In this way, we become part of the neighborhood and hopefully, good neighbors, as well. Because a number of customers are Do-It-Yourselfers, the stores frequently host hands-on events, including 'Ladies Night' (with painting, faux finishes and other techniques) and Weber Grill demonstrations for backyard chefs.
When Tim Rozwadowski and Susan McCarthy began looking for a new home four years ago, they knew they wanted "an interesting house in an interesting neighborhood," says McCarthy. When they saw the 1934 Italianate house in the Layton Boulevard West neighborhood, with its Lannon stone exterior, original light fixtures and interior walls finished in Spanish plaster, the husband and wife immediately decided it was what they wanted.
The former middle school art teacher has built a reputation for creating truly unusual and impressive residential artistic treatments. In an era when rudimentary sponge painting and phony faux finishes were sweeping across the walls of American homes, he longed to bring those Old World qualities to U.S. homes.
Though she says she closed that business to turn her focus to family matters for a time, she continued to work as an artist, developing decorative painting techniques and faux wall finishes such as a leather look created by applying crumpled artists' tissue paper to a wall and painting over it, she says.
Not long ago, Stephen Roberson, owner of Paint & Bristle, a decorative painting, faux-finishes, and murals company, contacted Jeanie Patterson, owner of Daily Grind on Virginia 419, to see if he could do a free faux painting in the conference room. She agreed and now Patterson and her clients can enjoy a well decorated room, courtesy of Roberson.
Joe and Regina McBrearty are hardly first-time homebuyers. They've moved so much, in fact, they consider themselves old pros at the process. The couple's new Collierville home - which they've occupied for little more than a week - is already mostly furnished, with fresh paint on a few walls, new faux finishes on two fireplace surrounds and a homey, lived-in feel.
Materially speaking, homes are just brick, wood, concrete and glass. The structures can be so much more, however, when gardens, patios, great rooms, dens, fabric, faux finishes and flowers come into play.
FAUX FINISHING - the art of creating illusions, textures and special effects with paint - has been around since the 14th century. Some of the earliest examples are the Palladian villas outside Venice, Italy, whose walls were traditionally lined with marble. When the price of marble skyrocketed because of a shortage, someone had the bright idea of employing artists to paint the walls to appear as though they were marbled instead. This became known as "faux marbling" (from the French word faux, meaning false) and the idea soon spread to faux stone, mosaic, tiles and much more. Faux finishing also can be used to create special effects: to make a new place look old, an old place look new or simply to add depth or character to a wall, ceiling or piece of furniture. "It can greatly enhance th...
Register Staff NEW HAVEN -- A little paint goes a long way. Artistic Finishes -- purveyors of faux finishing, custom murals and more -- has a two-day faux finishing workshop planned for next month. Instructor Holly Whiting's workshops will show how to create four different wall finishes and give a brief lesson on the basics of paint prep. Participants will also take home four sample boards to use as a guide for their own home projects.
As with other design trends, "wallpaper never really went out of style," says interior designer Connie Long. For a while, "the wallpaper companies had to compete with the faux finishes." But unlike faux, with paper, "you don't get a buildup of paint in the corners, the ceiling and baseboards. Echoing the popularity and traits of patterned fabrics, two or three colors dominate in today's wallpapers. Stripes, geometric shapes and florals are hot.
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