| Are you thinking about having a faux finish in your | | | | where we put music sheets all over the walls and |
| home as part of your decorating plan? A recent | | | | these music sheets were antique music sheets from |
| interview with a professionally trained faux finish artist | | | | Poland. We then applied a crackle finish and glazed |
| revealed interesting information about the world of | | | | over it which gave it a very old-world look. |
| faux finishes. | | | | I have also done riveted metal finishes. I had a client |
| What are popular faux finishes that homeowners | | | | that had a little buckskin lampshade that she wanted to |
| want to incorporate into their interior decorating | | | | use in her powder room. She wanted the walls to |
| schemes? | | | | match her lampshade. So I did a faux hand-stitched |
| Tissue paper finishes are popular today. This requires | | | | buckskin finish on her walls. It was just beautiful. |
| putting an industrial type of tissue paper, not the gift | | | | One of my other passions is doing animal skins. I have |
| wrapping type of tissue paper, on the wall. It can be | | | | done ostrich and snakeskin finishes on walls that are |
| used to do a faux leather finish, metallic finishes and | | | | just marvelous. When people come in, they are blown |
| also plaster finishes. It is applied with a paint undercoat, | | | | away. |
| then paint over it and then glaze over that. It is very | | | | Do you ever put faux finishes on other surfaces, such |
| durable and can be painted over down the road with | | | | as ceilings, floors, and furniture? |
| another color. | | | | Yes. In my experience, I have painted just about |
| A lot of people are interested in the Tuscan look, and | | | | everything: floors, ceilings, furniture, and accessories to |
| they want the worn plaster walls as well as murals. | | | | match the room. In the faux finishing business, we say |
| Murals have become very popular again. | | | | if it can stand still for 10 minutes, we can paint it! |
| What is your favorite faux finish? | | | | If it is a dining room, it is really fun to jazz up the |
| As an artist, I am always looking to create new and | | | | ceilings. Anybody that has a cold ceiling, meaning if it is |
| exciting finishes. I love metallic finishes and anything that | | | | just painted, will find that they are not going to get the |
| is challenging or different. I also love to do finishes that | | | | full effect of the beauty of that room. As for floors, |
| make people just go wow. | | | | wood floors and concrete floors can be done. They |
| I have worked on Parade of Homes houses and have | | | | have to be prepped, and the space has to stay clear |
| done several different techniques that people have | | | | for a couple of days for the finishes to cure and dry. |
| just really been amazed with. One was a music room | | | | |