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Faux Finish How To: Painting Metallic Walls In A Bathroom

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I was recently talking about creating a patina or verdigris on “stuff” to make it look older and a friend I’m going to visit now wants to do it on their pergola! The difference is they have actual copper on the pergola so we’ll just be accelerating the aging process rather than faux painting it [...]

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Faux Finish How To: Aging…stuff – or – Adding patina!

There seems to be a recent revival in faux aging objects…and not just walls. I mean boxes, lamps, pots, etc. And as usual the popular “aging” is verdigris. That’s what happens to copper when it’s exposed to the elements over time. Copper slowly dulls, then it turns a gray-green (with a hint of black [...]

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New Color Trends for 2012 – Hot or Not?

Turquoise and Brown. Pink. Rose. What could be next? Every year new designs and colors hit the fashion world. And they hit the home design world as well. Pink was the color for 2011. Did you use it in your home? It’s not always a good way to go. Jumping on the “what’s hot” paint [...]

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Choosing What to Paint

A lot of people write in before they start to paint to ask this question. “What wall do I paint?” Sometimes it is just as hard to choose which walls to paint and what to paint on them as it is to learn the techniques! Recently we received this question – How to choose what [...]

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Fixing A Faux Finish

Question: “How can I fix my faux finish if I don’t like the way it turned out? The rest of the room is beautiful but the swirls and color accumulation near the door is too heavy.” Have you ever had this happen to you? Finish up your faux finish and then when you look back [...]

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Faux Painting Ideas | Tips on Choosing Faux Paint Ideas

Before you start a painting project for your home, you might want to consider a wider-range of possibilities. Not just straight up “painting”…but other applications, too. Think about adding a few faux painting styles to your home improvement vision. It’s a great way to add some simple pizzazz to your project. To take advantage of [...]

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Faux Finish A Heavy Textured Wall or Just Paint It

So, simple enough question at first glance, right? What is the best type of faux finish to use when painting over a heavy swirled plaster wall ? A faux finish on a heavy texture requires different tools and also a different mindset for the results. If you decide to paint a faux finish on a [...]

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Prep Your Surfaces – Whatever it may be – Part 4 – Ceramics

This is Part 4 in the series of prepping surfaces. If you missed any of the previous parts you can find links to them all at the bottom of this article. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Ceramics Okay…here we are. Prepping ceramics. Really it is not a great idea to paint over a ceramic surface that is going to [...]

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Prep Your Surfaces – Whatever it may be – Part 3 – Metal & Plastic

Did you miss Part 1 or Part 2? You can find them by clicking on these links: To read Part 1 about prepping walls click on this link–> Prepping walls before you paint To read Part 2 about prepping wood click on this link–> Prepping wood before you paint ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ METALS Rarely do we get [...]

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Prep Your Surfaces – Whatever it may be – Part 2 – Wood

If you missed Part 1 – about prepping your walls, no problem! You can find it here–> Prep your walls before you paint. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + [...]