• New SouthLake Studio
• Concrete Wall Class
• The Decorative Arts Show
• Brownstone Overlay
• StoneyBrook Papers

Bella Vernici is pleased to announce that our new SouthLake Showroom is almost complete and will be opening to the public next month! It will feature many new products both from us as well as a number of other manufacturers to fill all your decorative finishing and design needs. Additionally, the Design Center will feature meeting rooms for Architects, Designers and even outside contractors to bring clients for consultations. The expansive conference and presentation rooms can be reserved as well for large meetings. A full library of concrete and decorative references as welll as access to the cafe' and breakrooms will be made available to those utilizing the spaces.

Porfolio Program: We are currently interviewing any finishers looking to provide their portfolios and photos for that library of finishes in order to contract work from our Designers, Builders and Architects as they bring clientele into the showroom. Those finishers providing materials will then be contacted as their finishes are selected and will be given first "right-of-refusal" on projects resulting from those meetings. Essentially, finishers from around the Country will be able to use Bella Vernici's Southlake location as a "secondary studio" for reference, meetings or even just as a subcontracting source at no out-of-pocket expense.

At long last, the request for a vertical finishes class is being answered. This class will focus on our new stainable, cementitous wall finishes and materials designed for both the interior and exterior for what will definitely come to be know as the MOST durable finishes in the industry. Our new BrownStone Overlay will be a key component in this three-day, hands-on workshop.
Our inaugural class for walls is scheduled for Thurs-Sat October 9th-11th.

Bella Vernici's own Rodney Ray will be on-hand in Atlantic City for the Decorative Arts Show to demonstrate and answer questions as well as teaching a 2-day hands-on workshop on Monday and Tuesday(Sept 8th-9th). The workshop will explain the chemistry of cementitious overlays, stains, dyes etc as well as understanding floor and wall prep. This will be the first class featuring our new Brownstone Overlay in a hands-on environment. For those who saw this amazing product demonstrated at the IDAL Show, this will be a golden opportunity to get more familiar the material. For more information on the show and registration for the discounted workshop, click on any image shown below.

Our newest product offering is equally at home on the walls as the floor. Brownstone gives you the option of troweling a true Lime-based stucco or stone veneer directly over the existing substrate both interior or exterior. The sample above shows stones troweled in a single pass at over 1/2" thick. Due to the large aggregate in the mix, sagging and cracking are not an issue. The mortar in the image is simply the Browstone with no stain applied.

How it works is very much like our other dry mixes. It is a powder that is combined with the Enforcer Additive and mixed to the consistency you desire and then troweled on. It will take Oxidizer Stains and/or Dyes. It reacts in a really strong fashion due to the exceptionally high lime content. If Oxidized or Dyed, it does need a densfier (Liquid Hardener). It is more than durable enough for floors. Bella Vernici's Slow-Drying Enforcer can be utilized to retard the drying time for thicker applications, but does not take as long to set as when mixed with our standard Overlay. When dry, this material is exceptionally hard and extremely durable.

In the sample above, the stones were randomly drawn on the wall and then simply troweled between the lines. Once they'd dried overnight, an overall stain was applied to give an underlying harmony, then individual stones were colored. Once they'd sat for the standard three hour reaction time, mortar was applied between and washed over them.

In the sample below, Brownstone was applied and stained while still curing. Baking soda was also put into the base layer. Once dry, White Oxidizer was utilized to pit-out the Baking Soda areas. Random additional Brownstone was applied and stains were added. Parchment was repeatedly applied for uniformity of color.

BrownStone applied as Stucco

 

StoneyBrook Papers

Bella Vernici is proud to announce that we will now be offering the entire line of StoneyBrook Decorative Papers at our new Southlake Location. Special orders as well as custom cuts will also be available. StoneyBrook carries an elaborate array of papers and can also custom-create a finish to suit your needs. We see StoneyBrook as a perfect addition for commercial and high-end residential application as we move towards more modern trends of Asian-related design themes where paper and concrete combinations lines are virtually a necessity. Please feel free to call 1-888-508-(FAUX)3289 for details. Click for more info on Stoney Brook Papers...