I love repeat business. It means that I did it right the first time, I was remembered, and the relationship was good. These owners moved from their standard West Philadelphia home to a glorious, 6,600 sq. ft., Victorian mansion nearby. The photos below don't do justice to the magnificence of this house, and I cannot share the address. So you'll have to trust me like the owners of this house do.
The house was in very good shape for its age (129 years), but most of the walls were a rather dull yellow or gray. The new owners had bolder ideas for several rooms. They used Benjamin Moore colors in a matte finish. However, these highly saturated colors had more of an eggshell finish due to the amount of tint.
This room in the 3rd floor rear went from to Peruvian Chili. Like many of the colors in this house, it took 3 coats to cover properly. I thought the gray walls would help, but, alas, they did not.
This room in the rear of the 2nd included a second kitchen (not pictured) and a sitting room. I like the archway and how the colors worked out here. The ceiling was curved, so one of the previous painters made a straight line for color and we followed it. I guess the ceiling and walls were designed to be one color, but blue masking tape did the trick. We used Amorous here.
I was surprised that we could get this rich Dark Royal Blue on the 2nd floor to cover properly in 2 coats.
Next to that room was a bathroom. It is essential that you use a moisture resistant paint in all bathrooms with showers. Contrary to common belief due to the way things used to be, you don't have to use a semi-gloss in a bathroom. You just need proper product and can use a flat finish. I did not take a photo of it, but the paint was peeling off the ceiling. We fixed that and painted the walls Shooting Star.
There is nothing gentle about this color, Gentle Violet, that we used in 2 rooms, including this little bump out area on the 2nd floor.
This parlor (or whatever you want to call is) was massive and included a detuned baby grand piano. We used quite a bit of paint, because the Seaweed took 3 coats to cover this. We also had to be extremely careful to not get any paint on this perfectly preserved woodwork.
