High end residential work, whether it be new construction or a remodelis my favorite type of project. Italian Plasterworks was fortunate to win the bid for a massive remodel in Ranch Santa Fe, Ca. The builder is 4X4 Construction and they are an absolute pleasure to work for. I couldn't ask for a better environment or better people. I highly recommend them to any of my San Diego friends and clients.
Being part of the "fine finish" phase, Venetian plaster application often "last in". Therefore I get to see how the last two years of design work, resulting in millions of dollars spent, all come together in fruition. I can like it or not. I can wish I had the same $30,000 stove or not. I can debate in my own mind whether I would choose the same elevator or not even have one at all. I was never able to do this in the software business--all conference rooms and central computing centers all look alike after the second one.
Thousands of square feet of high polished lime plaster is all heading toward the last room left to be done, the master bath from hell. What makes this the master bath from hell is the amount of bull nose in a single room. There is a ton of bull nose in this particular house but the master bath puts it over the edge. I counted nine bull nose trimmed doorways not to mention beams, corners and windows, oh yes and crown moulding to boot.
When we first started the project, I had this idea of doing a youtube video of mastering bull nose instruction for high polished lime plasters. There are a lot of ways to skin a cat, and wrapping Venetian plaster around rounded corners is no exception. Each Italian Plasterworks applicator has his own idea as how best to tackle this, so I bagged the youtube idea as all you would see was a bunch of squabbling and extremely slow production.
We have gotten the process down to where it feels like silk. But, its a very slow detailed process that isn't making the master bath from hell look any easier. I am wondering if I have the fortitude to make it through this bathroom. Pain staking slow detail work doesn't come naturally to me. I am more of a visionary that likes to lunch.
