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Faux Finishing Projects

Colorwashed Walls in a Billiard Room

We received these pictures recently from one of our readers – Carol Gerber.

She explained that she achieved this beautiful faux finish in her billiard room with a color wash technique.  She used a light yellow as the base color and two different glaze colors, one being a tan color and the other a metallic gold.
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Plaster Faux Finish with Joint Compound?

I am trying to get a venetian plaster look in my house. I wanted to try to use drywall mud to create the texture with deeper / thicker results and I am not sure now how to paint it. Does one have to use the plaster in a can to achieve this look or can [...]

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Creating a Distressed Look on Kitchen Island

This great question form Donna – a newsletter subscriber – I am happy to share the limelight with Guest Painting Expert – Tawn….
I am wanting to get a distressed look on the center isle in my kitchen. It is real wood and was stained in a medium to dark finish when we built the [...]

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How to Create a Faux Driftwood Finish

How do you make yellow pine look like driftwood? any paint techniques for that? I want the trim in my house to resemble driftwood. ~Susan
Hi Susan, this sounds like a fun and creative project. Be sure to get a few pieces of REAL driftwood to use as samples of how you want the finish [...]

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