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THE FRENCH BRUSH Decorative Painting Studio

THE FRENCH BRUSH Decorative Painting Studio

Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars19 Reviews
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About Us

The French Brush is the Los Angeles based art studio of Carole Da-Cruz, leading expert in decorative painting since 1998. With exceptional creativity, care and professionalism, The French Brush provides a wide range of high-quality custom painting services, contemporary and traditional, to enhance the beauty of residential and celebrity homes, as well as commercial spaces. Such as, and not limited to, elegant faux finishes and textures, decorative painting, stenciling, murals and signage and more. Take a moment to browse through " PROJECTS ", our extensive portfolio of works, to view a variety of styles, painting techniques and inspirational ideas. We are looking forward to making your decorative painting ideas a reality! - The french Brush accommodates deadlines and budgets with a team of experienced artistic assistants. We offer other services such as color consultation, repair of damaged existing finishes and small residential interior and exterior straight painting projects. We mostly use non toxic or low VOC painting material.

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Business Details

Business Name

THE FRENCH BRUSH Decorative Painting Studio

Phone Number

(310) 614-2913

Website

www.thefrenchbrush.com

Address

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Typical Job Cost

$700 - 30,000

Free consultation and estimate on any decorative projects.

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52 Followers

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Services Provided

Children's Spaces

Custom Artwork

Decorative Painting

Faux Painting

Hand Painted Decor

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Mural Painting

Repair and Restore Finishes

Texture Painting

Trompe l Oeil

Wall Stenciling

Wood Stone and Metal Finishes

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Areas Served

Los Angeles

Bel Air

Brentwood Los Angeles

Hollywood

Long Beach

Venice

North Glendale

Glendale

Van Nuys

Inglewood

Burbank

Santa Monica

Hawthorne

Newport Beach

North Hollywood

Woodland Hills

Encino

Sherman Oaks

Culver City

Studio City

Tarzana

West Hollywood

Manhattan Beach

Beverly Hills

Pacific Palisades

La Canada Flintridge

El Segundo

San Marino

Malibu

Marina del Rey

Westlake Village

Playa Vista

Los Angeles County

Orange County

Palos Verdes

Passadena

Playa del Rey

Valley Village

Ventura County

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Credentials

2 Houzz Awards
Best of Houzz 2018 - Service
Best of Houzz 2017 - Service
2 Houzz Badges
Recommended on Houzz
500 Ideabook Saves
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19 Reviews for THE FRENCH BRUSH Decorative Painting Studio

