Archive for March, 2008

Faux Finish Over Burgundy Paint

Questions From ReadersThank you for helping us "wanna be" painters. I have a rectangle shaped living/dining room. It is all burgundy paint. I would love to put some kind of finish on it that would change it a bit,

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Choosing Colors For Adjoining Rooms

Choosing Colors for Adjoining Rooms Okay… so you have read the first article and taken the test about shadows and their affect on color. If not… I recommend you start with …

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Use Faux Painting To Update A Small White Bathroom

Hi Debra, Here's some photos of my bathroom.  It's a guest bath, and pretty small, so it's not easy to get photos.  I love it !!!  I started with  a flat khaki base orange peel

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How Do I Apply Venetian Plaster?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXrqGTPH5m4&feature=related[/youtube]Venetian Plaster is one of the most technically challenging faux finishes to apply. How Do I Apply Venetian Plaster is a question that comes into my email box quite often.  It's not often that I can't answer a question about anything related to decorative faux finishes… but Venetian Plaster is …

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Interior Colors For Great Rooms

Choosing Colors For Great Rooms Modern houses often have rooms that flow into each other, often without any door or dividing wall at all. This means that the decor of two or more rooms can be seen at …

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What Is Glaze?

What Is Glaze?Hi,  Can you answer this question for me, just what the heck is glace made of? Thanks, Bonnie p.s.  I did the faux leather on my bathroom walls. 

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