Do You Like Faux Finish Painting?

Love It or Hate It? Faux Finishes

June 23, 2010

Different strokes for different folks . . . literally. When it comes to paint, I like my walls one solid hue. I'm obsessed with stripes and accenting with ceiling colors, but faux finish? Not really my style. But, some people just can't wait to get a sponge and brush out and add a little texture to their home. What's your leaning — faux or no?

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ColorHelp 1 year

I am soooo over faux finish. I agree, it's hard to get right and in most cases, doesn't add anything to the room. When it's paired with all that Hobby Lobby dark iron/silk flowers/heavy brown leather furniture look, it just becomes ghastly. Worst of all is when they have faux in -every- room, even the kitchen where typically there is already too much pattern going on.

2 years

The faux finishes that come to mind for most people are DIY kits from Home Depot. They are a great way to warm up a space for a small investment if you are artistic, have a good eye and LOTS of patience. Most people don't fall into that category and that's why faux finishes get a bad rap. On the other hand, there are professional faux finishes done by master artists. My husband and I own a faux finishing business and the finishes have come a long way from the sponges and rags of the 1990's. Fine Italian venetian plasters, concrete overlays, metal leafing, wood graining, and modern industrial finishes are really current and beautiful when applied by a professional.

dezignerwannabe 2 years

I don't care for it and it usually winds up looking like a wall that's had water damange...juss sayin!

chloe bella 2 years

I liked faux finishes in 1995.

jaxsprat 2 years

I actually did a faux in apartment I had years ago. I painted a a transculent looking palette that reminded me of the sunsets I saw in Tuscany. I really loved it then but I don't know if I'd repeat it now. It was really pretty and relaxing more of a cloudy texture.

CoconutPie 2 years

Hate it. Really, really hate it.

starbucks 2 years

Ew, it usually looks so tacky. This is absolutely my interior design pet peeve. I guess it could look kinda good when done right, but it usually doesn't!

Zyada 2 years

I think that it is something that is really hard to pull off well, and it is a ton of work. All the special tools in the world won't make it come out right, either. I've done one wall in my current house and the previous house I owned. I only do the faux granite method. I think my current one came out better to a great extent because the colors do look like natural stone (as opposed to the previous wall where I used a rather vibrant set of greenish blues).

Zyada 2 years

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