Post #298531 by Howland on Wed, Apr 11, 2007 9:31 PM

Thanks Ken, I'm going to save a place on the wall for a Ruzic original!!! or print!!! or whatever I can get!!!! Don't make me come out there to HB! :)

I worked on some more faux tapa stuff today. I used the stamp method only on the background this time with a color slightly darker than the base color and I just hand drew the darker lines on the painted OSB sheeting with a jumbo sharpie. The pattern is a liitle of this-n-that from pics I've seen. I also framed it out with some flamekist bamboo and hit it lightly with some red mahogany stain mixed with a little poly. Not sure why I did the stain-I just tried a little in a corner and ended up going the distance with it. I'm OK with it but I don't want to end up doing the whole room with it--no sense in making xtra work for me.

Base coat with darker toned pattern stamped on.

Darker lines applied and It's been wiped with a little of the stain as well for an aged, splotchy look

view from across the room:

Had to throw in some other stuff here to get a check on the vibe level. You can really see what the red mohag stain did in this pic. Actually matches my chair to a tee almost. Still gotta solve the concrete post dilemma

Lights out shot:

Still got major tweaking to do. I started making a bamboo grid drop ceiling tonight ---we'll see what happens.
Tinx fer lookin',
BH