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Creative Wall Designs has been in business since 1993, specializing in custom decorative paint and plaster finishes for walls, cabinets, fireplaces, c...
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Tired of your Plain White Walls?

By fauxguy Creative Wall Design in Painting

Faux Finishing Might Be Right for You Sponge painting, ragging, color washing . . . faux finishes, right? Wrong! Faux finishing has become sort of a generic term that encompasses all sorts of decorative paint finishes. In reality, the word "faux" is French for "false" or "fake." So a true faux finish would be something like a faux marble, which might be used on columns or fireplaces, or a faux wood grain, which might be used to make a metal door look like wood. But for the purpos...

 

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