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Santa Fe Sitting Room: Wall Troweling and Coffee-Table Makeover The second phase of the Santa Fe sitting room transformation begins. From "Fresh Coat" episode DFCT-201

Figure A

Peter and Molly's sitting room has begun its transformation with a base coat of Bridgewater Tan paint on the walls of both the entryway and the sitting room. Now the second phase of the transformation is about to begin (figure A).

Wall materials:

trowels (various style, sizes)
spatula
paint tray
paint mixing stick
lighter paint (we used Benjamin Moore Powell Buff HC-35)
Texstone acrylic flat wax
darker gold paint (we used Benjamin Moore Mystic Gold)

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	Figure B
	Figure C

Table materials:

sandpaper
sticky rag
paint (Benjamin Moore Rosemary Green 2029-30)
brushes
pencil
ruler/level
paint Benjamin Moore (Mink 2112-10)
wax
steel wool
clean cotton rag

1. A second layer of paint, Powell Buff, will be applied over the tan walls; lighter in color, it will complement the open, warm look of the new walls. To create the look of old, faded adobe walls, the paint is applied with a variety of trowels (figure B).

2. The process of troweling paint is basically goof-proof. Shannon uses a spatula to apply a thin line of paint along the edge of the trowel: small amounts of paint are easier to control as the paint is applied to the walls (figure C).

3. The paint is applied to the wall by simply pulling the trowel down the wall surface. The force with which the trowel is pushed against the wall determines how much paint is spread with each stroke. For a natural, sun-aged look, at least 80 percent of the wall should be covered with troweled-on paint.

Tip: It's easier to add on than take away paint: just keep troweling and adding thin layers of paint until the perfect look is achieved (figure D) (figure E).

Figure D

Figure E

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