The "Salon" Begins!

Good Day to you my friends!
 As with every post I write now,  a huge welcome and hello to the new followers!  Welcome back to those of you who stop here to see what I am doing.............I appreciate you all!

 I have spent the past several weekends working on my second "Versailles" patterned floor for the "Salon" and also in creating my own "French" inspired wall panels.  I have a huge respect for the "French Style" and this is my attempt, though not architecturally correct, at giving a "Nod" to this amazing style of architecture.
 I have said in a previous post that I am not a "carver" so I decided to use my good old "jewelry findings" to make the ornate part of my walls................so here is your first look at them "in the raw"!

This is a look at the fireplace wall as I started.........I first drew a grid to keep everything aligned and then started piecing together the parts for the look I wanted.   I have a long way to go with these yet!

Another view with the Mantle piece I will be using...........I'm not going to insert a full mirror in the over mantle space because you will look at yourself when you look into this view of the room.........architecturally incorrect I realize............oh well........ this is my house after all and has to reflect me......no pun intended.

These are the parts I am using from JAR-JAF.   The wood strip that you will see next is 1/8" half round

This picture gives you a better look at how I decided to lay out these parts.  I did cut some of them to remove whatever did not work for the look I was after.  The wood half round strips, I cut and fitted and will fill any gaps between them and the "Findings" once I have primed them.  I glued all these pieces with Crafters Pick "Ultimate" glue.

Here is the left wall of my "Salon" primed.  I am considering adding a raised panel in each of these openings which will make them a bit more architecturally correct, but we will see how that goes........those shapes are tough to cut.  As yet I have not decided what color I will paint this space.  I will pick something that coordinates with the "Dining Room" which can be seen through a doorway in this room.

The second time around at this kind of floor is not as bad as my first effort.  This is about 5 hours worth of cutting and fitting the grid to my pattern.  Thank goodness for AutoCAD!    What a huge help it is to have that program in my computer and to have someone who is expert at using it...........thank you Scott!

This is how much of the floor I have done so far.  What you see here represents about 20 hours worth of work...........and worth every minute of it.     I LOVE this  pattern.

So that is it for now..............I just thought I would share some progress as it stands today.

Thank you for getting this far and for looking at my "Naked" architecture and floor!  I will be pushing it further along this next weekend.  Also, good news for me..........Susan Bembridge has agreed to work on a paper for me for this house!  I am so excited with this!   I love, love, love, her exquisite wall coverings and fabrics!    Check her out at http://www.susanbembridgedesigns.com/............you will be hearing more about her from me as this progresses.    She will have wall coverings and fabric in three of the spaces I have yet to do.

Take care all!  I wish you well and hope you will come back and spend more time with me.

Respectfully submitted by Ray