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Architectural Ornamentation for Kitchen Cabinets and Kitchen Backsplash with Gold LeafingArchitectural Ornamentation for Kitchen Cabinets and Kitchen Back splash with Gold Leafing This beautiful specialty finishes features special furniture quality architectural ornamentation. Lovely, raised damask areas or specialty features like appliques to create high end kitchen cabinets. Create custom kitchen cabinets that mimic furniture styles. As a decorator, we have used this many times to add dimension without cheap add-on wood pieces. Our design embeds the raised detail as part of the finish, like antiques of old. This is one of the coolest decorator finishes with architectural touches. For a design-on-a-dime budget, you will have a very high end custom cabinet look for your kitchen cabinet remodel. Try this do it yourself network makeover on kitchen cabinets door fronts, hood ornaments or special architectural ornamentation pieces like kitchen islands or kitchen back splash.
PRODUCTS AND TOOLS
4” Roller and foam roller coverSlanted cut paint brush Chip brushes, 2 inch and 3 inch Rags, T-shirt type Simple Green or TSP Cleaner 220 grit sandpaper for Prep 120 for Distressing *Set Coat Paint Metallic Bronze (this is the best choice for gold leaf to adhere) or–Sherwin Williams Grizzly Bear Brown(Buy the highest quality of Semi Gloss) Or Modern Masters Metallic Paint Statuary Bronze Faux Effects Venetian Gem Ultra Tinting Base (if you want raised ornamentation Without gold leafing, use Faux Effects Palette Deco Clear) Faux Cream Colorant – Van Dyke Brown *Gold Leaf Foil from Faux Effects *Foil Size **Houston Art Gold Leafing Squares, composite Not 24 ct (Regular not Simple Leaf) **Houston Art Gold Leafing Size **Houston Art Sealer **Houston Art Gold Leafing Glove Aqua Glaze Aqua Guard Flat Top Coat Stain and Seal – Antique Walnut FX Thinner Stencil of choice (use a sophisticated stencil, resist A trendy animated one that will date your project quickly) See note below. Small Plastic trowel with sanded corners(What also works is piece of styrene or plastic wallpaper applicator with sanded corners or in a pinch I’ve used a library card) Cheesecloth Drop Cloths Painters Tape (See recommended product glossary for information on these products, including where to get them) *Important: If your piece has areas that are 3 dimensional like molding, spindles, rope edging or anything that is not flat, you NEED these two products. If you do not have anything but flat spaces, you do not need these. *** Faux Effects does carry gold leaf and it can be used here. I mention the Houston Art Brand because, it is easily found at Michael’s or Craft Stores. This product only covers 3-4 sq feet per foot. And it is easy to miscalculate, so having an easy to reach stash nearby may prove critical. Trust me on this, I always try to do projects on budget and conservatively and have miscalculated the golf leaf. When you need only a few more, it’s easy to run to a nearby store for just a little more. In this sample you will practice skills with architectural, ornamentation, kitchen cabinets, kitchen back splash and gold leafing.
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“HOW TO” STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONSPREP*Before Beginning your kitchen cabinets with gold leafing, see surface instructions based on the surface of your cabinet, Guide to surface prep. (Link) Prepare surface as outlined in Surface Prep section. Prepare area to be painted by taping off walls and areas that you don’t want to get paint on. Use plastic and cloth drop cloths to protect floors, counter tops and appliances.After all Cabinet doors, bases and drawers have been sanded and cleaned according to your surface as noted in surface guide, begin painting. Stencil Note:For the ornamentation, I use a Renaissance Furniture set that comes with 7 pieces and have used over and over. This set compliments each other and there are many sections that you can tape off and create endless possibilities. See this picture below and click on it for this set. This really good for Kitchen back splash. It needs to really special and beautiful for you to do on the kitchen back splash which is a showpiece of your kitchen decor. This can only be done on wall, formica and is not appropriate for tile kitchen back splash. MIX• Stain Mix – Mix together One Quart of FX Thinner to 12 oz of Antique Walnut Stain and Seal. • Glaze Mix - 1 quart Aqua Glaze with ¼ cup Van Dyke Brown Colorant. 
ApplicationPour some of the SET COAT mixture into a small paint tray. When brushing, paint the recessed areas of the kitchen cabinet doors first with a cut/slanted paint brush painting in one direction. Then complete the process with the foam roller on the flat spaces. Be sure to saturate the roller, but offload excess paint on tray so you have no drips. Do the same process on the kitchen cabinet bases, flat spaces and drawers.***Hint, it is not necessary to empty all the cabinets of their contents, just push items away from edge and tape the inner trim areas to paint neatly. It is also not necessary to paint inside the box areas of the kitchen cabinets. If doing a kitchen back splash, you will need to remove everything above and below. Let Dry Fours Hours or preferably overnight. After having done this step for your primer, you may now apply this as a second coat (if you like this as a final color) OR Apply second coat in the same manner BUT with Sherwin Williams Brown paint or Modern Masters Statuary Bronze. With the use of Set Coat as a primer, you should be able to just apply one coat of the other paints as well. Now you are ready for the next step of the Architectural Ornamentation for Kitchen Cabinets and Kitchen Back splash with Gold Leafing. Sand Edges and areas that would wear naturally – corners, edges, near handles. Be sure to sand in the direction of the natural grain. Do not sand in random areas that would not naturally wear. I am sure you have seen some furniture with poorly done distressing that looks like a factory random removal of paint. The idea here is to create a beautiful custom kitchen cabinet that looks like high end furniture. You may adjust the degree of distressing by adding some nicks in the wood.
