Faux Finishing - paint technique

Can anyone tell me how the painting was done on the walls in this bathroom?

THank you

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzewgdzw/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bathroom.jpg

I think a sponge is used.

Yeah I second that, definitely looks like some type of sponge technique was used from the picture. It looks very nice.

I will cast my vote for "Venetian Plaster".

Judging by the high gloss on the wall, and the unusual shapes which look more like a troweled finish (to me) than sponging.

It must be a highly polished two toned Venetian Plaster finish - that is my final answer.

This is some kind of faux finish, so i moved it to the faux finish forum. Perhaps you'll get some other suggestions.

It could also be a leather faux finish.

My first thought was sponge too. I'd imagine a pretty hard sponge (because of the distinct edges) with few impressions used. Also,the colors were different enough to really see the sponge impressions. That's my guess.

I can guarantee you that this is a Venetian Plaster type product that was used in this photo. The product is troweled on by a professional (any number of layers) and buffed to a high shine in between layers and waxed for a final high glass like shine. These particular high-end products are not for the non-professional since they require training and a great deal of experience to achieve the look you see here. Places like Home Depot will have something similar but the end result will not be what you see here.

I guess I disagree with most, I think it is a brush grain attempt that went very wrong, judging by the laps I see in the high areas where it was too warm to do the job. The colors however probably bailed it out. Controling temperature while glazing is very important. When working on large areas, teh room needs to be cool, no air movement, more than one person working on it from the middle toward the edgges, and I'd advise an oil based product.

JMHO,

Billy

It could also be a leather faux finish.

This would be my vote. My sister has a small bathroom with a leather finish and that was my first thought when I saw it.

The main objective in creating a professional faux finish is to have a uniformly verigated product, if that makes sense. Every area of the room seems fairly proper except for the more sizable upper right wall, which is simply horrible and full of lapped attemps, it should have been washed off. Height and too warm a temperature near the top of the room, were probably the causes. As I said before the colors especially the honey glaze likely saved the job from failure.

That photo was uploaded off the internet from an exclusive high-end real estate site from Miami. Trust me, that is a very high end Venetian Plaster, done by professionals..... but it's a very bad photo.........

Miami heat, climate control is very important while faux finishing.