At a Gramercy Park duplex apartment YVStudio stenciled two floors. In each area the wooden surface background played a prominent role in the design. The foyer features a two-color creation inspired by a Córdoba floor, while the kitchen received a diagonal checkerboard pattern. Both painted surfaces received a transparent brown glaze to soften the effect andContinue reading “Córdoba Floor”
Category Archives: Glazing
Sutton Place Glazing
At this floor-through apartment near Sutton Place, NYC, YVStudio custom-mixed a glaze color to match the Palmyra wallpaper by De Gournay in the dining room, and the fireplace mantle in the Master Bedroom. After various samples were created, its perfect equivalent in oil glaze was painstakingly produced, and applied to the walls. The result wasContinue reading “Sutton Place Glazing”
Tribeca Striae
Striae painting is a technique that gives your walls, or woodwork a striped appearance. You achieve this look by dragging a dry brush through a glaze mixture that was applied over a base color. You work your way around the room applying your striae finish and slightly overlap adjacent sections to provide a seamless appearance.Continue reading “Tribeca Striae”
Shared Sacred Sites at the NYPL
For more than 100 years, The New York Public Library has collected thousands of religious books and manuscripts in order to preserve and make accessible the rich history of world religions, including the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Drawn from divisions across the Library’s research collections, the objects on display represent centuries ofContinue reading “Shared Sacred Sites at the NYPL”
Mikvah Mural Magic
The Chelsea Community Mikvah, “A Spa For The Soul”, had a stunning spa interior, but the staircase leading to the lower level was plain white and boring. First I applied plaster with a special trowel from Marmorino Products. I created a surface texture reminiscent of a wave. That wallContinue reading “Mikvah Mural Magic”
Medallions on Park Avenue
Earlier this Summer I was invited to do a decorative painting project at an Upper East Side Park Avenue residential lobby. The client asked me to work on 2 items. First I created a faux metal black decorative grille to match an existing iron grille above the entrance door. The lobby is quite large, and the second halfContinue reading “Medallions on Park Avenue”
Happy Holidays
Wishing you all the very best for the new year! Left image: Traditional style home in Tuxedo, NY, where I applied yellow and green glaze to the walls and woodwork, with accents of gold leaf. Right image: Contemporary lobby in a luxury condominium in Manhattan, where I applied Venetian Plaster to some of its walls.Continue reading “Happy Holidays”
Lobby transformation
This residential lobby, steps away from the Plaza Hotel, was redecorated by CPS Design. I repainted four 10′ high mirror frames in silver and mercury hues. These iridescent finishes subtly echoed the pale silver tones in the window treatments.
Victoria’s Secret Lounge Floor Painting
Set designer / decorator Lynn Nigro asked me to do a scenic paint job for her client Victoria’s Secret. 2,000 Square feet of plain pine planks had to be transformed into a warm brown floor that looked aged. At Lynn’s studio I custom mixed a stain color and painted the planks individually, one at aContinue reading “Victoria’s Secret Lounge Floor Painting”
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