Faux Finishing

For a quick pick me up to a room, do faux finishing painting. The depth and texture faux finishing provides will highlight your room's walls and make your design style apparent as soon as people...

In bedroom decor, the featured item in the room is usually the bed. Many people spend a great deal of time and money to make their bed beautiful with luxurious bedding and coordinating...

When decorating your home, your parlor, or living room, is an important area, as this is probably where most guests are received and entertained. No matter how beautiful your furniture is or how...

Refinish a worn or outdated countertop easily with a paint job that will be a lot cheaper than purchasing and installing a new working surface. Test the colors and texturing on tile samples,...

Being able to determine if a paint is oil base can be important. Especially if you plan on painting over it. Here is an easy, inexpensive way to determine the difference between oil based and...

You can add character to plain concrete walls, floors, patios and sidewalks by giving them a faux brick finish. The brick pattern effectively hides cracks and flaws in the concrete and transforms...

Antique furniture adds instant class to any room. Unfortunately the cost of such beautiful pieces can add an instant crunch to the wallet, and waiting for the pieces to age themselves can take...

The antique look is a popular furnishing trend. Unfortunately, not everyone can afford real antiques. Consequently, they look for ways of giving their own furniture the look without the price...

Faux painting is an inexpensive and satisfying way to add a designer touch and change the personality of an entire room. You choose the texture and color combinations, and each room in your house...

Painting an appliance is one way to make the appliance appear fresh and new. Many new appliances, such as dishwashers, ship with a reversible front panel so double check the unit before beginning...

Most faux painting techniques use washes or glazes, applied over a solid-color base coat, to create texture and other special effects on walls.