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How to paint wall art graphic patterns on your walls

Posted in faux painting, home improvment, tagged , , , , , on June 28, 2008 | No Comments »


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Day 5, How to build and faux paint a hope chest

Posted in Home Repair, How To, faux painting, tagged , , , , , on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »


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How to remove bath hardware

Posted in How To, daily life, faux painting, painting, tagged on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »

How to remove bath hardware before painting your walls.

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How to paint wall outlets and their covers and have the paint stick

Posted in How To, faux painting, painting, tagged , , , on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »


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Compliments from a kid

Posted in Testimonials, daily life, faux painting on May 26, 2008 | No Comments »

One of my favorite things to paint is children’s rooms because they are so appreciative. Or maybe I should say expressive in their appreciation.
The report I’ve gotten back from the parents is that it is difficult to get the boy out of his room now because he’s having such fun living in his sports themed [...]

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Stencil finish hardwood floor

Posted in daily life, faux painting on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »

Rarely do I get to do a decorative treatment on a wood floor so this was a real treat. But you can see how a simple stencil pattern can dress up a hard wood floor. I put this on between varnish coats so it will be protected by the last two layers of polyurethane.

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New Jeans to paint

Posted in daily life, faux painting, tagged on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »

It seems that these are a hit and I’m enjoying the work.

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Chalk

Posted in daily life, faux painting on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »

Chalk is one of my favorite tools these days. When you don’t have much time to prepare for a job and you’re  left to just doing it, I use chalk.  With chalk it’s so easy to draw and erase as you figure out the composition or size of idea when starting a new project.
Today I  [...]

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Tone on tone

Posted in faux painting, tagged , , , , on March 21, 2008 | No Comments »

Sometimes a super subtle finish is what you’re looking for and it’s so much more interesting that flat paint. Sometimes what I do is simply use the same color but I mix the paint sheens through layers.
In other words I would start with a flat solid color and then I would paint a layer with [...]

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Outdoor Painting

Posted in daily life, faux painting, tagged , on March 13, 2008 | No Comments »

I’ve been working on an outdoor mural and wow I now know why I don’t do much of this. There is so many things that change during the day outside compared to working indoors.
First its cold in the morning, so I;m dressed in a heavy sweatshit and the dampness in the air messes with my [...]

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