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Painting Advice

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. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + [...]

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Prep Your Surfaces – Whatever it may be – Part 1 – Walls

The key to a good paint finish is all in the prep work. If you don’t prep your surface your hard work – painting – will end up failing. It won’t stick or it’ll bubble or it’ll flake or it’ll peel. I mean…who wants to spend the money on paint and the time on applying [...]

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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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Toning Down Walls Painted Bright Yellow

Have you ever made a paint color choice by just that little square of paint chip you got from the store and when you got the paint all applied and it dried you were stunned at the intensity? WAY tooooo bright for your space…or your taste? Happens more often than you’d think. It’s why we [...]