Virginia Fair Studios

Virginia Fair Studios is a Los Angeles based, Faux and Mural painting company. We specialize in all aspects of Interior and Exterior decorative painting. Our team consists of co-owners and talented artists, New Mexico raised Virginia Fair and Boston born Jay Richards. Virginia Fair Studios specializes in creating beautiful murals, faux painting, hand painted fabrics, furniture restoration and a verity of decorative finishes. Although we do large scale projects, we also do small repairs and restoration and there are no projects too big or too small for us. We also work on furniture-antiquing, distressing, detailing, re-facing, etc. Usually the client is at the mercy of their friend's ideas and opinions, in conjunction with their own ideas of what works in their home. It can save hours and days of mistakes for both us and them just by having a thorough consultation. Even if that means we give the client homework to collect photos in magazines and books or off the Internet so we start to get a sense of what their taste and style is. We work with the client, finding what really works for them, and it is our job to make sure it is aesthetic. Every project starts with the initial conversation with the client or the designer over the phone to give us an idea of what is needed and wanted, and from there we can sometimes start our homework by creating samples or using samples from our collection we keep in the studio. Whether it’s lighting or creating something, nothing is taken for granted. We often mix colors at the clients' space, as the lighting is important and will have a lot to do with the final look—whether it is a mural we are painting directly on their wall, or a canvas we paint in our studio and have it delivered to be installed. And once there we check the colors, composition in the space and do our final touch up, color washes, etc. We have found that murals are coming back into style, especially when they are done with taste, style and elegance. Faux on the other hand is always the wild card since there are so many different types of faux. Faux can be done to suit the style of the space without looking outdated. Our job is to keep it fresh and topical. We make sure to hold our integrity true and standards consistent. This means honoring our policy of being on time and within budget. We take our time to understand what is the client's vision and making it a reality. This includes composition, color and subject matter.