Color as a Highlight.
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 Interior Sensations
Brighten up your surroundings with
a healthy dose of color. The sky's
the limit when decorating your home. Draw attention to design or architectural features throughout your living spaces by highlighting those features with color.
Sheen, the reflective quality of a coating, can also help accentuate details in a moulding or a ceiling medallion, further highlighting those design elements. Many paint coatings are available in a variety of sheens, ranging from flat to eggshell to satin and finally to high gloss. Paints that have at least an eggshell sheen are also easier to clean and maintain, so there is the added benefit of easy maintenance. Deep colors in flat also have a tendency to 'burnish' when an object brushes against them or if they have been scrubbed or washed. It is important to make sure that all deep color choices in the home are ones with some degree of sheen.
Remember when choosing colors that your walls and trim are usually the background to your furniture, paintings, and window treatments. Make your selection based on what would best highlight those features as well.
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Job of the Month.
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 Gunston Hall
We're baaaccckkk!!!
No, you're not experienc-
ing deja' vu. Yes, we featured Gunston Hall in one of our Spring news-
letters, but this time we were back to paint the interiors of the out-
buildings. These included the Laundry, the Dairy, the Kitchen and the School Building, pictured here.
After historic artifacts had been carefully removed, Tech Painting started prepping and painting the walls and trim of the various buildings. David Reese, the plantation's Director, specified that we use a 'white wash' for the interior walls. He had a contact in Lynchburg, Virginia, that specialized in historic coatings. He recommended that we use Lime Wash paint for all of the plaster
walls and exposed ceiling joists.
The 'wash' arrived on site in powder form and had to be carefully mixed with water to form the proper consistency. The painters first rolled on the paint coating, and then back-brushed through the wet film with a stiff bristled broom. This gave the walls the rough-
brushed texture that was, believe it or not, historically accurate for the mid-18th century in these types of buildings.
The result? The buildings now look older than they did before we started. That has got to be a first for us.
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