Nola Paint Girl

03/01/2026

https://www.preserveomaha.org/

01/28/2026

New Plaster Vent Hood

Another quick plaster vent hood upgrade.
Installed drywall over the plywood; taped/floated/primed; applied plaster in custom tinted in SW Alabaster; wax sealed.

09/17/2025

Color Drench Den
Clients wanted a bold, dark color for their den and adjoining office.
We color drenched the den & used the same hunter green on the office walls with an updated soft white trim.

09/06/2025

Plaster Repair with Wedding Cake Detailing

New homeowner’s have taken on the massive task of saving this amazing home in disrepair after decades of use as a rental property. It’s amazing how much detail still exists in this home.

I addressed multiple rooms with layers of damage due to water intrusion, smashed spots on walls, failed past repairs & a partially rebuilt stud wall that protruded out from the original structure creating a large bump in the wall.

After addressing all the repairs, I retraced the detailing on to the wall from stencils I had made prior to the repair work.
I took everything to prime & the homeowner’s will finish the paint work.

My new bestie, Ghost, is shown in front of her amazing stained glass windows prior to their restoration.
Check out Painted Light Stained Glass post about the restoration:
https://www.facebook.com/paintedlightglass?

07/09/2025

10 day family project.

It’s a tiny space with a cellar door in the floor at the far end. Aside from vinyl flooring updates, this mud/laundry room hadn’t changed since my dad & stepmom moved into the house 47 years ago.

On demo day we peeled off the paneling and contact paper to find damaged plaster, wallpapered drywall & old water damage that was probably the catalyst for the paneling.
The dryer sat too far out from the wall (due to the vent) to open its door in the narrow part of the space, so it lived in the entry part of the room. I wanted to be able to set the dryer against the wall & also raise the appliances a bit for easier access. When I cut a chase into the wall I found original exterior tongue & groove beadboard that had been plastered over when the porch was enclosed decades before my family acquired the property.

The color scheme was chosen based on finding out Kari’s favorite color is purple & I wanted some bits of lighter wood to tie into the light wood cabinets in the adjacent kitchen. Pegs all around are super useful (& replace the nails my dad put up when asked for hooks 😂).

My nephew Logan was a tremendous help throughout the project: gathering supplies, demo & clean up, painting panels, installing drywall, using all the power tools & saws. He did a fantastic job building the appliance platform level on the sloped floors.

Everyone who had some availability came & pitched in with demo, painting, sanding, clear coating, installing, spackling & touching up.
Coming back from a supply run, my sister Jen & I had a lengthy backroad adventure (due to flooding) in our dad’s old pickup. As soon as we got back on pavement, we rewarded ourselves with breakfast twist cones.

This project was full of surprises & couldn’t have been done without everyone’s help, which I greatly appreciate.

07/01/2025

Lime wash & repair in Wahoo.

SO MUCH SCRAPING!
Every surface had heavy texture (I cut pebbles out of the ceiling for a few hours one day!) from previous repairs due to delayed roof maintenance in this home’s past.
Current homeowners had removed faux beams & were left with one section of the ceiling covered with drywall over the fireplace.
I removed the drywall covering & found drywall had already been installed in place of missing plaster, so I kept it. I installed plaster washers to secure loose plaster on ceiling & walls.
Repair fabric was used on the pebble ceiling in one room & the lightly textured ceiling was removed to expose the original, smooth plaster finish in the other.
Walls were scraped to remove heavy texture in both rooms.
A lime wash finish was applied to the ceiling & walls in both rooms, diluting the color in one room for a lighter finish.

05/17/2025

02/18/2025

Original trim repair.

Previous owners cut into the original trim to accommodate a huge range hood.
Current owners saved original trim during their remodel & I used a bit for this repair.
Before ➡️ After

12/30/2024

St. Wenceslaus plaster repairs.

The majority of my 7 weeks at St Wence was spent in the choir loft addressing decades worth of ongoing water damage stemming from the towers.
The church got a new roof about 7 years ago, so I came in to address repairs & paint touch ups in preparation for a new interior paint scheme in the future.

There were many layers of failed repair attempts to address the symptoms of the interior water damage before the roof repairs were done to solve the cause of the water intrusion.

This is just one repair area with the most severe damage, where some of the original plaster had literally turned to dust.

The 3 plaster layers are applied directly to the terracotta block wall structure of the towers & exterior walls; the arched ceilings are a very thin coat of plaster on wood lath.

I made my own lime plaster mix for the repairs & used backer board in place of the compromised lath in the ceiling.

➡️ pics in chronological order

This project was outside my usual scope of work & it was an absolute pleasure to spend time in this beautiful building.

I’m going to create a Highlight on my page for all of my documentation of the St Wenceslaus repairs, the amazing interior, stained glass windows & incredible alter.

11/29/2024

Wednesday I completed a quick plaster application on a new range hood just in time for my clients to enjoy the holiday weekend.
has a great kit with everything you need.
➡️ before pics

09/25/2024

Another plaster repair complete!
Plus, I got to spend time with my new best friend Jade.
➡️ before pics