Faux Finishing

Your beautifully faux finished room can look even more like you hired a professional to do your decorative interior painting if you add the final touch – finishing the minor accessories to match...

The faux tissue paper technique is an easy way to create a unique finish on your walls. Using just a few materials, you can change the look of your room in a matter of hours. While special tissue...

Add shimmer and elegance to walls by creating a faux Shantung silk plaster finish to walls. Shantung silk is a dupioni silk from the Shantung region in China. The dupioni effect, a slightly uneven...

Glaze is a translucent medium used for a variety of decorative painting techniques. It is one of the staple ingredients in a faux painter's tool box. Valspar translucent glaze is available for...

French country design is based on the romantic appeal of a chateau nestled in the hills of Provence. Fabrics and decor are rustic and possess old world charm. In French country decor you will see...

Venetian plaster is created by a mixture of gypsum, sand and lime or just sand and lime. The finishing technique is applying thin layers using different trowels and burnishing to create the...

Create a wall texture that looks and feels like corduroy fabric. Craft the faux finish technique in any color. Use a variety of tools from combs to brushes to create the fabric like surface....

Leather and luxury go hand in hand. It's no wonder that people love the look of a leather finish on their walls. To be surrounded in texture and color is inspiring to the senses. There are...

The technique of faux painting on walls dates back to the Egyptians and is, as Pique Design states, an "attempt to replicate the natural world or more specifically, the materials of the natural...

So, you want to give your walls a textured look but you don't have a lot of time or a lot of money .... what do you do? It's simple, read my how to article and see how to get a textured look...

I can't tell you the number of times I've either visited someone’s home or even professional offices where the walls have been beautifully faux finished, except the corners! In my former dentists...

Sponging is a great way to provide warmth and depth to any room, creating a great backdrop for your room's overall decor. Sponge painting utilizes inexpensive materials and easy techniques, and...

Whether you have just moved into a new house, or would like to add a more rustic appeal to your current abode, old world style walls can add a cozy, and enriching feeling to a home environment. ...

Do you look at the walls in your home and think that ugly old paneling belongs on the set of a seventies sitcom. Well I am going to show you how to completely change the look of your rooms without...

The faux painting technique of colorwashing can give your walls the effect of a sun-drenched Italian villa. One of the easiest faux-painting techniques, colorwashing simply involves brushing a...

Faux finishes are popular with many people because they visually add texture to a room at less cost and much less aggravation than wallpaper. While applying a faux painting technique to a room can...

Applying paint to a surface using a dried aquatic animal may not sound very artistic, yet the method has been embraced by many as one of the easiest ways to cover a surface and make its defects...

Faux stucco will cover structural cracks and even out your interior walls. The texture of the stucco will also add ambiance to your room. Classic hard stucco consists of several ingredients;...

Faux painting is painting that makes walls look textured. It fools the eye into making one think they are looking at a leathered wall or a marbled wall. It differs from other painting treatments...

Learn how to mix and apply faux paint to your walls, in this free video.

Learn about faux painting your walls in your home, in this free video.

Learn about various textures you can create on your walls before faux painting, in this free video.

Plain painted walls, even if you paint them in bright colors are sometimes just that--plain. Wallpaper will definitely add interest to a wall, but sometimes it can be just too busy. Well, there’s...

Painting is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to dress up a room. Use decorative faux painting to add texture and design to walls. You can achieve a variety of looks with decorative faux...