paint is one of the quickest and
cheapest ways to make over a room and
staff with the latest trends as well but
it's a good idea to have a game plan
absolutely before you begin or it could
be a complete disaster interior designer
Marie Flanagan she's back with more
ideas and an easy demo to help us
transform our spaces we're specifically
talking about plaster and we'll get to
whitewashing and lime washing and all
kinds of stuff I don't understand okay
so why don't we start with plaster right
because this beautiful piece is is
plaster right that's right and plaster
is a finish that we're using more and
more all over the home it gives it it
gives your paint color a little bit more
depth and also texture and the variety
of textures you can use from a rough
trowel to a really smooth Venetian
plaster with a high gloss are really
endless and here what you just pointed
out is a floral motif that we worked
with segreto to develop for a master
bathroom
and if someone sorry accordion go ahead
this would actually be on the wall I
mean it looks like a piece of art and so
this is what you're actually going to
paint right that's right it is like a
sculptural piece of art for the wall
it's unbelievable and just to be clear
I'm not I mean this is not the DIY
version right this is something that you
would hire someone to come in and do
well get to the DIY in just a minute but
in the meantime we have some beautiful
photos of how how its applied this is
this is a plaster application marine yes
and like I was saying before you can do
a more high-gloss Venetian plaster or
this is what's called a diamond plaster
which just has a little bit of Sheen to
it but we're using plaster in so many
different applications not just the
walls they've developed different
products because of plasters durability
as you can see we've used it on hoods
but we're also using it on countertops
in bathrooms instead of using tile
they've developed what's called at a
black which is it actually an ancient
Greek technique but basically it's as
hard as concrete if not harder but it
creates this beautiful simplistic look
to your shower and you have no grout
lines unbelievable and we were just
looking at that staircase as well that
we just saw is that what we were it was
that plaster on it on the so okay that
was something else
what's called a slurry or a mortar wash
which is very popular right now you're
seeing it a lot on exteriors of homes
people who are sick of the brick that
they have on their home or they're sick
of the color and they just really want
an update they want to refresh it so and
I have an example down here okay a
slurry brick but it's basically just a
mortar wash that you add on top of the
brick Oh interesting
it really renders the texture of the
brick much more subtle and I know we
have very bright lights in this studio
but now I think people can see the
texture a little better and there's
really a dip we covered the entire brick
in this application but you can let some
of the Reds show through for people who
just want you know an update on their
fireplace or a brick wall in your home
even on stone slurry is a great
application now slurry is something that
I would hire a professional for because
of this number of steps and the drying
process look what a dramatic difference
that is before and after though yeah
especially to give it a little bit more
contemporary feel again it softens the
brick makes it look a little bit more
pillowed it's just a clean really
beautiful look let's bring out sorry
Johnny martyr because he's gonna show us
a little bit of a demo in case someone
wants to try this at home yeah
absolutely we have a quick little demo
here for you guys and what he's demoing
is a lime wash which is much more of a
DIY that you can even pick up this type
of product at Home Depot okay absolutely
so what we're gonna do is we're gonna do
a lime wash over a brick okay and
anybody can pretty much do it at home
it's a simple process and we're gonna
show you how to do it today
so when you say lime wash this is the
product that we buy already that's
correct okay we have diluted it it comes
in a concentrated bucket we have already
diluted it for you guys today
and it's usually a 50/50 mix depending
on how thick or how thin you want it
okay and the lime wash like where would
someone buy this if they're looking for
it at their local are this Pacific one
you can buy at Home Depot something like
a slurry there it's actually a European
brand so that's when you call us okay
all right started yes
absolutely so what you want to do is
apply an even coat throughout the entire
brick and depending on your coverage
desires
I mean someone could apply multiple
coats or are you just starting with just
a thin coat I would start off with a
thin coat and then apply more and more
as the break shows okay and we have a a
sample that we did out here about 30-40
minutes ago okay
show you a finished product okay we'll
pull out the finished product here okay
so this is it clearly I mean that's it
that's a quick and easy face lift so the
lime wash is what we would ask for when
we head to Home Depot then exactly
exactly and it's an all-natural product
yeah it's beautiful that's great no VOCs
and you can really dilute this product
and make it as strong or as weak as
you'd like
okay we're gonna check back in right
after this a reminder if you want to
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