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 ...

Add interest to walls, floors, woodwork and furniture with faux painting. You can learn how to marbelize, do woodgraining, ragging, sponging and other eye-fooling techniques at these places: The Folk ...

Want a wood or timber look without real wood. Learn five simple steps to create a realistic faux wood finish using easy painting techniques. #DIY #Painting ...

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 ...

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, ...

When Tobey Renee Sanders hired a painter to do more than just paint plain white walls, she wasn’t prepared for the cost. So she styled her four rooms herself. Decorating her new Atlanta home, she ...

A kitchen with concrete countertops and wooden wall tiles - Gladiathor/Getty Images The whims of kitchen design are ever-changing, but the beautiful thing about having your own space is that you're ...

Step inside the kitchen of Marie Weber and Don Recchio’s North Whitehall Township home, and you’re whisked to the streets of the Italian Tuscan countryside. The walls look as though they are made of ...

The whims of kitchen design are ever-changing, but the beautiful thing about having your own space is that you're free to change things up whenever you feel like it. Maybe it's a minute change, like ...