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Living Etc, "Masterpiece Theatre,"
December 2010

 

The article, written by Joanna Simmons with photography by Richard Powers, features the playfully sophisticated New York City apartment of Interior and Furniture Designer Nicole Fuller with living room and master bedroom walls by SuperStrata.

"We all know about mixing it up, but Nicole Fuller takes it to the next level in her apartment, with every room a visual delight," writes Joanna Simmons. Indeed, working with the immensely talented young designer on her own home was truly delightful; we were able to do something that we truly love, collaborate. The result of the collaboration: two original and cutting-edge wall finishes. Displaying her innate flair for the fashionable and chic, Fuller coined the new finishes Nico and Farrah.

 

 

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Above and left: Gradations of a pale platinum gray and bright white meet in textural brush strokes on the living room walls in Nico, a custom contemporary lime paint finish designed by Fuller. She envisioned a two-color treatment with the dominant color ending high on the walls, in undulating, and varying heights.

 

 

 

 

 

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In the resulting finish by SuperStrata, the gray pigment of the lime paint design stops short of the ceiling in wide, uneven brushy strokes at diverging heights giving it the "deconstructed elegance" that Fuller desired. Nico is elegant and edgy. Perfectly contextualized, it is reminiscent of the silhouette of the storied Manhattan skyline surrounding the 16th floor Chelsea apartment.

 

 

 

 

 

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Fuller's playful and fearless sense of style can be seen in Farrah, the master bedroom (left) wall treatment. She provided the inspiration and parameters for Farrah. Working closely with Fuller, the artists at SuperStrata designed the technically and visually elaborate finish. A multi-faceted installation process was devised and carried out by SuperStrata artisans. The horizontal stripes of custom rose-hued Marmorino plaster in varying saturations were applied first in 12 sections in two layers each. After a final layer of wax was applied, one of our artists installed the one-of-a-kind looping wall drawing in white beeswax.

 

 

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