From the category archives:

Faux Wood Graining

Paint over Formica Cabinets? Sure – Faux Woodgrain!

This happens a lot. You buy a home that someone else has personalized to suit their taste. Problem is…it isn’t your taste. So what do you do? Paint it of course! Yes, you paint it. Paint can change anything to be more “user friendly”. That’s why we LOVE it so much!! You can even [...]

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Faux Wood Grain on Curved Surfaces

Sometimes an idea about a technique is hard to imagine in “real life” terms. Debra’s written many times about her easy faux wood graining technique and how FABULOUSLY it works on straight surfaces (items without grooves or carving). But… what if you wanted to create a faux wood grain on a carved or turned post? [...]

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Faux Wood Graining – Dark Brown Mahogany or an Espresso Color

Faux wood graining seems to be the hottest new trend around here these days! Or… is it just that its hot and we think we need a new faux painting technique to learn? Lol! Either way, another question about wood graining has come in to the “THATPainterLady” desk. Hi there! I would like to paint [...]

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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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Faux Wood Painting

Call for help with Faux Wood Painting. It’s always fun to see what you come up with to “stump” THAT Painter Lady. You know… you haven’t stumped me yet. Dear Debra, …..HELP! I need some pointers as to how to create faux wood wainscoating on a wall that has the original wainscoating covered with plaster. [...]

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Faux Wood Grain Video

This is amazing! This gal purchased the faux wood grain video and used it to paint faux wood grained light fixtures and speakers. This is a painting technique I never thought of. It looks like she worked her magic on a boat, which is possible… but this is actually a very nice office. She emailed [...]

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Faux Dark Wood Paint

This was interesting… I had a question about faux dark wood paint and what colors to actually use. That’s not the most interesting part. The problem was that this client was trying to work on wood window frames that had already been painted white… instead of what he ordered. Here is the letter: I requested [...]