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Types of Decorative Paint Finishes and Faux Finishes used for Interior Design and Decorating Finishes

Decorative painting has been a very popular form of decoration that comes in and out of interior decorating fashion in waves.

With country themed interiors is seems to stay steady and the use of stencilling, color washing and marbling staying popular and working well as decorative detail.

The color ways used are also fashion orientated, I remember seeing loads of rag rolling in pastel colors when I first started out in interior design.

It was a really popular form of adding texture and color to walls and lets face it much easier and more fun for the DIY'er than hanging wallpaper!

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Faux finishes are very clever ways of imitating the real product and we have an article which shows a marbled floor in a home.

Below you will find definitions of the different types and styles of decorative paint effects and faux finishes which can provide you with ideas for using with your interior decorating project.

Decorative Painting - Explains the basics of decorative painting and the mediums used in the painting techniques.

Decorative Finishes - Stencilling - learn about what stencilling is and some stencil terms.

Decorative Finishes - 1 - definitions of crackle glaze, craquelure, antiquing, dragging and stippling.

Decorative Finishes - 2 - definitions of color wash, sponging, rubbing, stamping, ragging and murals.

Decorative Finishes - 3 - definitions of combing, trompe l'oeil, bagging, distressing, gilding, limewash and spattering.

Faux Finishes - definitions of verdi gris, graining, marbling, tortise shelling and bambooing.

Marbling to a floor

Marbling to a floor

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Carpet, what ist is made of and how it is constructed, it's appearance pitfalls, types of carpet, underlay, installation types.

Paint, how it is made, what are it's uses, oil based, enamel, acrylic, PVC paint, which paint to use.

Paint manufacture, recognising painting defects, specialist paints

Wallpaper, wallpaper defects, types of wallhangings, adhesives, stone flooring, timber flooring, hard flooring, vinyl flooring

Types of timber, countries of origin - South America,Canada / Usa, Europe, Africa, Pakistan / India / Burma / Sri Lanka / Malaysia / Indonesia, Australia / New Zealand / Pacific Island

Introduction to metals, types of metals, ferrous metals, non ferrous metals

Timber / Wood - What it is and how it is used in interior design, Trees and how we get timber, Properties of Timber - flexibility, colur, strength and more. Timber Deviations - grain and figure, Timber Based Boards - different types of boards made from timber. Uses for Timber - flooring, panelling, veneer, Timber Moldings- different types made from timber.

Different types of fabrics, their definitions, the fibers used in making fabric

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