You've guessed it: the dining room. Here is a sampling of murals and faux finishes from a handful of my favorite dining rooms. You can click on each of the pictures to see it larger.

First, here is a classical Zuber design panel. My favorite part of this mural is the trompe l'oeil frame I painted around the mural so it has a detailed start and finish. The rest of the walls were glazed  for added depth.

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Next, is a sunny Tuscan selection. The warmth of these colors carries through every on the greyest day of winter.

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Loving these warm colors, our next room has a sophisticated hand painted medallion. The walls sport a mica-infused plaster finish in a warm custard yellow. 

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 Here is an art deco favorite. Looks like everyone is at the party already!  

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The soft pastoral colors of this landscape promise just the right dinner setting.  

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The bold, red background with its hand-painted detail is counterbalanced by the soft geometry of the glazed diamond finish of the dining room.  All the edges are finished by hand, slightly uneven - no taping - and dusted with a mica powder.  The challenge, ending up eveningly as I went around the room, with a job here and there.  Note how I integrated the geometric diamond form in the foyer's graphics.

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My last selection features a raised plaster stencil of intertwining acanthus leaves on a slightly darker plaster background.  Note the hand painted details in the corners of the tray ceiling.

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Hope I've made you just a little hungry.  Is your dining room ready for dinner tonight?

I always love hearing back from you.  Let me know what was your favorite.