All the Elves Have Been Hard at Work!

All in the last week....

Nicky applied lime plaster to the basement wall below the stairs. Of course lime plaster is much better for your walls than regular plaster, and allows them to breathe and drink when thirsty, but who knew it could look so luscious! The texture of it is eyeball heaven. It has a lively color and richness to it that is unsurpassed by any other plaster. It's so beautiful you have to restrain yourself from licking the walls!

At the beginning of the week, the room that is now a fully functional bathroom looked like this: A misty realm devoid of life, fit only for mists and invented creatures...

Until Nora saved it: she plastered the floors, scored them to look like large tiles, and applied a gorgeous treatment to them that made them look old and time-worn. Nora is the artist who did the stunning interiors of The River Tavern, and as always, she worked her magic well. She's one of our instructors for the Historic Paint and Interior Finishes Workshop. So for those of you who come to the workshop, maybe she'll teach you how she did this incredible face-lift in our basement. Check back tomorrow for photos of the bathroom as it is now. You won't believe your eyes. I don't.