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 ...

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 are ...

In the room where family members often gather within their Mediterranean villa, the walls are an aging Italian stucco from floor to 24-foot-high ceiling, the timeline evident from small leaks in the ...

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 ...

Is the sponged-wall look an appealing one? Is the pickled look attractive? Is wood graining desirable? Would you like the look of a rich suede wall? Is paying to have any of this done professionally ...

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, ...

For many, the term faux finish may evoke the go-go 1980s and that friend who sponge-painted her dining room so it looked, well, like it was painted with a sponge. The decorative art of faux finishing ...

Architectural details make all the difference in the world when it comes to finishing touches inside and outside a home. These same details though, have a tendency to break the budget. The cost of ...

Expensive woods like teak or mahogany, marble, stone and other materials used to make expensive furniture are often imitated by a painted surface. Faux finishes have been used since the days of ...

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 ...