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 ...

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 ...

In a nutshell, this faux painting technique involves random yet strategic incorporations of white, grey, and black paint and ...

» Venetian Plaster 101 class at the Faux School, 35 S. Carroll St., Frederick, Md.; Nov. 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., $200, 877-438-3289. Written by Express contributor Stephanie Kanowitz Photos by ...

Decorative painter Kevin Walsh makes his living covering walls with designer techniques that include faux finishing. So he got a strange feeling when he saw rags, sponges and other faux tools ...

Faux wall covering let you break the limits of ordinary wall paint, creating surfaces that glisten in light or look like old-fashioned plaster, for example. And, increasingly, these kinds of jobs ...

As she applies the third thin coat of an Italian limestone plaster to a ceiling in her Pennsylvania farmhouse, ... Plaster technique gets renaissance. December 19, 2009 at 4:15 a.m.

Old World painting techniques can lead to a stroke of sophistication in modern-day homes. Artist Jennifer Bertrand, season three winner on HGTV’s “Design Star,” is spreading the ancient ways ...

The technique he uses on stucco exteriors imitates the look of stone. Each project starts with lime plaster. He sprays it onto the stucco in three layers, each 3 centimeters thick.

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