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The psychological aspects of color are interesting because they go deep into the roots of human nature. It is important to know how to use certain colors in decorating schemes… especially when choosing paint colors for a room.

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I want to paint the interior walls of our cabana (aka: poolhouse) to look like you are looking down through the swimming pool and how the water reflects and ripples …

I have dark wood cabinets in my bathroom.

I would like to lighten them up or even paint them white.

Would it be too much work to paint them white since they …

Hi there… My living room settee and chair are both burgundy and the carpet is a deep red. I am just wondering what wall color choices I should paint my accent wall?

I was going …

Do you have gorgeous grass cloth wallpaper? Does it have a small stain that you just can’t ignore? How do you go about fixing a stain on grass cloth wallpaper?

I have

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I’m just confused on applying the paint. I need Sponge Paint instructions.

I have a base satin base already, do I dab the corner of the sponge with paint or all the sponge? And when I’m …

This is such a cute boys bedroom mural with wallies idea!

I am getting ready to transform my son’s room from Pooh into a “Construction zone.” I bought Wallies with a dump …

Hello. Thank you so much for your tips! I can already tell you saved me some time by avoiding things I did not know.

I textured (slap stick/brush) the bathroom walls last year …

I hired a faux painter to paint a large wall in my kitchen/famiy room using the ragging technique. The base coat was beige and the accent color a medium dark brown. When the wall was completed,

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If you haven’t read part one - click here: How To Paint Faux Interior Pillars

Now that you have the columns drawn on the wall… your ready to paint faux interior columns…

Fill them in with a mid-tone of whatever color it is you …

This is a pretty aggressive project.. even to explain it is almost impossible. THAT Painter Lady - Tawn shows how to paint faux interior pillars… and makes it look so easy.

My next project is to paint matching columns on each side of my front door, if you have any

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Just got a wall glaze paint techniqe (technique) from Erica. It’s interesting to note that the techniqe turned out darker than they had planned and yet they all loved the way it looked:

Hi Debra,

First I have to say that I am so glad to have found your website. It is …

All I could say is WOW! Dawn has been combing the internet and magazines and pulling together loads of cool ideas that are all done with paint. She started a new website to share them all. …

You know how you love the wallpaper boarder you put up… for a while. Then you just need a change. This client wanted to know about a technique to age your …

Okay… this isn’t a how-to. But… I thought it was so cute I just had to share. Dawn has amazed me with her attention to detail, but this mural shows just how effective painting a simple nursery mural can be.

Get out your watercolor pencils and sketch out a simple …