"Start At The Beginning..."

Well, sort of!  Decorative finishes are not new to us. We have been creating finishes for walls, ceilings, floors, counters, furniture, set designs and anything else we can get our hands on, for almost a decade. We begin each project...as we like to say...at the beginning.

Blogging, however, IS new to us. How do we begin? At the VERY beginning of Finished With Style?  Now, that's just silly.

So, we will begin with one of our first and fave clients...Sally. We have been working with Sally forever.

When we first met Sally, she had been in her new CT home for 1 year. We began by 'styling' her living spaces, then selecting a wall color and painting her kitchen. This lead to creating a Lusterstone countertop backsplash with a custom stencilled accent.

Next up was creating a faux granite finish on a dining room buffet.

Wall colors were then chosen for her living and dining room.  After that, Jadecor was installed in the foyer...

 ...and holographic foils in the powder room.

Sally then purchased a 'pied-a-terre' in NYC, on the East Side, as a home away from home.  A designer was hired, colors chosen and furniture ordered.  Included with the design plans were wall finishes.  We travelled to NYC and installed Lusterstone and Jadecor in the new living and dining rooms.

Back to CT.  Sally loved the Jadecor in both of her spaces so much, she wanted more.  We continued the Jadecor in her foyer to the entire entrance as well as the hallway leading to the bedrooms.  Next, a Skimstone concrete floor was installed in her powder room.

Then, Sally took a break...places to go, things to do...and we were busy with other clients.

Recently, Sally called us regarding her kitchen in NYC.  What could we do to a 70's style galley kitchen that would not involve a major demo?  Back to NYC we went.  Sally's kitchen had very few redeeming qualities cosmetically...bad 'visual' bones.

The before...yikes!!

But, the substrate is good overall.  It was obvious to us that we could refinish the existing surfaces. We developed a plan and timeline and have begun the project.  We will keep you up-to-date with our progress in future posts.

Back to the beginning...our goal is to provide you with a weekly blog that is filled with artistic inspiration for all surfaces. We will bring you through the entire process of many of our projects from beginning to end; discussing everything from inspiration, design, color and concepts to the products chosen and why. We will also include any challenges that we encounter and, of course, the final Ta Daa!!

Please be a bit patient while we muddle through this new blogging world. We hope that you will enjoy following the process and become inspired to create a space Finished With Style!

See you soon!

Susan and Tracey

FWS