Reality Painting
Striving to create walls and furniture that come to life.
Specialializing in faux-painting: Old World plasters, marble, leather, suede, brick, luster stone, parchment, antiquing/distressing furniture & cabinets, color consultations, and interior decorating.
Servicing both residential and commercial sites!
Bring your walls to life with Reality Painting by Dena Niebauer!
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About
- About Reality Painting
Hello! My name is Dena Niebauer, owner of Reality Painting in Grand Blanc, Michigan. I started Reality Painting after many years of painting for friends and family. I went to college for medical after I graduated high school. I started off as a Medical Assistant and then went on for Cardiovascular Technologist. I worked at Beaumont Hospital in the Electrophysiology Lab for 4 years and then took a job with a pacemaker company. I now work at Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc contingent. I am married to my husband who is an Emergency Room nurse, and we have two beautiful children.
Although all my background and life is in the medical field, I have always had the love for decorating. When I was little, my mom used to have decorators from Ethan Allen come and bring accessories and redecorate our house. I always said I would love to do that. After years of painting and decorating for friends and family, I called Ethan Allen and asked what it would take to be a decorator. After hitting it off with the manager on the phone, she asked me to come up for a interview. I was given a family scenario and I had to go through the store and find fabrics and do a floor plan for the family. After doing that, I was hired! There was a girl there that had the visual job, was able to change all the rooms around and she did faux-painting. I knew that this is what I wanted to do. So, I went off on my own and started getting every book I could. I started taking classes, and painted every wall in the house. I then decided to start my own Faux painting business! I continue to search all magazines for new ideas and keep updated on new classes. This is what I truly love to do. I continue to work contingent at the hospital and I do the faux-painting and decorating as much as possible.
I recently took on some kitchen remodeling jobs, and helped transform two beautiful kitchens. I started off refinishing the cabinets and giving them an aged, antique look, and then helped with picking out granite counter-tops, painting, and a back-splash. The results were amazing! I then did my own. I just love color, and walking into a white room, my mind takes over on all the many possibilities. Since starting up Reality Painting, I have done things I never imagined I would or could create. I have loved doing it every second along the way!
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Testimonials
- What People Are Saying About Reality Painting"Just wanted to say thanks again for a beautiful job. I'll keep your card handy for my new projects or that of other people looking for a professional paint job. Everyone loves it, especially us.-- Gina and Jim Wells"I would like to give my recommendation for Dena Niebauer as my student in faux finishing. Dena expressed a great interest in learning the art of faux finishing and providing a service to others in this area of style. She followed through with several classes of individual training with me personally, and did and excellent job in her work. Not only did she do great work in blass, but she continues to update her knowledge and skills as we learn more everyday. Working with myself at T&C, Dena has continued support. If she has any questions, ideas, or concerns, she has our professional help to back her. Dena is a friendly, dependable person that shows excitement and love for what she is doing, and I recommend her to anyone that is interested in her services."-- Tammy LeMay - Instructor & Interior Designer"We would like to let future customers of yours to know how much time, effort,= and talent was put into our project. You didn't simply paint a room. You came in and transformed our room. While pictures never competlely tell the story, the new design completely softened the look of the room, which is what we asked you to do. We wanted a soft, romantic look for our master bedroom and you gave that to us. Thank you very much! We hope that you are as pleased with your work as we are. Thank you again for giving our master bedroom such a romantic makeover.-- Heather Armstrong"Dena Niebauer is an extremely talented artist and designer. Without her creativity, we would have never been able to transform our average looking house into, what we feel, is a beautiful modern- transitional home. Dena works well with the customer to provide satisfaction in meeting the customers needs as well as suggesting different options. She took the time to consult with us and show us a portfolio of her work. We were impressed and got started right away. She started with the project of painting our maple cabinets and antiquing them in the final process to give them a distressed look. Our kitchen back-splash received a whole new metallic glaze look which surpasses the popular tin tiles currently seen in stores. Dena managed to find a perfect match in color for our kitchen knobs and painted them within days. We absolutely love the finished product! She also turned our oak entertainment unit into what looks like a museum piece. The entire unit including shelves, as well as our favorite great room mirror was painted black with gold accents. We loved what we were seeing before our eyes and continued to ask her for her opinion on changing the look of our bathroom accessories. She readily and conveniently was able to paint the shelf, mirror and towel /toilet paper holder and also replaced my old framed print with one of her own fabulous creations. It is such a unique piece!. Our small fireplace wall has a faux finish that Dena tweaked to just the right color to accent the slate in our fireplace. We would refer Dena to anyone as she stands by and produces some exceptional work as well as being timely and reasonably priced. The dream we envisioned became a reality with Reality Painting by Dena. Thank you so much!!"-- Lina Ruvolo"Dena's talent, time and effort have made a lasting impression on my kitchen cabinets. This process of cabinet painting saved me from spending thousands of dollars on buying new cabinets or refacing my old cabinets. We are pleased with the final outcome and glad we chose Dena for the kitchen update. I would highly recommend her painting services to my family, friends and clients."-- Shari Ruesink - Realtor"Thank-you! Thank-you!! You did such a professional job on our kitchen cabinets. We are thrilled with the results. You were always on time and kept me updated with your progress on the cabinets. You have great working skills. You covered and taped and kept everything clean. I appreciated that. We would and have already recommended you to family & friends. Dena, besides being a sweetheart, you are a gifted artist, and a very hard working one at that!!"-- Troy, Lori & Grama Grogan
