The Lake Room: One Color, Every Surface — a Pelzer Color Drench
Some customers call once. This one has called five times — and we've painted for her daughter and son-in-law too. Her latest project: the lake room, a vaulted sunroom looking out over the water, stuck in an old yellow and showing its age at the ceiling corners. She wanted it wrapped in a single color, every surface — and trusted the crew she already knew to deliver it.
A room stuck in yellow
The lake room is the best seat in the house — a wall of windows over the water, a vaulted ceiling, exposed wood beams, and a floor-to-peak brick fireplace. But the old yellow had aged out, and years of settling had left damage in the ceiling corners that paint alone wouldn't hide. Before any color went up, we repaired the damaged corners and patched the walls so the new finish would land on a clean, solid surface.
One color, every surface
She wanted the whole room in a single color — what designers call a color drench. Walls, vaulted ceiling, and the brick fireplace all take the same soft green, so instead of the eye stopping at every color change, the room reads as one calm, continuous space — and the lake outside the windows becomes the focal point. The wood beams and mantel stay natural, standing out warmly against the drenched surfaces.
Sprayed smooth, rolled deep
We sprayed the room for the smoothest possible finish — no roller texture, just a clean, even film across walls and ceiling. The brick got the opposite treatment on purpose: after spraying, we back-rolled every course to push paint into the recessed mortar joints, so the fireplace is fully covered front, sides, and the deep joints on its backside. The color is one she fell in love with from another brand — Valspar's La Fonda Wild West Green — which we had matched into Sherwin-Williams Cashmere in Medium Lustre, a paint with a genuinely silky feel that amplifies the color as light moves through the room during the day.
The color that didn't stay in the lake room
She loved the color so much that it didn't stay in the lake room: she had us carry it onto the ceiling of a bathroom we'd painted years earlier — where we'd refinished the vanity and painted the lower walls — as an accent that ties the two projects together. That's the fifth project in this home, on top of the work we've done for her daughter and son-in-law, and the crew is part of the reason: they ask for Oscar and Roberto by name.
“Some customers call once. This one has called five times.”
What we used
- Paint — Sherwin-Williams Cashmere, Medium Lustre
- Color — Valspar La Fonda Wild West Green, matched into SW
- Look — Full color drench — walls, ceiling & brick in one color
- Application — Sprayed; brick back-rolled into the mortar joints
- Prep — Ceiling-corner repairs and wall patching
Questions this project answers
What is color drenching in interior painting?
Color drenching means painting every surface in a room — walls, ceiling, trim, even features like a brick fireplace — in one single color. On this Pelzer lake room, the walls, vaulted ceiling, and floor-to-peak brick all took the same soft green, so the room reads as one calm, continuous space and the lake view becomes the focal point.
Can you match a paint color from a different brand?
Yes. This customer loved a Valspar color — La Fonda Wild West Green — and we had it matched into Sherwin-Williams Cashmere so she got her exact color in the paint line we trust for a silky, even interior finish. Any major brand's color can be matched this way.
Can a brick fireplace be painted the same color as the walls?
Yes — and it's the signature move of a color drench. Brick needs different handling than drywall, though: on this project we sprayed the brick, then back-rolled every course to push paint into the recessed mortar joints, so the coverage is full and even across the front, the sides, and the deep joints on the backside of the fireplace.
Why spray interior walls instead of rolling them?
Spraying lays down a smooth, even film with no roller texture, which shows off a color at its best — especially in a room with big windows where light rakes across the walls all day. It takes more prep: on this project every window, floor, and fixture was masked and covered before the first pass. The silky Medium Lustre finish of the Cashmere paint amplified the effect.
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