Faux Painting
Four Great Reasons To Go Faux
So what’s the deal with faux finishing? It’s been highlighted in tons of popular home improvement shows and lots of interior decorating magazines, but what is so special about faux painting? In this week’s blog, Royalty has four great reasons to go faux!
It’s Customizable
If you’re looking to add several different colors to a room, faux finishing can help make that look a reality. From colors to textures to sheens, faux painting can help you create amazing looks that are one of a kind! There’s no need to go with the same boring beige as everyone else when you can make something completely unique.
It Creates Movement & Texture
There’s nothing flat about faux. The whole purpose of faux painting is to create textures and finishing that bring the eye to the movement and flow of the surface. Whether the look is wood, marbled, or fabric (see our previous blog on the different techniques of faux finishing), the look is designed to mimic another material while providing a durable finish on your walls.
It’s Less Expensive
A quick web search found that a 100×68 inch slab of 3cm thick marble is over $2,200! Royalty Finishes can create the look of marble on a surface for a fraction of that cost. While having the real deal is certainly nice, it definitely doesn’t fit the budgets of most homeowners. At Royalty, we have the experience to recreate many different materials without breaking your budget.
It Makes Your House Looks Like Art
Flat paints are so boring! Like a beautiful sculpture or fantastic painting, we want to help you showcase your home. Various finishes and textures can help highlight your home’s best features (or even draw attention away from areas you don’t like as much!). Royalty Finishes has expertise in creating one-of-a-kind looks for your home or office.
We hope you’ve enjoyed our reasons to go faux! Regina just got back from a fantastic workshop in Dallas. She learned a ton of new techniques that she can’t wait to show her customers. Don’t forget about our holiday special offer…we can’t wait to work with you. We’re already booking for next year!
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Faux Techniques
Faux finishing is usually defined as a decorative painting finish that appears to be something else, such as stone, wood, or marble. It’s an intricate process that requires a lot of practice and patience. However, there are several types of finishes, so today we’re going to discuss the different faux techniques you might see.
Marbleizing
Genuine marble, granite, or other stone can be really expensive. It’s one thing to have for small surfaces, such as countertops, but costs can often prohibit larger areas like walls. We use a variety of stains and glazes to mimic the appearance of the stone, giving it life by adding specific shading and veins (the lines of deeper color running throughout the stone). It’s one of the most common forms of faux finishing.
Ragging (Rag Painting)
This technique utilizes various thinned out glazes and (you guessed it!) old rags to create texture and movement on a surface. When done properly, it can create a lush, fabric-like look.
Venetian Plastering
This technique is a little more advance, as it uses different tools and multiple layers of plaster to make a highly polished look that resembles marble or other stone. It takes some time and advanced skill to properly create this look, but the use of plaster allows us to create tinted looks to match your color scheme.
Color Washing
This is one of the most common types of faux finishes. It layers multiple colors or glazes that are painted on with different brushes and blended together to create a more three-dimensional look. This technique combines different shades of color to give a wall a “moving” feel.
Graining
Like marbleizing, the graining technique mimics the look of its natural counterpart…however, in this case, the final product looks like wood instead of stone. Natural hardwood can be very expensive and sometimes not be the best option for walls. This painting technique can give you the beautiful look of real wood with a little bit more durability.
We hope you’ve learned a little about some of the techniques Royalty Finishes can offer. We offer a variety of options for your home or office…these are just a few!
Also, don’t forget our special holiday offer! Read our blog to find out more about our gift to you.
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Do-It-Yourself Or Hire A Pro?
Sometimes DIY doesn’t always mean “do-it-yourself”. Often times, it can end up meaning “did it yucky”. People often throw around the question of do-it-yourself or hire a pro. Some projects that have online tutorials, like baking, decorating ideas, and workout tips, often work out great for the users. However, there are some things, like faux painting, which you shouldn’t try on your own. We have some reasons why it’s better to hire a pro.
The Two E’s: Equipment & Education
Faux finishing requires specific techniques and those techniques require specific tools. Some patterns and specialized looks cannot be created without certain pieces of equipment. These pieces aren’t often available to the public
Regina trained at Vigini Studios in San Antonio on how to create customized looks for your home or office. She also continued her painting education with Faux Effect classes with Master Teachers. Regina even takes “continuing education” courses so she’s always up-to-date on the latest trends and techniques. This kind of experience just isn’t something that can be learned from a YouTube video or Pinterest tutorial. She has spent over ten years perfecting her technique and that’s difficult to duplicate.
It’s Easier To Start From Scratch
It’s difficult to remove ingredients from a recipe once it’s been mixed together. It’s kind of the same way with a home improvement project. Trying to correct a mistake can sometimes require more time, money, and effort than starting with a blank slate. Too-thick paint, removing wallpaper, tearing up tile…it all increases the workload.
Tiiiiime Ain’t On Your Side
Not quite like the Rolling Stones sang it, but you get our drift. It’s really easy to underestimate the amount of time required to complete a project. When you’re in a time crunch, whether it’s upcoming holidays or company coming to visit, it’s easy to overlook certain details. Your time is important…Royalty Finishes know this and we work with your schedule.
Getting In Over Your Head
Seeing a gorgeous paint scheme in a magazine can definitely get your DIY going. However, if a technique or style is beyond anything you’ve every tried before, it’s best to leave it to the pros who do it on a daily basis.
We hope we’ve been able to give you a touch of an idea of why it’s better to go with a professional than to attempt to try faux finishing yourself. While you might get close to what you imagined, it’s definitely more difficult than it looks. We want you to be happy with the finished product and we’re confident we can help transform your home or office into something spectacular!
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How to Give Your Home that “WOW” Factor
Any material can be replicated with paint and some know-how. Faux techniques can provide the finishing touch for a particular style. A leather look makes an unusual finish, ideal for a masculine study or in modern décor schemes. Metallic finishes of chrome or bronze effectively complement contemporary and antique décor respectively.
Warm Tuscan finishes that evoke antiquity are ideal for rough walls. They create a multi-layered, textured effect in glowing, earthy colors. The versatile Tuscan look can set the tone for an elegant living room or provide a cozy, lived-in feel to a kitchen with a terracotta tile floor. A rustic stenciled border of acanthus or vine leaves completes the look.
With faux painting techniques you can endow furniture and features with an antique or distressed appearance to enhance a room’s atmosphere and character. Co-ordination is the key in interior design. Faux painting helps achieve that unity. Paint can simulate the deep glow of a patina that may take centuries to develop naturally. Color washes and treatments provide texture, banishing that sharp, ‘too new’ look, while crackle glazed dry to resemble old varnish.
Properly done faux painting is an to give your home the “WOW” Factor. Not only is it economical, but it’s a creative and fun way to make your home uniquely your own.
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