From the category archives:

Faux Finishing

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 [...]

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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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Steps to Create Faux Leather Finish

The following question is in response to one of our recent posts called: How can I Paint My Walls with a Leather Faux Look “I’m wondering if you could tell me the exact colors you used on that wall??? … as well as each step involved???? My daughter loves it and we’re hoping to paint [...]

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How Do I Colorwash Walls?

Sometimes we get a question that is very general… a true call for help from someone who has never done a faux finish… ever. Hi Debra and Tawn, Thanks for your emails. I love all the great hints in your newsletters and articles. What I would like to do is a colorwash on a wall. [...]

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Faux Marble | How to Paint Faux Marble Technique

Example of a faux painting in antique verde marble

Being asked how to paint Faux Marble is like asking your grandmother how she makes bread. It’s a little of this and that and a ton of talent and practice. Faux painting marble to make it look real is a bit of an art. We learned to paint faux marble early in our faux painting [...]