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Faux Finishing Projects

New Idea for Your Small Powder Room – Go BIG

While the “powder room” is one of the most used rooms in the house, it’s often overlooked when it comes to “freshening”. Our first thought is usually our bedrooms (and the kids’ rooms cuz their fun!), then living spaces like the family or living room. After that it’s the kitchen because we spend a LOT [...]

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Faux Paint over Bright Colors

Bright colors can be a lot of fun in a room — especially in a child’s room. A while back we painted a girl’s room with “raspberry” and “tangerine” and a yellow the color of margarine…deeper than butter yellow but not as bright as egg yolk. Wow! I never really notice they were all [...]

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Paint Concrete Columns to look like Granite Columns

Do you have those amazing massive concrete columns in your home? They make such a statement! Grandeur. I love ‘em and wish I had some, but they just wouldn’t fit in the house I have right now. If you have them, maybe you’re ready for a change. Something a little different? You could paint the [...]

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Painting Faux Granite On Laminate Counter Tops

Have you ever wanted to update your laminate counter tops with something…well…NOT laminate? BUT…that price tag on granite and marble is just a little overwhelming? Well, there is an option. PAINT!! Until you can save up for the real thing. Here’s a question we got: Hi Debra & Tawn – We are thinking about painting [...]

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Painting Old Cabinets

Do you have “old” cabinets you’d like to refresh? Everyone still wants to make changes in their homes but in this economy who can afford to rip out and put in new? It isn’t hard to change up your old dark cabinets at all. A little paint…some new hardware and ShaZAM! Gorgeous new cabinets! Well…new [...]

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Painting over White Brick Fireplace

Recently we’ve been asked by numerous newsletter subscribers about painting over their white brick fireplaces. Figured if so many of you are doing this project it was time to get the steps out here for you! Here’s a letter from Carol. “I have a white brick fireplace that always looks dirty. I would like to [...]

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Creating a Distressed Look on Kitchen Island

This great question from Dave & Donna – newsletter subscribers – I am happy to share the limelight with Tawn – THAT Painter Lady part 2! 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 [...]

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Tips For Painting Great Looking Floors

paint roller beside paint brush at paint reservoir

Before you start to paint your floor with fantastic colors or faux finishes… don’t forget the prep work. All the paint preparation details are laid out for you here: Ideas For Painting Floors Now… we get to the fun part. The painting process for floors is straightforward – if you follow some simple rules. photo [...]

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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.Â She used a light yellow as the base color and two different glaze colors, one being a tan color and the other a metallic [...]

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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 [...]