One of the coolest things about decorative finishes is the ability to fulfill unusual requests and think outside the box. The owners of this fabulous post and beam contemporary inherited this lifeless looking cultured stone fireplace. The cold uniformly light gray cement color looked like just what it was, cement. This seemed a little "off" when compared to the natural wood tones of the floor and ceiling. The "stone" being very rough and porous, painting it would have been much too labor intensive and not give the greatest results. The option demolishing and rebuilding the fireplace was expensive, messy and time consuming. What to do?
Well.. we used zero voc powdered Earth Pigments diluted in water and "washed" them into the stone, layering and blending the colors as we went. We then sealed our work with Faux Like A Pro dead flat varnish, added some whiting while still damp, and viola field stone! The whole project took us 3 days start to finish.
