Marble Mantle Restoration & Craft Room Painting - From the Mind of Christine McConnell
Added 2024-06-30 15:05:02 +0000 UTCIn this episode I strip 100 years of paint and stains off of a victorian mantle and create an ombre effect on the walls and ceiling of my new craft room!
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One thing I absolutely love about your videos is that you share your expertise, but also share cool and useful things you learn when trying something new. It's such a great blend!
tiffilofthaut t
2025-08-05 16:49:53 +0000 UTCI look forward to seeing the mantle with the gold. Im not sure but gold leafing might be a better call though.
Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Smith-Clark
2024-10-14 01:09:53 +0000 UTCThanks for sharing the informative video. Your historical home is absolutely lovely!
Kristina B.
2024-09-07 08:20:11 +0000 UTCThe care and attention to detail you give every inch of this house is incredible to watch. I've never found myself thinking "what a lucky house" before, but here we are!
Ann Marie Folmer
2024-09-03 16:14:32 +0000 UTCI thought you had done a stunningly awesome faux marble finish! We know someone who professionally faux finishes! My husband featured her recently in our efforts to restore our home! https://www.facebook.com/share/r/BPjBvYrdvm1iCq5f/?mibextid=iexibG
Monica Shew
2024-08-19 02:19:23 +0000 UTC😍😍😍
Virginia Ríos Cosano
2024-08-08 14:37:25 +0000 UTCI second the blowing bubbles idea I have seen it done on Raku fired pottery and looks similar. Or maybe a controlled heat (like a blow touch of some kind) to manipulate the paint before it dries
TamTam
2024-08-07 15:18:14 +0000 UTCThe marbling could have been achieved using the blowing bubbles technique
Molly Mack
2024-08-02 16:25:45 +0000 UTCIt turned out stunning!
Laura Chambers
2024-08-01 19:24:00 +0000 UTCSorry that comment is re: the painted marbling techniques.
C Terrell
2024-07-28 19:42:06 +0000 UTCIf you're a fan of Cabana and/or Studio Peregalli they highlight and use these techniques/artisans ... reminiscent of Renzo Mongiardino.
C Terrell
2024-07-28 19:41:46 +0000 UTCA woman who paints and re paints and re paints a room just for the sake of a video is truly a woman who loves her viewers 🩷
Abbie
2024-07-28 02:11:26 +0000 UTCHello, Christine ! I don't wanna be a burden, but are there any updates on the new music's release? Thank you!
Maxim Nikolaev Linkov
2024-07-26 11:56:31 +0000 UTCThis is honestly one of the best rooms I have ever seen done. Perfection.
Elizabeth Hammond Miniatura
2024-07-23 00:26:56 +0000 UTCAmazing!
Rebecca Kettle
2024-07-17 05:01:37 +0000 UTCHi Christine, I sent you an early birthday gift that I crafted to your PO Box! I got an email from USPS saying needs to be picked up by the 22nd or it will be sent back. Happy early birthday, hope you're doing well!
Tori
2024-07-16 17:47:15 +0000 UTCHere’s a house in the South that might be a great winter home https://theoldhouselife.com/2024/06/28/like-a-secret-garden-has-a-pool-circa-1947-in-georgia-250000/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3GHaZFEHfsHJzzf-xJoGk8UBS5sJx7Y9o83RCOcpw_XSAvI3AvFFG_TlA_aem_MencRXE3dnPuAhKXvUj3Aw
Cecelia Breslin
2024-07-16 00:55:43 +0000 UTCHi Drea! The site is called Nearly Natural :) Here is the link... https://www.nearlynatural.com
Christine McConnell
2024-07-16 00:22:19 +0000 UTCI am amazed by that green marble finish!
Jacob🦢
2024-07-15 22:18:13 +0000 UTCDoes anyone remember where she purchases her fake plants from? Specifically the palms. Thank you!
Drea
2024-07-15 14:46:21 +0000 UTCThe Marble technique may have been done with a very porous sea sponge?
Kacy
2024-07-14 19:01:05 +0000 UTCThere's a series of books called 'surfaces' by Judy Juracek. When I was in theater undergrad this was the go to for any research about finishes or, well, surfaces. Pre-internet they were invaluable. Basically, large coffee table size books with 2" square clear color pictures of anything you would even need to paint or draw in a scene shop. You might find that marble technique in one of those. (Scene painting 3, which I never progressed to, involved a drawing of a section of marble column, frieze, pediment etc and one of those images, to be painted shadows and all. Scene painters are amazing, I was a lowly prop artisan. Anyhow, I hope this is interesting if not helpful.)
Elizabeth Moss
2024-07-13 02:25:32 +0000 UTCThe marble mantle looks art deco.
