How to Faux Paint by Sponging
Sponging is one of the easiest faux painting techniques. It creates a light, airy texture that adds interest to your walls and covers imperfections on the wall surface. Prepare and tint a glaze with the acrylic paint you've chosen to create your ... [... more]
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Faux Painting Techniques Using Washes and Glazes, Part 1
Decorative faux finishes are simple ways of creating color, depth, and illusion on any surface. However, making sense of all the different types of finishes can be tricky for beginners. Most decorative painting techniques use some type of tool ... [... more]
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Faux Painting Techniques
A faux green-marble finish gives an old tabletop a distinctive look. Remake a worn dresser or table with a painting technique that mimics the look of marble. Often the top of an old piece of furniture is damaged, but the sides and legs are in ... [... more]
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How to Do Decorative Faux Painting
Painting is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to dress up a room. Use decorative faux painting to add texture and design to walls. You can achieve a variety of looks with decorative faux painting techniques, including a rustic stone look and ... [... more]
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Living the Creative Life: Ideas and Inspiration from ...
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How to Prepare Wash and Glaze for Faux Painting
Most faux painting techniques use washes or glazes, applied over a solid-color base coat, to create texture and other special effects on walls. Select a latex paint color that coordinates with the color of the wall you are painting. Pour one part ... [... more]
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How to Faux Paint with Metallics
A metallic finish can add a dramatic, opulent accent to a room. You can create the look of a professionally glazed wall for a fraction of the price. This faux painting technique looks best when used on only part of a wall or on 1 or 2 ... [... more]
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Faux Painting Techniques Using Washes and Glazes, Part 2
Add style to your rooms with faux finishing painting techniques. A guide to the types of paints, washes and glazes available, and the basics of many faux finishing techniques. also spelled colorwashing, is done simply by painting thin layers of ... [... more]
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Parchment Painting Technique
A popular variation of common faux painting techniques is "parchment" painting. In this technique, you end up with walls that look like they have been covered with sheets of old parchment. Like other faux painting techniques, parchment painting [... more]
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Woolie #100697 Paint Decorating DVD
The Woolie Faux Painting Techniques/Paint Decorating DVD, 2 Hours Of Step By Step Instructions On 14 Different Faux Finishing Techniques. [... more]
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How to Faux Paint by Stippling
Stippling is a faux painting technique that gives new surfaces an elegant, aged look. While most methods of faux painting hide imperfections on the wall surface, stippling actually highlights them. It is best done on surfaces in excellent ... [... more]
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Furniture Makeovers Pt. 2
Projects: Headboard Bench/Recovered Stools/China-Cabinet Makeover/Entertainment-Center Armoire/Home-Office Hutch/Dresser Sofa Table/Adhesive-Paper Makeover/Faux Painting Techniques [... more]
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