jobs in progress December 29, 2006

Jobs in progress-updated December 29, 2006
Almost 8 years of updates !

Plaster walls--
Rock-hard quality!

**Color venetian style plaster**
**Alexandria, VA**

Walls seem to glow. Embedded color adds dimension to the plaster walls. Color is paint colorant mixed into the finish plaster. Colorant is from a Sherwin-Williams paint store, giving a large and precise color pallette to our work. For a slide show for more	Mynor trowels on finish coat on this bathroom. We used a mixture of Keene's cement, lime and fine sand for the color finish. The result is a finish that is extremely hard, scratch and chip resistant, and even scrubbable. Picassa slide show.

Burnishing on kitchen ceiling has a cool wrinkle-like effect. Mottling and burnishing are contolled by the individual plasterer. Picassa slide show..	A view of the mottled colors in the purple master bedroom. Each wall is completely unique. This is what the faux people try to copy. Faux means "fake" in French. You can't fool me. I can spot the real deal a mile away. Picassa slide show..

**A new house in an old neighborhood.**
**for Whitcomb and Carrocio in Bethesda, MD**

Bottom floor is pebble dash stucco. See how we did it..	Drip edge is my design.You may have seen it before. Water is deflected away from house and foundation. See how we did it..
	Mynor dashes on the pebble mix. See how we did it..

**Two new houses in an old neighborhood.**

First floor on these houses is pebble-dash stucco. Pebble dash is always an attention-getter. See how we did it..	Basement level had fake concrete bricks that were easily stuccoed over. Color on the basement level is white portland cement and white sand. Note my decorative band/drip-edge at the bottom of the pebble dash. See how we did it..
	A close up view of the pebble dash finish. If you have visited my site before we have done several new houses in old neighborhoods with pebble-dash stucco. See how we did it..

**An addition in Great Falls, VA**
**for Doug Bibb's Landscaping Company**
	Inside of this attractive porch addition is stuccoed. Finish is REAL Portland cement and REAL sand. Color is # 34, "San Simeon" from La Habra stucco.