How to Do Decorative Faux Painting
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 painting techniques, including a rustic stone look and crisp, clean stripes. Decorative faux painting is ideal for uneven surfaces or walls with problem areas. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Rustic Faux Painting
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Select a base color of paint for the walls. The base color should be a semi gloss or gloss paint. Avoid flat paints because they absorb too much of the top coat, making it difficult to work with.
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Paint the walls with two coats of the base paint and let dry completely.
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Choose one or two complimentary colors for the top coat.
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Coat a paintbrush thoroughly with paint. Working in two foot by two foot sections, brush random strokes of paint onto the wall.
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Apply the second coat color paint in the same manner.
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Turn and twist a clean, lint free cloth into the paint to blend the colors together.
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Rub the paint with the cloth as it dries, to reveal the base coat underneath, for a aged, old world faux finish.
Faux Stripes Painting
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Paint the walls with the base coat. Let dry overnight.
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Measure each wall and mark the center with a pencil mark. Draw a vertical line from the center to the edges of the wall, using a laser level or regular level.
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Measure the walls in one, two or three inch intervals. Mark the intervals along the vertical line.
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Tape off every other interval with blue painters tape.
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Paint on the stripes with a narrow roller or paintbrush. Use two coats of paint for the stripes.
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Remove the painters tape as soon as the stripes have dried. Lift it carefully to avoid peeling the paint off the walls.
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Tips & Warnings
Semi-gloss or gloss paint for base
Paint for top coat
Paint roller
Two paintbrushes
Blue painters tape