Chris Matteson
2024-07-11 16:40:58 +0000 UTCI've never understood why someone would paint over marble. You are a modern-day Remembrant with that paintbrush, ma'am! The highlights and lowlights on your medallion just set it off to perfection, it looks like it's always been there!
Tammy R Dowden
2024-07-08 00:18:37 +0000 UTCThe last layer looks like cobweb met lace LOL I do love it 😻 (I believe from what I can remember from way [way] back when, they might have used dish soap and the soap makes the paint float and creates holes. I don't know the actual technique but it looks a lot like that method.)
Sophia Z
2024-07-07 22:06:18 +0000 UTCAnd I also don't understand why anyone would paint over marble!
Racheal Jones
2024-07-07 13:46:59 +0000 UTCOh, I beg to differ! Arthur Buttons will be winning the Nobel Prize of Fun this year. :)
Racheal Jones
2024-07-07 13:36:02 +0000 UTCYou might try a fluffy ostrich feather to create the veining on the faux marble. I’ve seen people using goose feathers but they don’t create that delicate veining.
Lydia Rogers
2024-07-04 02:33:32 +0000 UTCHave you looked into the library in the house? There could be a diary that mentions the redecoration of the room, why it was done, or note materials. (I’d guess the faux marble was part of a project with the birds.) And failing that, there might be an art book with mention of techniques.
Gincredible
2024-07-04 01:50:21 +0000 UTCYou were wondering about that spider-webby marbling technique - I think maybe they pulled/stretched apart some wool batting, dabbed it with paint and then pressed it on the mantel. You could try it with polyester batting to see if it works. I loved watching you transform the room with high/low light paint colors and the ombre effect - you would be a great set decorator. But I guess that's actually what you do!
Aunt Debbie Halloween
2024-07-03 21:05:05 +0000 UTCLl M. M. M.
marino ponce
2024-07-03 11:01:45 +0000 UTCLove it
Cindy Fike
2024-07-03 06:56:43 +0000 UTCThis is beautiful! I was wondering if D2 solution would have worked a little faster for lifting the color in the marble? 🤔
Molly Rafferty
2024-07-03 01:41:02 +0000 UTCI want to paint my living room but it seems daunting...then I see you doing all this! I can't be lazy now lol
Jennifer Treviño
2024-07-02 22:40:19 +0000 UTCI have so much fun watching your videos and really nerd out over the research you do! Art preservation was my first love (thank you Ghostbusters 2) so thank you for the warm fuzzies!
Jessica Darne
2024-07-02 20:03:11 +0000 UTCIt came out so beautiful! 😻
Jess Meister
2024-07-02 12:13:38 +0000 UTCThat ceiling.....with all that plaster work....and now with that really cool paint job......is so COOL!!!!!!
Kiki Reef
2024-07-01 22:52:15 +0000 UTCIt’s so beautiful 😻 I’m always amazed at how talented you are.
JenRayCreations
2024-07-01 19:22:09 +0000 UTCThe mantle turned out beutifully! The technique that you used for the walls and ceiling is beautiful. You can really see the various depth of color in the room.
Kris
2024-07-01 19:01:03 +0000 UTCThe marble was beautiful underneath. Can't wait to see what you do with the rest of the room.
Annalise
2024-07-01 17:19:48 +0000 UTCThat "marble" painting method you uncovered.. it looks like "bubble painting." You combine dish soap, paint and water, You dip a straw, or a bubble wand with multiple openings, into the mixture and blow bubbles onto the surface. When the bubbles pop, it leaves a pattern just like the one you showed.
Nicki
2024-07-01 16:59:33 +0000 UTCThis was such a beautiful process to watch. I get so lost within each video, like I am transported to a different era with an old friend. Thank you Christine, for igniting so much fire in my artistic mind! I used to watch your Netflix show when I was pregnant, daily! Now my son indulges in it and at 2.5 he loves saying hello to the characters and hearing him say “oh hi, Cwistine!” Is the highlight of my morning! 🤍 hugs xx
Nicky Bee
2024-07-01 04:25:04 +0000 UTCBeautifully executed as always. And were you wearing gold latex gloves? Girrrl...
Patricia Kelly
2024-07-01 03:39:58 +0000 UTCGorgeous all around, and wow, your dedication really paid off with that marble!
Heather Hofshi
2024-07-01 00:56:41 +0000 UTCDoes the hydrogen peroxide mixture help with etching on marble as well?
Ariel Ash
2024-07-01 00:15:35 +0000 UTCIt so pretty!
Melisa
2024-06-30 22:43:25 +0000 UTCThat house and all its' past owners are thanking you for the wonderful job you're doing. The marble, the birds, the ombre effect...beautiful. You're going to have the prettiest craft room ever!
