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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

I realize the object of most redecorating projects is to make a room look fresh and new. But there are times the best way to add warmth and character to a room is through the aging process. Recently ...

Watch the full episode online now! Every decor aficionado has an origin story, and for Steven Sabados it all started with a little technique called faux finishing. Steven got his feet wet in the ...

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 ...

The concept of glazing in reference to decorative and faux painting projects had been something I'd shied away from – on purpose. I know that patience is a virtue, but I like immediate gratification ...