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Sophisticated Elegance Bedroom Completed

August 7, 2009 //  by Paint It!

Glitter stripes Three walls in this bedroom received this treatment. The stripes are done using Goldens Glass Bead Gel and some glitter. Can I tell you?…not a fan of these beads, at least in this particular application. Susan and I tried several methods to achieve the most sparkle with the beads and it just was not happening with these beads alone. We mixed some clear and multi-color glitter into the glass bead gel and that gave it the look I was after. But, at $106/gallon, I think these beads are just not such a " wow factor". I totally over-bought, probably could have gotten away with a quart, so I will be experimenting with this glass bead product some more in my studio. I’m thinking they would work better using a stencil or Modello™. The glitters mixed into glaze would have worked just as well for this job.

Glitter stripe close up I know this is an odd angle, but it was the best way to photograph the stripe so the beads would show up.

I added a 1 inch solid tan border to match the valance and bedspread tan, plus this single overlay border from Royal Design Studio.

3 chandeliers

One of my favorite elements in this room are these 3 black chandeliers by Blik. I added some crystals to give it some sparkle. This is the headboard wall.

2 walls

Here you can see how the striped wall meets the "chandelier wall".

And don’t forget, this ceiling medallion that I showed you yesterday is in the center of the this room, done in the same burgundy color. Ceiling />

Category: Completion of Job, Kid Spaces

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  1. Jenney Bauer

    August 7, 2009 at 9:22 am

    The best application I have seen with the Glass Beads is when you use the cor-du-roy tool that Kathy sells and pull the beads in a Strie. You can buy the Glass beads at DickBlick for $64.00 a gallon. I think Kathy’s price just dropped to $75.00 a gallon.
    Looks great!
    Jenney

  2. Carol

    August 7, 2009 at 11:30 am

    Wow, thanks for the info about DickBlick. I didn’t even think of going there first for the beads! Too bad, quite a savings. I have the cor-du-roy tool that Kathy sells, tried it for this job, and it just did not work well. It was very uneven looking. I think it would work better on a stripe that went the entire height of the wall, where you had a little more play.

  3. Fauxology

    August 31, 2009 at 9:08 am

    This is all so cool, really great to see the pics. Was it hard working with the Blik chandelier? Have been dying to use it!

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