Decorative Faux Painting

Think decorative and faux painting techniques look great, are fun to do, and add a personal statement to a room. I’ve been adding my personal look to the walls in my homes ever since my husband and I purchased 
first starting using faux and decorative painting techniques on the walls in our home it was a financially motivated action. a lot of extra money. new furniture or flooring for a room but I could afford to buy some paint. But just painting the walls a solid color seemed boring to me so I started exploring faux and decorative painting. It didn’t take me long to get hooked. Why


 inexpensive way to change the look of an entire room. Paint is the most economical way to change 

3) It’s easy to change when you’re sick of it. Repainting a room that has paint on the walls is a easier and much less time consuming than stripping walls and preparing those for paint.
4) It adds your own personal look and style to a space. Color and texture are fun and interesting. An entire home painted the same off-white color is dull and boring to me.look, retro 70’s look, a country look, something elegant, a cheery bright look for a child’s room, or any other look you want.

Faux Painting

Marble brings an elegant and sophisticated touch to any home, but real marble can be extremely expensive. Luckily, faux painting techniques can help create the look of marble at a price that won't break budget. You don't even need to be a professional artist to get impressive looking results!

Before beginning faux painting project, it helps to spend some time looking at pictures of various marble slabs to get a better idea of what will work for  number of different methods used to create the look of marble. Intricate designs can be time consuming, however, especially if this is first faux painting project. Additionally, elaborate patterns can sometimes compete with other elements in the room. If you are going to apply this finish on a wall, then consider a marble look that has less veins that softly blend into one another.

Tips for Marble Faux Painting Projects creating a marble finish, at least two coors of glaze. traditional colors used in marble faux painting projects are burnt sienna or dark grey on a pale ivory background working with black background, however, subtle shades of white and green are best.

Decorative Painting

Would you like to live in a world of dull,  Vibrant beautiful colors makes for all the visual beauty found in nature. Artists have always tried to replicate the real world through their paintings and drawings. Artistically we use color to bring life to the flat one dimensional elements to our drawings and paintings. basic hues of the color wheel is as follows: Red, Orange, Yellow,Colors are described in several ways. First a color has a name. Is the color pure or desaturated? Finally the color has a value or lightness.

Colors have a degree of purity of hue. Next, a color has a level of color brightness or dullness. The value of a color is how bright or dull it appears. A color’s intensity can be lowered by adding White to the color.
A tint is a color with White added to the color. color wheel represents all the colors: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary.  primary color is not created by mixing other colors. two primary colors, such as Blue and Red. mixture of these two colors will make Purple, a secondary color.  On the color wheel complimentary colors are located opposite each other on the wheel. Analogous colors are found close together on the color wheel. color wheel is divided into ranges that are visually active or passive. Passive colors recede when put against the active colors.

Interior Painting

When thinking of a home improvement project that can splash your New York home with the needed ambiance and considerably change its look and feel within the budget, then Interior painting is your best bet. Though it is seemingly simple, do not get fooled as there is more to the job than meets the eye. To make a success out of it, the wall preparation should be done accurately.Through all the plethora of choices, you are bound to find the perfect one for the room you need to spruce up in your interior painting project. What need to do first is answer these questions:

 impression or effect do you want to like to implement something peaceful and harmonious or would you rather have it bold and bright?

Neutral or safe colors are the way to go if chance you have plans on selling the house in the n ear future or live within a historical neighborhood. going neutral, will not risk having to turn off any potential buyer just because and his tastes doe not jive. color option also helps preserve the classical look of any periodic home adding more value to it.

Faux Wall Painting

Which paint you should choose will depend on use it and the particular effect you want. High quality paint is always worth buying to achieve the best finish will also need to match the type of paint to the room, the surface and location will be transforming.Numerous paints exist to fulfill particular functions, from priming new plaster to creating water- and steam-resistant finishes finishes for high traffic areas.

Different manufacturers describe their paint in different ways but distinguishing factors are: oil- or water-based paint and degree of gloss. 100% gloss paint creates a high shine finish that will show up any cracks or dents in the surface. 

aware of the distinction. Flat paint is not washable and if it gets scuffed or marked will need repainting. If your surface is covered in flat paint, consider repainting, because this is least favourable paint surface on which to achieve faux painting effects. reasons relate to the excessive speed at which subsequent layers of paint will dry, and the effect it has on the colour of paint applied on to it.