Dream, Inspire and Delight

Does your home or surroundings need a lift?

Let me help you create a home or backdrop you love walking into.

A home or backdrop that reflects your personality and style.

About the Company

Fine Art and Specialty Painting History:

Peta Sanderson Restoration, Murals and Faux is a Bay Area based company specializing in all aspects of Interior and Exterior decorative painting.

My Creative skills include Restoration, Murals, Trompe-L’oeil, Color Glazing/Wall Washing, Gilding, Venetian Plaster, Marbleizing, Woodgraining, Stenciling, Friezes, Antiquing, Distressing Etc.

On-site color mixing and matching is my specialty, as is touching up damage to many surfaces.

I have over 30 years experience in faux finishing, 8 years of formal art training and have been serving the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond since 1990.

I am a disciplined Artist and a good listener, with strength in the understanding of composition, color theory and design. I strive to create, enrich and embellish, the goal being to give the client the highest quality finish possible in whatever form, style, or budget.

Peta Sanderson Murals, Faux Painting and Restoration is San Francisco Bay Area based – as a seasoned traveler I am happy to travel anywhere for your project – Northern California and beyond.

I have collaborated with many local Bay Area, national and internationally acclaimed Designers and Architects, on many residential and commercial projects. I work just as well with builders, painting contractors and/or directly with home owners.

Please call or email me for questions, samples, portfolio, advice and/or pricing.

Faux and Specialty Finishes Include:

Restoration
Murals and Trompe l’oeil.
Color glazing and wall washing
Venetian plaster and restoration.
Marbleizing and wood graining.
Gliding and stenciling.
Antiquing and distressing. Etc…

Reference Material Used:

Architectural Digest
Also ‘Decorative Style’ by Kevin Mc Cloud, published by SIMON AND SCHUSTER.
‘Professional Painted Finishes’ by Ina Brosseau Marx, Allen Marx and Robert Marx, published by Witney Library of Design WATSON-GUPTILL PUBLICATIONS.
Italian Plaster Techniques by Maureen Soens published by Sterling Publishing Co.Inc.
The handbook of painted decoration by Yannik Guegan and Roger Le Puil.

California Painting Contractor License #830200

Testimonials

"Thank you so very much for your help with this project. I valued your feedback to my ideas and have been so pleased with the result. Thank you for your patience with me as well. Again, thanks so much - you do beautiful work."

“One of my most esteemed and gifted colleagues has launched a faux finish company. You will not find more talent, patience or beauty coming out of a faux finish company....coming from someone who worked with and in several . I highly recommend Peta Sanderson for any project you might have from wood graining to murals. She is a licensed contractor and has handled projects of all magnitude."

"We have had a few months to enjoy our flower garden mural and we really love it."

"Dear Peta, Just a short note to thank you again. It was so nice to see you out of the blue the other day. As someone who is extremely allergic to almost everything in our overly industrialized world, I really appreciated your concern for my health - while doing a great job beautifying my environment. I love my color washed walls and the fireplace mantle you softly antiqued. They give me so much pleasure every day, the best thing being of course that the (low VOC) paint used does not make me sick! Thank you so much! "

"Dear Peta Sanderson, I'm so pleased with my living area! The color is perfect and compliments my eclectic array of furniture wonderfully. As a real left brainer I have no skill at all in arranging furniture. Peta not only did a great job in choosing the right color and technique for my walls but also trouble shot my furniture predicament with great results. Thanks!"

"Thank you so much for painting my house and making it look so beautiful. Also for cleaning up the another person's mistakes! Looking forward to seeing you again in the near future. Good luck with your art work."