Click an image to view the page for that project.
Fuax painted office for a home in Desert Mountain, North Scottsdale
Faux painted kitchen cabinets for a North Scottsdale Home
Faux painted beam for a Scottsdale Home Office
Faux painted beams for a North Scottsdale Pre-School
2 color faux leather finish for a Study in a Scottsdale home
White wood doors painted to look like dark mahogany for a Paradise Valley home.
2 color faux beams for an entry and living room in a Scottsdale home
3 color faux finish for a Guest Bathroom in a Paradise Valley home
2 color faux finish for a Study/Den in a Paradise Valley home
1 color faux finish for a Guest Bathroom in a Paradise Valley home
1 color faux finish over red basecoat for the Family Room in a Desert Mountain, North Scottsdale home
1 color faux finish for a complete interior in Desert Mountain, North Scottsdale
2 color faux finish for the Wet Bar in a Desert Mountain, North Scottsdale home
2 color faux finish for the Master Bathroom in a Desert Mountain, North Scottsdale home
1 color faux finish for all the main living areas in a North Scottsdale home
Faux finish for the walls and ceiling of a Dining Room in an East Mesa home
2 color faux finish for main living areas to match pre-existing faux in a North Scottsdale home
3 color faux finish for the Master Bathroom in a Carefree home
1 color faux finish for the complete interior of a North Scottsdale home
Faux wood mantle and ceiling beams for a North Scottsdale home
Faux wood ceiling beams for an Office in an East Mesa home
Re-colored and antiqued interior doors in a Desert Mountain, North Scottsdale home
2 color faux finish driveway gates for a North Central Phoenix home
Painted wood ceilings for a Paradise Valley home
Faux wood valances for a Kitchen in a Desert Highlands, North Scottsdale home
4 sets of faux wood garage doors for a North Scottsdale home
Faux wood ceiling for an Office in a home in Chandler
Faux wood baseboards for all main living areas in a DC Ranch, North Scottsdale home
Faux wallpaper for a Guest Bathroom in a Paradise Valley home
3 color faux finish for the Master Bathroom of a home in Sun Lake
3 color sponged Powder Room for a home in the Biltmore Estates, North Central Phoenix
Faux Painting - Ragging, Antiquing, Metallics, Venetian Faux (31)
Faux Stone, Tile, Brick, Concrete and Block (21)
Faux Finish Retouching and Repair (8)
can be achieved using a brush, sponge or rag, depending on the quality of the surface being worked on and the required quality of the finished texture. As it's one of the simplest decorative techniques, it's commonly used for large areas, even complete interiors. Although you can use vibrant colors, this technique is usually chosen when a very soft, subtle finish with low contrast is desired. The more colors used, or the less contrast between base coat and top color, the more soft and subtle the effect.
is another name for Woodgraining or faux wood painting techniques, and is used to give surfaces the appearance of wood. The examples shown include applications to actual wood beams that were plastered smooth; drywall coffered ceilings; standard pressed metal garage doors: interior doors previously painted white, a wood ceiling that needed to be recolored and house full of white painted baseboards wood finished to match the interior doors. Other interior doors were not woodgrained but recolored and antiqued to match new kitchen cabinets and to harmonize with a new wall finish
has acquired a poor reputation, largely, I suspect, because of some of the rather crude examples featured by many "do-it-yourself" books. In reality, the use of sponges is very common when color washing on textured drywall or when seeking to achieve a soft stone appearance. The fact that the finishes don't look like they've been painted with a sponge is because of the way the sponge is manipulated across the surface. Of course, the appearance of an obviously sponged effect can work in certain situations, particularly where you want hints of metalic.
Faux painting metal requires a slightly different approach. You can either use one of the available products specially designed for faux painting metal direct, or make sure to use a good metal primer before faux painting with a solvent based paint or latex paint and a good quality protective coating.
Click on the faux finishing images to the right for larger pictures and more detail about each project. Some of these are big files so they may take some time to show up.
For more information, to see my portfolio, request a free consultation or estimate, or simply to ask a question, contact me - Doug Morris: 480.232.9778 | doug(a)fineartdecor.com.
© Douglas Morris / FineArtDecor.com