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Catherine Machnics Fine Interior Painting
Specialty finishes, Wallpaper, Borders and Murals

Friday, January 4, 2013

Themed Bedrooms for Boys


A fresh coat of paint on the ceiling and two shades of grey on the walls makes a perfect backdrop for some bright "Rock Star" paraphernalia.  Clipboards were covered with musical note paper and cork tiles were painted colors matching the bedspread colors.  School papers and artwork are now ready for display.

 Storage cubes with color coordinated boxes were added.  A pile of matching pillows are in the corner for a reading nook.  Musical notes and guitars are made of poster board and painted colors to match the other elements of the room.

 Guitar hooks and "records" (old video discs) decorate some of the corners and over the doors and window.



We started painting this room Cleveland Browns orange and added a wide white stripe to the middle to approximate the old football helmets.The clipboards in this room are covered in football paper.  This Browns fan even has a matching Browns basketball hoop.
 Posters, jerseys, and "Fathead" football decals decorate the walls.




Dark cork tiles were added for displaying artwork.  Storage cubes add extra space for toys and books.  You can get the cube boxes in practically any color.

The New Wallpaper-Popular Again!

 This house has a nice fresh update with new wallpaper, ceiling, flooring and furniture.


 The laundry room and hall have a new look with a lighter version of the same wallpaper pattern in the family room.  The border adds a nice touch to the laundry room.

 The lighter wallpaper is carried into the kitchen and a matching border finishes the update.


A feature wall was added to this house:




The new paper catches your eye from the moment you pull into the driveway and walk up to the front door.

Saturday, June 9, 2012

The Kitchen Project




Before:







We started by painting the cabinet bases and then removed the doors and drawers spraying them to match.  We added updated hardware.  This gives the kitchen a light updated look.

 The customer added a new light fixture and had a new laminate floor installed.  We then painted the ceiling white and the walls a bright fun color with a slightly lighter shade on the bulk heads over the cabinets.






Lilly says, "Stop back again to see our new counter tops!"

Friday, February 10, 2012

A Beautiful Paint Job

This kitchen was painted both walls and ceilings.  The customer didn't want to change the border. The border was cut at the bottom to the floral pattern making application of the paint more challenging.
Louvered doors were sprayed with a semi-gloss latex enamel to give a smooth finish.


Nice clean edges between ceilings and walls and in this last picture the floor.  Woodwork, trim and carpeting are free of cast off and drips.
The wood trim in this archway had a piece of wood missing.  The gap was filled and molded to match the existing trim then sanded and painted.
Tight corners and odd angles are finished as beautifully as the rest of the room.

Wallpaper, Borders, Murals

The best wallpaper job starts with proper surface preparation.  Here we are removing the old paper and washing the walls to remove the paste.  This hallway was eventually painted so the walls needed to be patched and primed before painting.
These walls needed the old paper stripped and the cracks were filled then sanded smooth.  The ceiling and crown molding were painted prior to the new paper being hung.
The new paper was then applied.
This exercise room had a sunny Greek Isle mural applied to the wall, and we then painted some clouds on the ceiling to bring the sky overhead.
This kitchen had a mural added to a long stretch of wall opening the room out onto the Mediterranean.