Tile has a rich and varied history in decor, from Roman floor mosaics to majolica to Delft ceramics to Mexican terracotta. These styles and more continue to inspire artistry. Many of the newest ...

Elaine Griffin is crazy about stripes — in small rooms and kids’ rooms, powder rooms and halls. She also likes glazes and metallics. Stencils, too. Decorative and faux painting is back, although in a ...

In the world of decorative painting, perhaps no style exhibits greater variety and versatility than faux finishing. Faux—French for “false”—painting can be applied to nearly any surface, giving it the ...

One of the easiest and most impactful ways to update a wall is to paint it with a faux painting technique. And you can take it up another notch by adding a decorative faux marble finish. While it ...

We've finally caught up with the Mesopotamians, who are credited with giving up on plain walls and inventing faux finishes - about 5,000 years ago. To modern faux finishers, amateurs and professionals ...

Faux finishes have come a long way from pickling and sponge painting the walls. Offerings now range from imitation leather to Venetian plaster, and techniques such as glazing, faux marble, damask and ...

The whims of kitchen design are ever-changing, but the beautiful thing about having your own space is that you're free to change things up whenever you feel like it. Maybe it's a minute change, like ...

Elaine Griffin is crazy about stripes — in small rooms and kids’ rooms, powder rooms and halls. She also likes glazes and metallics. Stencils, too.

Expensive woods like teak or mahogany, marble, stone and other materials used to make expensive furniture are often imitated by a painted surface. Faux finishes have been used since the days of ...