Boone, NC: Zuber’s “Views of North America”
The challenge to this job was that the height of the design made the degrade` ‘fade’ higher than the room openings. I used ground colored chalk to fake the effect after adding appliques to disguise where the scene was cut off.
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Birmingham, AL: Zuber’s “ElDorado”
The challenge here was to fit cohesive elements of the scenes between openings.
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Memphis, TN: Zuber’s “Les Lointains” (“Classic Landscapes”)
This job called for a six-panel design to be repeated to fill in the wallspace (22 panels total). With careful placement of the panels, the result was dramatic, and never boring.
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Montgomery, AL: Gracie Custom Roomset
A Gracie design on paper, this layout had been measured by another, so some of the elements didn’t fit as planned, However, the results were gorgeous, as the Chinese are unmatched for detail.
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Mobile, AL: Repair & re-hang: Zuber’s “Isola Bella”
These 7 panels had been hung by a decent hanger who was inexperienced with Zuber. But one other thing was waiting to bite him: dusty ‘hot mud’ under the builder’s paint (Note to paperhangers: look for the tell-tale cratering that hot mud leaves. The dust left behind was painted over, and the clear primer- probably Gardz or Draw-Tite- couldn’t bind it). The scenic kept coming loose, especially in the curved corners: he thought his cellulose paste was too weak (it was, but he had not used blankstock liner either), so he re-pasted areas with vinyl paste. There were some stains, and the panels continued to pull away from the wall. Where he used the vinyl paste, the panels pulled up the paint & primer underneath, a real mess. I couldn’t solve the staining, but I could ensure that the scenic stayed up this time.
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Atlanta, Ga.:Travis & Assoc. Showroom
Sometimes it’s fun and games. Raw cotton toile on an Office Depot night stand. Hey, I just work there.
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Atlanta, Ga.: Re-hanging a salvaged Gracie
These panels had been hung in a Decorator’s Showhouse some years back (by another firm). Stripped somewhat haphazardly, it took a lot of work to get them hangable. Quarter-inch thick bands of sheetrock mud and other debris had to be cleaned off, and the panels (hung on fabric-backed vinyl for strippability, a bad choice because it warped and stretched on stripping) squared-up so they could be hung bordered by decorative framing (not shown).
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Columbia, S.C.: Zuber
This Zuber installation occurred at a private home outside Columbia, S.C. Early on, the architect/designer told me that the complete set- 18 panels-were to be hung in the dining room of a new home that had curved (radius) walls that were twelve-foot high.
Please click here to read about the installation of this $30,000 mural and see additional photos.
Travis & Assoc. showroom
At the Travis & Assoc. showroom (404-237-5079), their powder room gets a makeover in an acryllic-backed fabric toile.
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Marietta, Georgia: Gracie Installation
A simple installation using an elegant Gracie paper. With help from KL Conner and Walter Green.
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Palm Beach, Florida: Gracie Installation
Other hangers had started this job, and couldn’t get past the first sheet. KL Conner (& me) to the rescue. This is Gracie’s Decor Chinois, paper squares glued together and then painted. Simple, for a Gracie.
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Atlanta, Georgia: Patina from Silk Dynasty
Some of the wildest material I’ve ever hung is from Silk Dynasty. Here is their “Patina,” a copper sheet (not a foil, but a metal sheet that has been elactrostatically primed on the back) In the same home I also hung the wallcovering featured below.
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Atlanta, Georgia: Magic Flute from Silk Dynasty
“Magic Flute,” which is like a corrugated cardboard that has been sprayed black, and then gilded. This house will be featured here again soon, so this is just a glimpse for now.
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Canvas Murals by Nicole Lathouse Gilbert
Canvas murals by the artist Nicole Lathouse Gilbert, an excellent artist. The advantage of canvas is that she can paint them in her studio to your desires, and we can install them at your convenience.
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