Heather Householter
Heather Householter
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Carole has done a fabulous job on several projects in our home. For my son’s room, we requested a jungle scene, and the result was more exquisite than we ever could have dreamed. My husband and I joke that if our son grows out of his room’s theme, we will move into it. Additionally, she painted a beautiful scene of branches, birds and flowers on our dining room ceiling, and it came out gorgeous. We were so impressed with her work, that we kept adding on projects. We finally had her paint our master bedroom with a faux finish, and it came out equally as beautiful as her other work. We love her versatility and it has truly personalized our home to fit our family’s decorative style. I have highly recommended her to many friends and family for any painting projects they may have in the future. She truly has the ability to wonderfully improve the design of any family home or business.
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User
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Carole da Cruz, who calls herself the French Brush, is a very talented specialty painter. In the course of finishing a large home remodeling project in Rolling Hills, we had her paint a number of accent walls and a powder room. She worked diligently with my wife to get the effect and colors just the way my wife wanted them and the result turned out spectacular. Carole is also prompt, timely, efficient, and dependable. We recommend her highly.
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Kay Kalra
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Carole is excellent at her work. Professional, competent, considerate and charming. I would be sure to call her again if I needed more work done. She stayed within the budget and met all our time requirements. The walls look beautiful with the 3 murals she did for us, 1 ceiling and 2 walls
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Lynne DeWitt
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Carole was UNBELIEVABLE!!! Not only was her work exquisite, but she's such a lovely person, and was very happy to answer any question or idea I might have had. The work was done almost 6 years ago, but it is as beautiful and timeless today as it was then. GREAT EXPERIENCE working with Carole!!
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Nora Pedrini
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Carole is extremely talented and has done work for us both in our home as well as our office. We have an audio post-production studio in Burbank. In addition to many of the hand painted designs in the studio, we had huge ugly white tubing for the A/C units in each studio. Carole hand-painted each one to look like tiles wrapping around, going up. Each one is different and I can't tell you how many compliments we get on them, with the constant remark - "what a great idea!". We've used Carole for over 20 years for projects that have combined: french brush, sponge faux, Venetian plaster, textured, colored and buffed plaster, metallic finishes on wrought iron and glass lampshades, custom designed stencils...and the list goes on. Carole is extremely professional, reliable and easy to work with. Working with an artist really makes the difference. I would highly recommend her, with pleasure.
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Rick and Ann Weiss
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
We recently hired Carole to do some detailed decorative stenciling on the ceiling of our foyer. She met with us twice in advance to discuss the design and presented us with several options. Although she did some limited tracing, the vast majority of the work was done freehand and came out phenomenally. Carole consulted with us through the entire work phase to make sure we were satisfied with the exact colors, glazing, etc. She met her scheduling and price commitments entirely. We could not be more happy with the end result and strongly recommend her to anyone.
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Giselle De Girolami
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Carole DaCruz (a.k.a. The French Brush) is an amazing artist! She brings whimsy and beauty to everything she does. Very professional and yet super creative. Her work on our daughters' bedroom transformed it into a charming space. Carole will bring your artistic vision for your work or home to life!
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Sheila Balkan
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
I have known Carol since she started The French Brush and have watched her grow as an artist and business professional over the years. I have been so impressed with her and her work that I hired her to transform some walls and furniture pieces in my Venice Canal house several years ago. She listened to my ideas and then executed the project beyond my expectations. Carol is multi-talented and does an excellent job of turning a drab room/wall/furniture, etc., into something dramatic, whimsey or tasteful. I highly recommend her when something special is desired to turn a house into an artistic home.
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Gina Robins
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Carole came into my home and created a beautiful safari world for my boys' room. She was smart, creative and collaborative. The result was beyond my expectations. She was quick and reasonably priced. The original had a picture of my 2.5 year old riding a zebra. Two years later when I decided to another zebra with my younger son riding, she came back. To this day, her likeness of my boys created when they were 3 years old still looks just like them. I rue the day when they reach an age that living in a safari is just "not cool".
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Barry Woods
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
We hired Carole to do some faux finish or mural behind an acrylic piece of art we had commissioned, so the etching would be more noticeable. We weren't really sure what we wanted but she created some beautiful sketches from which we chose the idea. From there, she translated it into a beautiful work of art. We were so thrilled, we had her do another similar piece behind another art piece. Extremely satisfied with her work and would highly recommend her.
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christybuchholz
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing job. Carole went out of her way to give us the look we wanted for our living room/dining room. She also painted an underwater scene for our nursery which is AMAZING. She is hardworking and goes out of her way to create and help you find the right look for your space!
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abforkner
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Carole was absolutely incredible in every way--we hired her to paint a mural on the walls of our boys' outdoor play house, and the work is stunning. I would highly recommend her to anybody looking for a painter!
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5 Comments

Commented: What colors were used for the sponge painting on the fireplace?Red iron oxide from Nova Colors.
April 27, 2019
Commented: How long did it take the artist to paint this ceiling?About 5 days including design renderings.
April 15, 2019
Commented: wall paint color??I wish I could remember, this project was done over 10 years ago! From memory, I can say that the right photo has the truer tone than the left one. Best of luck in finding a close match :)
March 14, 2018
Commented: New bathroomThis is a custom finish I created in a powder room with a light color polished Venetian plaster base application, topped with iridescent /translucent layers of 'Nova Colors' Interference Pearl (Custom...
June 17, 2017
Commented: wallcoveringThe Wallpaper has a metallic background and natural straw fiber texture layered on top.
January 23, 2015
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