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When is faux real? And where can you get it? |
Faux for all: One Horse Studio in Dundee creates
artistic interiors on myriad surfaces |
By David
Sale, Newberg
Graphic reporter
E-mail David at
dsale@eaglenewspapers.com
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DUNDEE — For Lori Wolff, plain white walls
just don’t cut the mustard.
“I always enjoy improving the space around me — this takes it to a
new level,” she said of her interior decorating business, One Horse
Studios.
 “I’m horse
crazy,” she said, gesturing around her studio, located in a
converted wing of a barn that also stables her two, not one, horses.
“The name is more about being a one-woman shop.”
With degrees in interior design and textile design from Oregon State
University and the New York Institute of Technology, respectively,
Wolff specializes in faux, or imitation, finishes for a variety of
surfaces.
“It’s all hand-painted with special brushes and techniques,” Wolff
said. “The do-it-yourself home stores will show you some finishes,
but it’s just the tip of the iceberg regarding what can be done.”
She opened her studio in 2001, after returning to Oregon and finding
that “the world textile design industry is basically concentrated in
Lower Manhattan.”
“I include a lot of elements in my work — color theory is a major
part of what I do and the training I got has been invaluable. I also
do a lot of fabric-style finishes, surfaces with a lot of texture to
them.”
Some of Wolff’s specialties include imitating wood grain, damask
wallpaper, stucco, marble or tile — generally at a lower cost than
the real material.
Wolff develops sample patterns on swatches of canvas in her studio,
which she uses as the template for entire walls.
“I have a crew of two to four and we just finished a large house in
Lake Oswego — almost every surface. It was a three-month job,” she
said.
“I do a lot of (faux) stonework and I’ll often use plaster together
with the paint to build up a textured surface,” she said.
“Refinishing cabinets is also very popular. It’s about
sustainability for me — you can repaint or refinish them instead of
tearing them out.”
Another trick of the trade is to use metal leaf, foil and reagents
to create a patina, or aged metal, appearance.
“With the aged look, there’s a perceived value and history, an Old
World experience,” Wolff said. “To make something look aged, or
original, you can’t be too purposeful. I’ve never been one who
colors inside the lines, so that works for me — you have to know
what you’re doing, but the looser and freer you can be, the better
the results.”
One Horse Studio is located at 21035 Niederberger Road. For
appointments, call 503-537-9238. |
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From
Sept. 19,
2007, Newberg Graphic
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