Architectural StepArchitectural Ornamentation Decisions:The next step is to decide where the ornamentation design should be placed. This is process where you: look at magazines, get inspirations from websites, kitchen stores, etc. See the drawer front in this sample. This is the correct size for the space. A cabinet door front would require a larger piece of architectural ornamentation to cover about 60% of the raised door panel. A hood ornamentation should be showpiece and may require a larger stencil. A kitchen back splash would require an elongated piece that repeats or makes a bold statement in one rectangular area like over a stove. We would be happy to look at your pieces and make suggestions, if you email the pictures to BeautifulHomeStore@yahoo.com. Once you have decided where the raised architectural ornamentation should go, (where to place the stencil), then you take a little of the Venetian Gem Tinting Base. (This is the same stuff used to fill grain or holes). ***If you want Raised Ornamentation, but NO gold leafing, then use Palette Deco Clear for this step. Take some product and put on a paper plate. Tape the Stencil in place with blue tape. And use the small plastic trowel (with sanded corners) to apply to the open areas in the stencil only. Don’t worry about being perfect here; the imperfect look is what we want. When complete, carefully remove the stencil and wipe off. Dry the stencil and go to the next pre-determined architectural ornamentation area and do it again. Rinse and Repeat until all areas are done. NOW, let this dry thoroughly. IF YOU ARE NOT APPLYING GOLD LEAFING, Go straight to the staining step. 
Gold Leafing ApplicationGold Leafing Step for architectural ornamentation – Mix well the container with the Gold Leafing Size. Apply with a chip brush over about 80% of the entire area to be gold leafed. Apply this only the flat spaces that you want leafed: Kitchen Cabinet doors, drawer fronts, kitchen back splashes, etc. Any molding, spindles or architectural three dimensional spaces, need the foil size not the Houston Art size for the little gold leafing squares. When the size is tacky, (about 15 minutes), you will now take the squares carefully out of the package, use the soft gold leaf glove for best results. Apply as package instructions, with the shiny side up. Apply over all of the kitchen cabinet doors and areas where you applied size. Because the size dries quickly, you should only do a section of gold leafing at a time. When all of these areas are done, you will have some spots where the gold leafing is missing and the bronze is showing through, this is desirable. If you want less showing, you may re apply the size when the surface is dry. When you do it again, try not to put excess size on the gold leafed areas. Now, for the Molding, spindles and three dimensional areas, you now have to use the gold leafing FOIL. Apply the Foil Size with a chip brush on the area to be golden. THEN, when tacky, apply the foil SHINY SIDE DOWN. This is the opposite of the little gold squares. Rub this with the gold leafing foil with the gold leafing glove or a t-shirt type rag. The pull the foil back and the gold should stay on the sized area. Complete until all is done. You should have gold leafing on the flat spaces and dimensional spaces with bronze peeking through. One important step here is to put a coat of the Gold Leafing Sealer over entire surface. This creates a barrier between the any glue residue and the glazing steps to come. Simple brush or roll over entire kitchen cabinets and other spaces. Beautiful!
Staining StepNEXT is the staining step. NOW, the next step is very important and is what allows this to look old and like an Architectural Ornamentation for Kitchen Cabinets and Kitchen Back splash with Gold Leafing.In the Staining Step, you take the Second Mixture called Stain Mixture above (made with FX Thinner) and Brush in a downward motion with a chip brush in the natural direction of the wood grain. Let the Stain settle deeply into the recently sanded areas and around the ornamentation areas. This gives the look of an old piece that has been embedded for years. The gold leafing adds an extra touch of elegance. You take a balled up piece of cheesecloth and pat the stained areas in a downward motion and remove about 70% of the stain as you go. Then go back over with a fresh ball of cheese cloth and stroke (rather than pat) downward as you go. This creates two different motions in the stain and resembles natural aging processes in wood. Complete this step on all kitchen cabinet surfaces and let it settle on the architectural ornamentation. And let this dry very well – Overnight is best!
Glazing StepThe next step is to apply a toning glaze the pieces. Why toning glaze? This Glaze step adds an extra sealer and protector and an aged patina of color as furniture or cabinetry ages over time. If the wood is distressed, the painted color would fade as well. SO you must add the vintage look by glazing the cabinet. It will be a soft elegant touch that sets apart custom kitchen cabinets. This is an awesome gold leafing finish for kitchen islands! This also goes very well on many kitchen back splashes.Glaze Step Use the mixture you prepared (see above). Apply a thin coat of glaze with the 2” Chip brush going in the direction of the grain of the wood on the kitchen cabinets. Use the 4”chip brush in the larger areas like flat spaces at the cabinet ends or large pantry doors. Cover the entire door with glaze. While the glaze is wet, remove the desired amount (usually about 80 %) with a rag. Do not use cheesecloth here, because we want a stroked look that is different to the prior step. Let this dry overnight.
Top Coat for architectural, ornamentation, kitchen cabinets, kitchen back splash and gold leafingAfter this has dried overnight, apply top coat of AquaGuard Flat in the same manner with brush and roller. Allow this to dry at least 24 hours before using cabinetry or replacing hardware.Now you have a magnificent Architectural Ornamentation for Kitchen Cabinets and Kitchen Back splash with Gold Leafing.Should you have any questions or need products for the Architectural Ornamentation for Kitchen Cabinets and Kitchen Backsplash with Gold Leafing click to contact us. PhotographPHOTOGRAPHPlease take pictures of your beautiful work. Gold leafing is not easy and should be shared with others! We would love to see them and may post on our website for inspiration to others with your permission. Your kitchen cabinets should receive lots of praise. After mastering the skills of architectural, ornamentation, kitchen cabinets, kitchen back splash and gold leafing you should photograph it! Please send your pictures to Kitchen Cabinets - BeautifulHomeStore@yahoo.com.  For Email Marketing you can trust
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