Faux What!

One of the most exciting things we are having done is faux painting in our dining/wine room. Bob-the-Builder told us about an incredibly talented painting team, Anne and Hugh Meinecke. Here is their web site. Check it out. http://www.meineckeart.com

The wine room is the former den and the only main room on the lowest level of the house. This room has no windows, so we wanted to eliminate the total dungeon feel and bring a bit of Napa into it. I have hundreds of photos from our various trips to Napa, but we kept going back to one scene we really love, which is the road leading to Stags' Leap Winery (not to be confused with Stag's Leap Wine Cellars - but it is!) I have photographed the road in every season, but we loved the winter version because you can see the branches of the trees much better. So - that was the scene we wanted on our wine room wall. To be specific, the scene is actually heading out of the winery. Anne painted wine barrels on either side so that there is the appearance that one is looking out of the doors of a wine cellar and looking down the road. Here is the photo and Anne's interpretation of it. We love it!!