Blog: faux finishing

Artistic Finishes, Inc. is called upon to wood-grain and faux finish many doors.  These doors were in very bad shape as you can see from the pictures. We began by sanding and scraping, then washing with a detergent and rinsing.  The next day we checked the doors and washed them down again.  After base-coating with…

Ryan had an unusual job request – to turn regular old stepping stones into expensive looking Terracotta tiles.  After doing some research, coming up with different color combinations, and making samples Ryan was up for the challenge. The stones were recently pressure washed so Ryan began with a Terracotta primer as the base coat to…

On a recent job in Davie, Ryan was asked to Faux Finish a number of medallions, some of which are pictured below.  There were six medallions all together ranging from 2 ft. to 6 ft.  Ryan used colors from the customer’s existing furniture to tie in to her new home. To save time, Ryan brought…

Ryan and the Artistic Finishes team painted a home in West Palm Beach.  The customer really liked the paint job they did on the exterior of her home, going from a light color to dark.  They used Benjamin Moore paint color HC-46 Jackson Tan for the exterior.  Choosing the right color is where a homeowner’s…

Recently we completed a job in residential Coral Springs, Florida on a 3,000 sq ft house that needed wallpaper removal and painting on all walls.  The new homeowners did not want to keep the 1970s style wallpaper that covered a majority of the home’s interior including the Pool Table Room, Great Room, Dining Room, Kitchen…