Powder and Patina

The best thing about decorating powder rooms is that they are tiny.  The worst thing about them is that they are tiny.  Easy to finish (relatively) quickly, difficult to photograph effectively.  Here's what I worked on much of the week...

Okay, a little dark, but you get the idea of the room, in general.

Tent striped ceiling in a streaky verdigris and copper, rope trim border with tassels, and color meshed walls in the same colors, with a damask stencil

Tassel detail

I also tweaked the Venice mural that I did for these folks last month, but although it took several hours and looks much more finished in person, the size of the photo on here really doesn't show the differences from the last shot I shared.  Ah well, here it is anyway, in case you missed it the first time around.

Venice revisited, now with more balconies, signs, plants, another boat in the boathouse, and some perspective issues straightened out.

Oh, oh, oh!  The other big news is that Cat was on Twin Cities Live this week (click link here), talking about Fruit and Veggies Aplenty, the book she wrote.  Our friend Lisa Fahey shot photos, and I illustrated around them.

The rhyming verse in Fruit and Veggies Aplenty will get fingers snapping and taste buds popping.  You can get it at bridgingtheuniverse.com

I'm still working on collecting photos and info for a post about my classmates in France.  Maybe next week...?  Have a great weekend!