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Painting Tips: Toning Down Bright Orange Walls

Have you ever gone out on a limb and painted some BOLD color on your walls? Has it worked out for you? Or did you just groan when you were done? I painted my bedroom walls a dark cranberry…almost black cherry – just 3 walls – and was scared the whole time! But my ceilings [...]

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Faux Finish on a Knock Down Texture Wall – With Coffee?

Um…Okaaayy. I’ve never heard of this before…but… none the less… I got the question. A newsletter subscriber wrote in with this question: “Could you give instructions on how to stain a wall that has a knock down texture on it. I saw on TV that you could stain them with coffee. To me that would [...]

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Faux Finish How To: Paint a Faux Leather Walls

We all do it. Walk around our house and think, “I need a change…” One of the easiest changes you can make is to simply paint your walls. But if you are here…and reading this…then that means you are one of those people (like us) who want MORE than just rolling paint on your walls. [...]

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Painting Glass – Ideas

Painting glass is not for the faint of heart. It takes patience and a bit of practice… but the results are so versatile and gorgeous. And not something you can do with just any ol’ paint. It takes special paints to work on glass. I’ve used the “expensive” Pepeo glass paints – which give stunning [...]

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Faux Finish How To: Paint a Faded Floral Design Mural

Questions about how to paint a mural come up often. It’s kind of a difficult question to answer when it’s such a vague question like “How do I Paint a Mural”. Lol! Right? Reminds me of my teaching days. But when you ask a question about a specific portion or painting technique for [...]

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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: Hand Painted Paper

Okay…I know..I know…it’s PAPER. But it’s a very popular look in wall coverings. MUCH better than any roll of wallpaper because this look can be individualized. You can make it look like anything you want! Leather, wood, metal, and abstract painting! It’s a real durable finish as well. Easily wiped down with a mild detergent [...]

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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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Faux Finish How To: Aging your walls

Have you ever been to a home that was built in the 1800′s? Or better still built in the 1500′s or even earlier? Here in the United States you won’t find many homes built before the 1700′s. There just aren’t very many left standing. In Europe…you’ll find homes/buildings built over a thousand years ago! It’s [...]