--- title: "THE FRENCH BRUSH Decorative Painting Studio — Artists & Artisans | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/artists-and-artisans/the-french-brush-decorative-painting-studio-pfvwus-pf~596283246 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~596283246.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "THE FRENCH BRUSH Decorative Painting Studio" category: ["Artists & Artisans"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/ee23746c04c01686_2250-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "Los Angeles, California 90064, United States" latitude: 34.0353 longitude: -118.4259 phone: "(310) 614-2913" website: http://www.thefrenchbrush.com rating: 5 review_count: 19 best_of_houzz_awards: 2 followers: 52 last_updated: 2026-09-05 --- # THE FRENCH BRUSH Decorative Painting Studio Original Houzz profile: [THE FRENCH BRUSH Decorative Painting Studio](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/artists-and-artisans/the-french-brush-decorative-painting-studio-pfvwus-pf~596283246) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Artists & Artisans - **Location:** Los Angeles, CA - **Serves:** 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 - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (19 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 2 awards (2017–2018), for Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Recommended on Houzz - 500 Ideabook Saves 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. ### Services Provided - Children's Spaces - Custom Artwork - Decorative Painting - Faux Painting - Hand Painted Decor - Logo - Mural Painting - Repair and Restore Finishes - Texture Painting - Trompe l Oeil - Wall Stenciling - Wood Stone and Metal Finishes ### 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 ### Typical Job Cost $700 - 30,000 Free consultation and estimate on any decorative projects. ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | THE FRENCH BRUSH Decorative Painting Studio | | Address | Los Angeles, California 90064, United States | | Phone | (310) 614-2913 | | Website | http://www.thefrenchbrush.com | | Followers on Houzz | 52 | **Social profiles:** - Facebook — www.facebook.com/thefrenchbrush - Blog — www.thefrenchbrush.com ## Offers Best Of Houzz Award Winner 2017-2018 _Received Best Of Houzz For Service_ ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [THE FRENCH BRUSH Decorative Painting Studio](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/artists-and-artisans/the-french-brush-decorative-painting-studio-pfvwus-pf~596283246) - **Website:** http://www.thefrenchbrush.com - **Phone:** (310) 614-2913 ## Credentials - **Best of Houzz:** 2 awards (2017–2018), for Service. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 19 reviews** ### Reviews **★★★★★ — Heather Householter, Feb. 2018** > 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. **★★★★★ — User, Jan. 2018** > 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. **★★★★★ — Kay Kalra, June 2017** > 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 **★★★★★ — Lynne DeWitt, April 2017** > 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!! **★★★★★ — Nora Pedrini, March 2017** > 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. **★★★★★ — Rick and Ann Weiss, March 2017** > 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. **★★★★★ — Giselle De Girolami, March 2017** > 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! **★★★★★ — Sheila Balkan, March 2017** > 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. **★★★★★ — Gina Robins, March 2017** > 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". **★★★★★ — Barry Woods, Nov. 2016** > 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. **★★★★★ — christybuchholz, Aug. 2016** > 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! **★★★★★ — abforkner, June 2016** > 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! ## Selected projects - [DECORATIVE - STENCILING](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/decorative-stenciling-pj-vj~1488247) - Location: Santa Monica, CA - Photos: 61 - Description: The French Brush will work with its clientele to personalize and render exceptional hand painted decors, as well as creating unique, custom made designs, patterns and stenciling compositions to paint over any surfaces and furniture. - [MURALS - TROMPE L'OEIL](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/murals-trompe-l-oeil-pj-vj~877787) - Location: Santa Monica, CA - Photos: 50 - Description: Whether you are inspired by a classic or contemporary piece of art or illustration, have an original idea or maybe no idea at all, The French Brush will bring all your mural artistic visions to life with unique creativity!! 'Trompe l'oeil', French for 'deceive the eye', is the art of creating a painted illusion of depth and reality. Murals by The French Brush featured in a Southbay editorial titled "A Piece of Provence." Click here to read more \> https://southbay.goldenstate.is/a-piece-of-proven… - [CHILDREN DECOR](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/children-decor-pj-vj~1488789) - Location: Santa Monica, CA - Photos: 86 - Description: The French Brush loves to create one of a kind murals for a child's room, playroom or nursery. Fun or educative, a mural will help to stimulate your child's imagination and creativity! Zero voc paint for kid's room is available upon request. - [FAUX FINISHES - PLASTERS](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/faux-finishes-plasters-pj-vj~1488653) - Location: Santa Monica, CA - Photos: 42 - Description: The French Brush will enhance any walls or accent walls by creating beautiful and elegant effects with its very distinctive techniques and mediums including Venetian plasters, Roman clay and lime wash, old world textures, washes, glazes, metallic and ombre effects (French for 'shaded', gradual blending of one color hue to another) - [STONE - WOOD - METAL](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/stone-wood-metal-pj-vj~1488965) - Location: Santa Monica, CA - Photos: 36 - Description: The French Brush is specialized in various faux-finish effects and painting techniques such as marbleizing, faux stone, wood graining/distressing/antiquing, metal patinas, which can be applied to a variety of surfaces. 'Faux' is French for 'false', and these numerous painting techniques can mimic most natural materials. - [SIGNAGE - LOGOS - LETTERS](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/signage-logos-letters-pj-vj~1669983) - Location: Los Angeles, CA - Photos: 21 - Description: The French Brush will render any logos, signs and fonts projects for homes or businesses, on interior and exterior surfaces. - [Work in Progress](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/work-in-progress-pj-vj~2795041) - Location: San Marino, CA - Photos: 7 - Description: Temporary images of our most current project. - [Selected work 2017](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/selected-work-2017-pj-vj~2957933) - Location: Los Angeles, CA - Photos: 46 - Description: Various painting projects executed in 2017. The French Brush - Decorative painting, stencils, stenciling, murals, children's mural, trompe l'oeil, faux finish, color wash, Venetian plaster - [Selected work 2018 - 2019](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/selected-work-2018-2019-pj-vj~6085051) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 31 [See all 9 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/artists-and-artisans/the-french-brush-decorative-painting-studio-pfvwus-pf~596283246) ## Community Q&A **Q: What colors were used for the sponge painting on the fireplace?** *(in Photo Questions)* A: Red iron oxide from Nova Colors. **Q: How long did it take the artist to paint this ceiling?** *(in Photo Questions)* I love this sweet child's tray ceiling! Lovely work. A: About 5 days including design renderings. **Q: wall paint color??** *(in Photo Questions)* May i know the wall paint color? A: 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 :) **Q: New bathroom** *(in Photo Questions)* What is this color A: This 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 mix of lilac pearl, Sparkling pearl, red pearl) . **Q: wallcovering** *(in Photo Questions)* I am wondering if this wallcovering is silk? A: The Wallpaper has a metallic background and natural straw fiber texture layered on top. --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-05.*