very cute. i love it.

This is fabulous. I think its a great job!!!!

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Wow, that looks great! I'd love to do this in my house. How'd you do it?

Thanks. I have to admit my hubby actually did the paint treatment. It's a two-paint technique. First you paint a base coat. Then a glaze goes on, using random criss-cross brush stroke. Before the glaze dries, you go over it with a kind of putty knife to smooth the brush strokes and give it a more Venetian plaster-ish look. We found info at Home Depot in the Behr paint section.

I love this application and have done a dramatic 2-story Venetian finish for my living room. Hubby put up quite the fuss over how long the process took (someone else did it) but, is appreciative now.

However did I miss this post -- You did a great job with it. I actually took it for Venetian plaster. Hat's off to you [and your hubby].

Thanks for the snaps ladies!

haze, you & your hubby do great work too. Your renewed patio looks so inviting.