell in love. However, shipping these cabinets to the USA was cost prohibitive. Due to the operational difficulties, they called me to distress and create an authentic Italian "look" for their cabinets.
Their family in Italy owns a vineyard and true to their heritage, the couple built an authentic Tuscan home, here in my neck of the woods
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Mustard Yellow Latex eggshell paint
White Latex eggshell paint (mix with yellow to obtain a light yellow hue)
Walnut Stain
Paint thinner (for clean up)
Whiting
Rags
6" Putty knife or Penguin Trowel
Brushes
Base coat:
Any surface within reason. In my clients case I worked with raw wood cabinets.
1. "spot" stain the cabinets. Let set (semi dry)
2. Mix Whiting with the yellow paint to a "pudding" consistency.
3. Trowel the mixture on to the surface. Making sure to create valley and peaks. Be sure to let the stain show through in some areas. Let dry overnight.
4. Mix white latex paint with some of the yellow paint to obtain a light yellow mix.
5. Dry Brush the surface with this mix
6. Dry brush until you get an somewhat orderly, distressed look
Good luck and all my best until next time
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Jessica, Thank you so much for your kind comment and for the nice compliment. Having a blog is sometimes very difficult, so it's extremely nice to hear that your post was read. This finish involves a plaster paste, because the client had a Italian sample she wanted to mimic. According to her, I did a fabulous job. I am always happy if the client gets exactly what was wanted. Blessings and thanks again for commenting.
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