Faux Painting
Although we really enjoy adding a new color scheme to your interior painting, there are times when just adding different colors, shapes, and designs to the walls adds life to the living space, making the house feel like a home to us. What else can bring this effect to our living space as a great design and soothing color do? However, the impact of color and good design on the entire living space is nonpareil.
BENEFITS OF FAUX PAINTING
1. Faux painting, with its eloquent styles and numerous techniques, transforms the entire ambiance. Faux painting is the art of make-believe, both literally and figuratively. As the name suggests, the items, decorations, or decorative elements created using faux painting are made to resemble something else, in most cases some natural material.
2. Faux finishes have an aesthetic edge, but they also have practical benefits. Faux finishes offer many advantages that even good wallpaper, paneling, or the application of elegant paint can’t match.
3. The major benefit of faux painting is its versatility of use. The only prerequisite for applying faux finishes to different surfaces is that the surfaces should be plain and sealed. The techniques for preparing and priming the surface will differ from one kind of surface to another. Faux techniques can be used to decorate any surface, whether it is drywall, plastered wall, wallboard, metal, wood, glass, ceramic, or even fabric.
4. Faux painting lasts longer than any wallpaper. Unlike wallpapers, faux painted walls have no seams, and they won’t ever peel off. The maintenance of faux painting is not very complicated. If a surface loses its charm and fails to allure visitors, it can easily be restored to its past glory. Touch-ups and repairs of faux painting are not very complicated for professional contractors. Even the existing design of a wall can be changed by applying a new top coat over the existing wall. For top coating, polyurethane in matte, satin, or semi-gloss finishes can be used.
5. Every home has some walls that just don’t look good, and one or more walls may have holes, cracks, and depressions in places.
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Use of faux techniques can help the homeowner not only in hiding imperfections but also in making the place exciting to live in. The condition and nature of the surface will determine which technique to adopt to give the surface its best makeover. If the wall is rough and old, the contractor might decide in favor of using the rag rolling technique, and a matte finish top coat will make any imperfections in the wall disappear. Today, architects have moved toward providing more open space in houses and have moved away from erecting separating walls. This, indeed, has many benefits, but the absence of defining boundaries is creating some trouble for homeowners. They are not sure which is which and what is what in their home. They are uncertain about where to begin and where to end. The use of a glaze can solve this problem, and some dramatic faux styles can be used to define the focal point wall in such places. The effect of faux finishes on the perception of the size of a room is significant. One faux finish can make your small room look bigger, whereas the application of another style will make a big room look small. The use of lighter colors and soft techniques to create a faux finish will make a confined space look roomy, whereas the application of dark colors and dramatic techniques will make a large and lonely room look cozy and friendly. Even the ceilings can be brought down or pushed upward by using different mixes of color and faux techniques.
Let's again look at the benefits faux finishes have to offer:
- They remove architectural dilemmas of too close or too much open space.
- They add depth, dimension, and texture to a flat surface. Faux finishes can also be used to correct color mistakes.
- They can help enhance special areas in the house: arched doorways, columns, tray ceilings, etc.
- They fix irregularities in walls, like leveling depressions, patching holes, etc.
- Faux painting, vis-à-vis wallpaper, never peels off.
- Faux finished surfaces are washable.
- Creating a faux style that matches existing décor is an easy job.
- It is very cost-effective and custom-built according to the taste of the buyer.
The use of faux techniques will add personality to your house. It’ll give your house your personal touch.
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