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Decorative Painting and Faux Painting Can Liven Your Home or Office While Adding Value

If you want to add value while improving your home or office's appearance, you might want to consider having a professional make a decorative painting or faux painting where you are.

Faux painting has continued to be popular throughout the ages, but experienced major resurgences in the neoclassical revival of the nineteenth century and the Art Deco styles of the 1920s. Throughout the recent history of decorative painting, faux finishing has been mainly used in commercial and public spaces. Faux painting, fine art, decorative finishing, murals, trompe l'oeil, venetian plaster, color washing, antiquing, crackle, gold leaf, plaster textures, metal patinas, stenciling, sponging, and frottage .  Homeowners, custom homebuilders, contractors, interior designers, and business owners alike pay a professional artist to create these special paintings. Faux finishing and decorative painting are amongst the hottest trends and fastest growing art market segments. As faux finishing and decorative painting steadily increase in popularity, more techniques are added to the gallery of available options for this type of art.

Faux finishes, decorative painting, or murals go almost anywhere, including:  floors, ceilings, furniture, and kitchen cabinets. A professional artist's design skill will help you determine the most beneficial placement and use. Faux finishes can appear to be subtle, bold or aged, and, of course, washable and chemically safe (eco-friendly).   They can be applied to almost all surfaces:  drywall, sheetrock, plastic, wood, ceramic, plastic, etc. Faux Finishes also add value to your home!  Faux finishes make an elegant statement without the unnecessary cost of renovation and will compliment any budget.  You can make your home a signature that reflects your taste and lifestyle with faux finishes.

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About the Author

If you would like to see some examples of decorative painting, room murals, and faux painting, you can visit http://www.MuralsByKatie.com.  Katie lives in the Detroit Metro Area, but she only services a few areas close to Plymouth: Plymouth, Northville, Ann Arbor, South Lyon, Novi, West Bloomfield and surrounding areas.  She is a creative type at heart and does great work; therefore, she is in big demand.  She only does consultations by appointment only.

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I am redecorating my room w/ a hollywood theme. I need help with like wall decor+ what color to paint my wall.

i need help. what stuff should i put in my room. film? what? help me please! thank you!!!
forget about the wal colors. what decor should i do? for redecorating my room i have a budget of $300. so i can't buy posters for like $150. i need cute but cheap. help!!!

You must get a luxurious shag rug, like one of these, for that Hollywood Glam effect:

http://www.homedecorators.com/search.php?search=shag

(I LOVE the faux sheepskin!)

Definitely bring in some vintage movie posters:

http://homedecorators30.artselect.com/search2/openct10171~3D5010~2C4572~26t~3Dc4572/Theatre_Entertainment.html

Photos of celebs:

http://homedecorators30.artselect.com/search2/openct10171~3D163~2C9026~2C9035~26t~3Db-c9035/Actors_and_Actresses.html

As for a wall color, I would do three walls pretty neutral, like "tinsmith" by sherwin williams, so that any colorful pictures will pop. Then, paint one wall a color like "dill" for your black & white photos.

http://sherlink.sherwin.com/swapp/color_visualizer/index.jsp

HOW TO: $5-10 butterfly DIY wall decor

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