An image of the bedroom niche plastered with gold earthen plaster.
Our plaster formula combines kaolin clay, silica sand and iron oxide yellow to create a fine finish. It is one of our most popular plasters. A three part plaster application with fine grit of the sand and clay make the walls look a bit like velvet.
The gold plaster creates a nice contrast to the engineered antique “barn wood” flooring. The flooring is easy to install, has a good price point and is durable. The style is made to look like reclaimed wood. Everyone on the project felt it was a good economical option to place throughout the house.
Seen again, is the original plank ceiling with vigas cleaned and touched up. Just enough to retain the original rustic look while freshening up the room. The new drop down dome light for the bedroom is also featured in this image.
The many decades old small adobe home had only single-pane windows installed. We replaced them with some white double-pane windows to add energy efficiency.
The area where the niche is located used to be an entry door. For those not living in the Southwest – niche is a local term used to describe an often arched small shelf.
There were originally four entry doors for this tiny home. We closed one up in the living room to install a window. Here the entire wall was closed up and niche added. Randy did a great job. It required quite a bit of work to match the existing wall thickness and to then plaster over the patch. Adding the niche was his creative touch – loved by all.
This small room had little continual wall space. So closing the wall up was a perfect idea. Otherwise there would have been very limited furniture placement options.