We've finally caught up with the Mesopotamians, who are credited with giving up on plain walls and inventing faux finishes - about 5,000 years ago. To modern faux finishers, amateurs and professionals ...

Faux finishes have come a long way from pickling and sponge painting the walls. Offerings now range from imitation leather to Venetian plaster, and techniques such as glazing, faux marble, damask and ...

Wallpaper is the new darling of the design industry, which could be bad news for faux finish artists like Vanessa Shaw Finelli, who has done her share of parchment, leather, suede, wood graining, ...

LITTLE ROCK — Remember when giving interior walls a "faux finish" included only a few techniques, most of which even intrepid doit-yourselfers left in the hands of professionals? Those days are past.

Though it looks complicated, decorative artist Curtis Heuser insists that the faux finishes were the quickest and simplest efforts that went into his 1895 Newport home’s revival. He emphasizes the use ...

You’ve settled into your new house and sent the kids off to school. Now it’s time to do something about those “builder’s white” walls. Thanks to the plethora of new books, magazines and videos on the ...

Faux finish paint techniques are an increasingly popular way to add illusions of texture to your walls without hanging wallpaper. Plus, faux finishes can help hide imperfections. "You're blending ...

I t's midnight on the Las Vegas Strip when Rob Wilkerson and his team step into the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood to begin setting up their painting equipment. Wilkerson steps onto the lift, ...

THERE’S A TON OF GRANite, stone and marble in home decorating today. But instead of slapping real marble on floors, walls and tabletops, interior designers are whipping up “faux” finishes — innovative ...