Antique Leather

Here's a close-up of the final coat in the Study Bathroom. It's an antique leather treatment.

The base coat is the lighter color (same as the color in the study). The top coat is a darker brown mixed with 3 parts glaze. The glaze mixture is rolled on the wall and then covered with a thin plastic sheet. The plastic sheet has been pre-crumpled and then laid out mostly flat on the wall. When the plastic is removed, some of the glaze mixture is removed with it. The creases and folds in the plastic cause different amounts of glaze to be removed, giving this effect.

Study Bathroom Re-Plumbing - Part 4

I finally got it all put back together tonight.  Yesterday I checked with Gopher Plumbing Supply for the new toilet parts.  Unfortunately, they didn't have the right parts for this brand.  Kudos to them, though; they recommended a competitor just down the road that carries parts for that brand.

Star Supply had one of each in stock, I picked them up this morning, and installed them tonight.  Everything works like a champ!

Study Bathroom Re-Plumbing - Part 3

After some distractions, I finally got back to this project. I took Super Bowl morning to paint the room. The color is an historical color, Audubon Russet, that's the same as the study. And it is one of the colors in the painting on the door.

Though this picture is after the second coat (compare with a before photo), we're not done. Which is why drop cloths are on the floor and nothing is re-installed, yet...