Easy Faux Finishes

Faux Finishing Today

Faux finishing is historical, decorative, unique and a current decorating explosion!

The current use of faux finishing reveals many facets of an individual’s lifestyle. The use of dark and light hues along with metallic and pearlescent glazes produces a beautiful and inexpensive finish that will make your family and friends amazed.

Everyone is searching for a unique identity – for their home, apartment, and office environment. Decorating walls, furniture, doors and cabinets with a faux finish satisfies that craving for distinctiveness, like no other decorating style has.

When faux finishes are combined with using wallpaper, there can conceivably be no end to this decorating explosion of textures, colors and special effects.

It is so simple and fun that even an inexperienced painter can, within a few hours, accomplish the fine art application of Faux Finishing.

Here are some inexpensive ideas:

Be creative! Yes that’s right, you can be creative. Using different and inventive applications, you will produce wonderful textures and glaze effects that are unique to you.

For a wonderful new look, try using old waded-up newspapers or old plastic bags, from your dry cleaning and the grocery store, as an application method for glazes. Simply wad up a small amount of plastic, or paper, and apply the glaze as you would a sponge. Or, apply the glaze with a roller or brush, and use the plastic or paper to pull the excess glaze off of the surface like a rag.

If you don’t consider yourself as “artistic” then try one of the several faux finish applicators from Unlimited Creations, or Advance Tools. Unlimited Creations applicators, by Whizz Tools, are the easiest and fastest way to produce professional looking faux designs. Simply roll it on. The graining brushes and tools, from Advance Manufacturing, produce realistic wood grain designs on almost any paintable surface. Visit our online selection of these great tools.

Contractors – Unlimited Creations and Advance Manufacturing tools are a simple and economical way to increase your bottom line by adding faux finishing to your painting credentials.

Shop with us at Texas Paint & Wallpaper and let our professional staff guide you in your selection of colors and finishes. Bring us a picture from a magazine, book, or anything you want your project to look like and we can help you duplicate it.

Remember: Faux finishing doesn’t have to be costly to really enjoy the experience and the results!