Modern Living Room

Curry Walls

Tools And Materials Needed

• Butter and curry yellow latex paint
• Roller and paint tray
• Water-based glazing liquid
• Mixing container
• Soft lint-free rags

Getting Started

Glaze: 1 part curry yellow latex paint, 2 parts water-based glazing liquid.

1. Apply two coats of butter yellow basecoat and let dry for 4 hours.
2. Mix the colored glaze.
3. Scrunch up a rag and dip it into the glaze mixture. Rub the color onto the walls as if you were washing them. Make the glaze as thick or as light as you would like to colour. Start by applying just a little, then build the colour if you want more. Don't forget about your wet edge. Keep the edge of your paint area well wet in order to avoid seam lines.
4. Let dry.

Indian Fireplace

Tools And Materials Needed

• Orange terra cotta latex paint
• Water-based glazing liquid
• Mixing container
• Roller and tray
• Stippling tool
• Cardboard for design template
• Design (We copied a design from a piece of Indian fabric)
• Pencil
• Sharp knife
• Low-tack painter's tape
• Artist's acrylics in vibrant colors
• Artist's brush
• Straight-edge ruler
• Gold paint pen
• Mirrored contact paper
• Scissors

Getting Started

Glaze: 1 part orangelatex paint, 2 parts water-based glazing liquid.

1. The fireplace surround was colorwashed in the same manner as the Curry Walls.
2. Mix the orange glaze and apply it over the colorwashed base of the fireplace surround.
3. Using the stippling tool, scrape through the wet glaze in straight horizontal strokes. You will see some of the base coat coming through. Wipe the excess glaze off the stippling tool after each stroke. Then gently pull the stippler through the glaze from top to bottom so that lines will run in both directions.
4. Draw a template of the design you have chosen onto a piece of cardboard and cut it out. The design we used was traced from sari material and filled in with brilliant colors in keeping with the Indian theme. Tape the template in position and trace the designs around the surround with pencil.
5. Paint in the forms in a variety of colors using an artist's brush.
6. Outline the forms with a gold paint pen, using a ruler for the straight lines.
7. Cut circles from the mirrored contact paper and stick them onto the design. Outline the circles with a contrasting acrylic paint.

Sari Curtains & Teabox Finial

Getting Started

Light and airy Indian fabrics were used to make curtains, and we found a new use for some Indian bracelets ñ as curtain hooks. We made finials by painting tea boxes in the same pattern as the one on the fireplace.

Bombay Boxes

Tools And Materials Needed

• Cube-shaped shelves
• Pencil, ruler, eraser
• String
• Cardboard
• White glue
• Tin foil
• Black latex Paint
• Soft cloth

Getting Started

1. Draw a pattern directly onto the box with pencil.
2. Cut out cardboard shapes and string and glue them into position on the box to fill in the pattern that you have drawn. This creates a raised or relief design on the flat surface. Leave the top of the box flat as you will be setting things on it. Let dry thoroughly.
3. Cut a piece of tin foil larger than your surface. Working on one side at a time, apply glue over the complete design surface including wood, cardboard and string. Lay down the foil, either shiny or dull side up, smoothing it and pushing it into the relief grooves with your fingers. Let dry. Cut off the excess foil. Repeat for the other box sides.
4. Using a rag, rub all 5 sides lightly with black acrylic paint, leaving more paint behind in the grooves of the design. Use a soft cloth to buff and highlight the relief.

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