Bellagio Faux

I went to Home Depot to get some paint and decided to check out that little area they have showing all the neat painting techniques like sponging, ragging and such. The Bellagio Faux finishes really caught my eye. I checked out the handy little description pamphlet they had and it seemed easy enough: paint base color on wall with roller, brush on this Bellagio Faux stuff, smooth with a trowel. Hey, I can handle this!

I decided the color scheme I wanted to achieve and brought all the necessary items over to the little Home Depot gnome that was mixing the colors at the paint counter.

"Ah man, you don't want that stuff. Everyone comes back and bitches that it's too hard and comes out like crap."

Yes, that was an exact quote that this sales man of the year stated to me, as I placed the paint gallons on the counter.

"Yeah, well, I think I am going to try it out. It doesn't look too hard and I love the effect it makes," I said, basically brushing off his obvious attempt at being lazy and not wanting to mix me a few gallons of paint.

"Well, all I know is that you buy this and that's it, it's yours and I can't guarantee how it's gonna look, you know, because this stuff isn't easy, like, professional painters use it and stuff, ya know," the Depot gnome rambled.

"I gottcha, chief," I replied, shoving the color swatch in his face that I wanted.

He mixed it up and reminded me again that he warned me.

I paid for my paint and supplies and headed home. I have to admit, now that I was sitting there in the car, my head started to process that this little redecorating adventure I have embarked myself on just might not be as easy as I was trying to convince the gnome to be. I think at that point I was more on the defensive that this Twinkie was trying to tell me that I was basically going to fail at this and no one tells me I can't or am unable to do something. So now his actual warning and concern was setting in. Oy vey.

Well, to save you from the extended version of this story, I started the Bellagio Faux painting and it is coming out awesome! After you get the hang of how to spread it with the trowel it comes out fantastic. It reminds me of the stone walls in Italy or some long lost Roman Empire. It looks magnificent and I have completely impressed myself!

So, basically, if someone at the Depot tells you "it's too hard" - don't listen to them. Go to the Behr section of paints and grab the Bellagio Faux supplies and such and go for it. It looks awesome, it doesn't take long, and you will be extremely pleased with the results!