daSilva Palette

The designer was looking to have a little unbridled chic fun in this powder room.  We began with an antique faucet sculpted to look like a tortoise.  Why not walls based on the classic tortoise shell patterning? Why not indeed. 

This is a version of painted Quercus alba,  White Oak we painted on the floors in a beautiful country estate in Westchester County.

In this upper east side townhouse, delicately pearlized wall finish was created to merge disperate elements in the room.  The mantlepiece was realistically painted to look like two different marbles.   

Grand Antique Marble is a classic breccia from the Pyrenees Mountains of France.  When we render a faux marble we study its color, density, pattering/veining to create a most convincing finish possible. 

There are approximately 600 species of oak.  We take pride in painting the exact grain and color to fit your space.  

Sometimes called Portor, or Portoro or Black and Gold, this classic marble is difficult to find in its most open and beautiful state like the stones form centuries ago.  Why quarry anyway, paint in some Portoro!

Ggeologically a limestone formed in the lower Jurassic era.  Carbonate veins with limonite formed in a marine environment calm, deep, poorly oxygenated and rich in organic matter. 

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Our clients came to us and said they had a low ceiling and they wanted a mural that conveyed height ...but without architectural elements.  They have a beautiful county home with a real coy pond outside their windows.  We came up with the design idea to paint the sky from the point of view of the fish, featuring some gilded fish which shimmer gold as you walk around the room.  In the photos you can see the installers putting up the mural which was painted on canvas in our studio. 

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All portraits whether of people or of a beloved pet, should reflect each beings personality.  During our photo shoot "Queen" Shakira let us know we weren't going to pin her down with a single snapshot.  Her varied moods were evident and our artists try to imbue each portrait with the sitters character. We included different aspects of Shakiras varied looks into the painting.   Sharkiras "owners" were pleased and we think Shakira was too, though she wasn't about to admit it. 

This powder room on Long Islands gold coast has a few different finishes in it.  The walls were painted in faux walnut but in gently warm metallic tones as if the walnut was partly petrified with gold powder.  The ceiling was glazed, the crown and door molding was painted in faux limestone to match the real limestone of the lower half of the wall.  The door was painted in dark wood to match the real dark wood cabinet.  The tones worked harmoniously and pleasingly, with warmth yet with a certain sharpness to the feel of this room.