Leslie Langenegger
2024-06-30 22:11:27 +0000 UTCit's aching beautiful
Lauren Carman
2024-06-30 20:56:01 +0000 UTCStunning transformation! What a beautiful room and so glad you saved that poor marble, it must be so happy to be able to breathe again x
Victoria
2024-06-30 20:49:21 +0000 UTCChristine, did you see this? I might have indeed been mistaken. https://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/marbling/marbling.htm
Brandon Grew
2024-06-30 19:32:21 +0000 UTCBeautiful
Sarah Bartlebaugh
2024-06-30 19:25:30 +0000 UTCBeautiful! As far as lightening up the the stone (or whatever you need to in the future), another technique you can try is using a hydrogen peroxide gel (I believe there's one called Retrobrite). You can spread it on, put cellophane on it, and then hit it with a UV light to speed up the bleaching process. I've seen 8-Bit Guy on youtube use this technique to restore old computers that have yellowed.
Valerie Macias
2024-06-30 19:19:41 +0000 UTCGlorious, please could we have another video of finishing off the room? I would love to see the final result
Chris Clarke
2024-06-30 19:07:36 +0000 UTCI bet, somewhere, there's an old paint technique book or pamphlet from a paint company out there on eBay or something, that details how they did that marble technique.
Kristin Rogersdotter
2024-06-30 18:32:08 +0000 UTCAbsolutely amazing! I'm so glad you preserved the birds. I don't think I would ever have thought to use shading and highlights on the molding but it adds so much depth and beauty. I'm eager to see how this room gets decorated.
Kristin Rogersdotter
2024-06-30 18:29:29 +0000 UTCTotally stunning 💚 I second filming a decorating video for this room if time allows. I’m dying to see it finished.
Missy Misfit
2024-06-30 18:10:07 +0000 UTCYou have the patience of a saint.
Connie Cleveland
2024-06-30 17:56:22 +0000 UTCI'm so happy you preserved the birds, everything you touch turns out magnificent! A baking soda & hydrogen peroxide paste also works well on your teeth as a subtle, natural whitener :D I am a Dental Hygienist btw;)
Ace&Otis
2024-06-30 17:50:34 +0000 UTCIt almost looks like splatters of suds from a sink. I wonder if it was done someway via soap suds.??? who knows
Connie Cleveland
2024-06-30 17:48:33 +0000 UTCWhen you said you repainted the walls white for the video, my emotions: 😳🥹❤️
Maggie Hopkins
2024-06-30 17:26:05 +0000 UTCIt looks incredible, Christine! I can't believe you had to paint it five times, I'm sorry you lost all that footage. But the end result is gorgeous! And I always love the pet cameos.
Tori
2024-06-30 17:22:33 +0000 UTCBeautiful as always! I loved that faux marbling on the fireplace as well but how you restored it back to the original was amazing! And you have to be one of the most tenacious people to paint that room so many times. It came out stunning!
Jane Good
2024-06-30 17:03:55 +0000 UTCYour Mother should have named you Patience, your attention to detail is astounding. Love how the fireplace and walls turned out, simply beautiful. ❣️
Spookycat
2024-06-30 17:01:50 +0000 UTCWow
Marnie Kaler
2024-06-30 16:20:12 +0000 UTCI really loved this episode :) you always inspire me, and your talent is astonishing 🖤
Angela Pearson
2024-06-30 16:16:02 +0000 UTCWhat a delightful surprise!!! Right in between washings 😄
Sherrie Potgieter
2024-06-30 16:12:37 +0000 UTCThat came out beautifully! Would love to see it after you decorate.
Lydia Rogers
2024-06-30 15:56:47 +0000 UTCI know how much hard work this is, but I am in awe as you make it look almost effortless and SO much fun! Thank you so much for taking us along on your home restoration journey!
Tonya Moore
2024-06-30 15:46:11 +0000 UTCAmazing as always!
Shelli Gwinn
2024-06-30 15:40:25 +0000 UTCVery lovely!
Melissa Kerns
2024-06-30 15:37:51 +0000 UTCI could sadly believe that! It felt like I looked up every technique for doing this and never saw anything similar 🥺
Christine McConnell
2024-06-30 15:33:46 +0000 UTCThis is a pretty foggy memory, so I could be wrong here, but I seem to remember learning that the faux painting technique they used to use on stone to make one look like a more fashionable material has been lost to time. But I hope I’m wrong!
Brandon Grew
2024-06-30 15:22:17 +0000 UTCLet me get some tea and I'm all yours🥰...
Emy AUBIN
2024-06-30 15:19:31 +0000 UTCJust what I needed on my break! I’m setting a trellis and planting roses and I got too hot.
Lydia Rogers
2024-06-30 15:19:02 +0000 UTCOh good! I have been curious about this project. Can’t wait to watch.
Deborah Wiltshire Whaley
2024-06-30 15:09:22 +0000 UTCCan't wait to see the magnificence 😍
Lori Salvador
2024-06-30 15:09:19 +0000 UTC
