Aurora Decorative Finishes LLC
Specializing in verre eglomise, antique mirrors, architectural gilding and handmade wallcoverings
Holding you in our hearts - Renee Nicole Good x
Happy New Years!
I was given Daruma doll assembly kit from my friend Catherine Lignier after she went to Japan. Painting a Daruma doll’s eyes is a Japanese New Year tradition symbolizing perseverance and goal-setting. I’m going to paint the left eye and set a New Year’s resolution. The other will be painted when my goal is achieved, signifying completion and gratitude. In Japan, I’ve read that they keep them visible as reminders and are traditionally burned at temples after a year, regardless of success, to make way for new goals. (Phew!)
They represent the spirit of never giving up- which is a perfect theme - especially for this New Year.
Happy New Years!
I was given Daruma doll assembly kit from my friend Catherine Lignier after she went to Japan. Painting a Daruma doll’s eyes is a Japanese New Year tradition symbolizing perseverance and goal-setting. I’m going to paint the left eye and set a New Year’s resolution. The other will be painted when my goal is achieved, signifying completion and gratitude. In Japan, I’ve read that they keep them visible as reminders and are traditionally burned at temples after a year, regardless of success, to make way for new goals. (Phew!)
They represent the spirit of never giving up- which is a perfect theme - especially for this New Year.
Eastcliff, Part Two: The Peacock Bar!
While working on the main staircase stencil (previous post), I was thrilled to discover the true ingénue of the home: the Peacock Bar. What looked like a small closet revealed itself to be a hidden jewel box of gilded mirrors and a handpainted ceiling in a peacock tail pattern. The room was reportedly built during the Prohibition era in the 1930s. Though descriptions simply refer to “metallic decorative walls,” we all know this is a beautiful example of églomisé (reverse gilding on glass).
After years of researching, practicing, and pushing(!) this craft to local designers, it was a thrill to find a genuine example right here at home. Happing upon this historic gilded-glass room was the highlight of my fall!
After renovation, Eastcliff will welcome the new University of Minnesota president, Rebecca Cunningham. It will serve as her residence, and the public areas will be open for tours. Eastcliff remains the most-visited public residence in the state.
#glassgilding
#églomisé
#reversegilding #aurora.finishes
@thesocietyofgilders
Eastcliff, Part Two: The Peacock Bar!
While working on the main staircase stencil (previous post), I was thrilled to discover the true ingénue of the home: the Peacock Bar. What looked like a small closet revealed itself to be a hidden jewel box of gilded mirrors and a handpainted ceiling in a peacock tail pattern. The room was reportedly built during the Prohibition era in the 1930s. Though descriptions simply refer to “metallic decorative walls,” we all know this is a beautiful example of églomisé (reverse gilding on glass).
After years of researching, practicing, and pushing(!) this craft to local designers, it was a thrill to find a genuine example right here at home. Happing upon this historic gilded-glass room was the highlight of my fall!
After renovation, Eastcliff will welcome the new University of Minnesota president, Rebecca Cunningham. It will serve as her residence, and the public areas will be open for tours. Eastcliff remains the most-visited public residence in the state.
#glassgilding
#églomisé
#reversegilding #aurora.finishes
@thesocietyofgilders
Eastcliff Part One: I had the pleasure of working in my own neighborhood last week, right on the banks of the mighty Mississippi. Eastcliff, the official residence of the president of the University of Minnesota, was designed in 1922 in the Georgian Colonial style by Clarence H. Johnston Sr. It’s now owned by the University of Minnesota Foundation. Thanks to our contacts at Schaefer Flooring, Skip Wilson and I were able to replicate the original scroll design on the main staircase. Here are some before and after pics. You might also glimpse the staircase in the dollhouse!
Also thanks to my husband, David, who showed up for everything.
Stay Tuned for Part Two!!
@davidlouwho
@sssssskip
@skips_arts
@aurora.finishes #aurorafinishes
#historicstencils
@umntwincities
Eastcliff Part One: I had the pleasure of working in my own neighborhood last week, right on the banks of the mighty Mississippi. Eastcliff, the official residence of the president of the University of Minnesota, was designed in 1922 in the Georgian Colonial style by Clarence H. Johnston Sr. It’s now owned by the University of Minnesota Foundation. Thanks to our contacts at Schaefer Flooring, Skip Wilson and I were able to replicate the original scroll design on the main staircase. Here are some before and after pics. You might also glimpse the staircase in the dollhouse!
Also thanks to my husband, David, who showed up for everything.
Stay Tuned for Part Two!!
@davidlouwho
@sssssskip
@skips_arts
@aurora.finishes #aurorafinishes
#historicstencils
@umntwincities
Spied a black cat reminiscing about their Halloween adventures on my walk home from work tonight.
#saltlakecity
#gildingatthetemple
Spied a black cat reminiscing about their Halloween adventures on my walk home from work tonight.
#saltlakecity
#gildingatthetemple
Mural on 9 panels of wallcovering heading to installation next week by Pettis Decorating. Thanks again to our fabulous team! @shonadockter @apropos_studio @sssssskip @jamiereich @victoria_secret_the_cat @twistinteriordesign
Couldn’t have done this without you xxx
Mural on 9 panels of wallcovering heading to installation next week by Pettis Decorating. Thanks again to our fabulous team! @shonadockter @apropos_studio @sssssskip @jamiereich @victoria_secret_the_cat @twistinteriordesign
Couldn’t have done this without you xxx
I haven’t posted for quite some time. Lots of travel work, Society of Gilders events, then recently this lovely commission painted on panels for @twistinteriordesign. Heading to its forever home soon. I’m going to miss seeing this landscape! Thanks so much to @shonadockter and @sssssskip for their help. Thanks to @apropos_studio and @areaenvironments for the space.
#customwallcovering #landscapemural #aurora.finishes #muralpainting
I haven’t posted for quite some time. Lots of travel work, Society of Gilders events, then recently this lovely commission painted on panels for @twistinteriordesign. Heading to its forever home soon. I’m going to miss seeing this landscape! Thanks so much to @shonadockter and @sssssskip for their help. Thanks to @apropos_studio and @areaenvironments for the space.
#customwallcovering #landscapemural #aurora.finishes #muralpainting
We are with family in International Falls, MN. My sister has a lovely piece of our great grandma Rhoda’s “Georgia” flow blue china plate made by Johnson Brothers, a British manufacturer in the 1800s. Naturally, I was enviously taken with the hand-painted gold accents that framed the piece, yet proud of the decorative items our ancestors collected.
Coincidentally, we have an article by @watergild_studios in the @thesocietyofgilders current Gilders Tip on ceramic gilding with contemporary techniques. The love of gold continues!
#gildingonporcelain
#goldchina
We are with family in International Falls, MN. My sister has a lovely piece of our great grandma Rhoda’s “Georgia” flow blue china plate made by Johnson Brothers, a British manufacturer in the 1800s. Naturally, I was enviously taken with the hand-painted gold accents that framed the piece, yet proud of the decorative items our ancestors collected.
Coincidentally, we have an article by @watergild_studios in the @thesocietyofgilders current Gilders Tip on ceramic gilding with contemporary techniques. The love of gold continues!
#gildingonporcelain
#goldchina