Painted finishes offer exciting and dramatic ways to enhance your surroundings.    From a soft glaze to fancy marbles, from stripes to plaids; to shimmery plasters; with stenciling or handpainted artwork, there are endless ways to decorate..........THINK PAINT!

The Gallery below will show many different kinds of finishes, and in all diferent areas of the home....walls, ceilings, floors and more.  The Glossary below will explain the different forms of decorative painting.
TEXTURED FABRIC FINISH - BANANA PALMSCRUSTY OLD WORLD WALLSFAUX MARBLE FINISH FOR A BACKSPLASHSITTING ROOM CEILING THAT HAS A GENTLY AGED AMBER FINISHSNAKE LIKE TEXTURE UNDER CHAIRRAILBRONZE METALLIC FINISH IN THE WET BAR AREA.RED & GOLD GLAZES IN CEILING; SOFT CHAMPAGNE ON KITCHEN WALLSTWO COLOR ANTIQUING STAIN ON OLIVE GREEN.FIVE LAYER WAX FINISH IN THE BARREL CEILINGS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSESOFT ALL-OVER FAUX, GREAT FOR LARGE AREASRED & TAN WALLS MAKE THE CABINETS "POP"METALLIC BRONZE & GOLD FAUX WITH TROMPE L'OEIL NAIL HEADSBY ADDING TEXTURE TO THE CEILING AND EXISTING WALL MURAL, THIS BATH HAS AN OLD WORLD FEEL NOW.FIVE COLOR FINISH WITH HINTS OF GOLDMODERN FINISH - THE CLIENT WANTED THE SAME FINISH ON THE WALLS AS ON THE TISSUE HOLDER ON THE COUNTER.THE PAINTING OF THE STONE BLOCKS IN THE ROUND STAIRCASE.....FAUX STONE BLOCK HELPS TO CREATES A "CASTLE" LOOKCONTINUING THE FAUX STONE BLOCKS UP THE STAIRSA VERY DRAMATIC FOYER WITH A GOLD WAX FINISH IN THE DOME CEILING OVER RED/MAROOM METALLIC STRIPES!PALE GOLD, BRONZE AND TAUPE FINISH.GOLDEN FRESCO FINISH ON THIS ROUND WALL REALLY SETS OFF THE PIANO.PEARL STRIPING ON WALLS WITH CUSTOM COLOR LUSTERSTONE IN TRAY CEILINGBLUE & YELLOW "PLAID" FINISH WITH ACCENT FLOWERS (IDEA FROM THE PILLOWS ON THE BED) SILVER & GOLD "SLUBBED" FINISH GIVES A WATERY EFFECT TO THESE WALLS.PEARL ABALONE FINISH ON WALLS WITH METALLIC SILVER CROWN MOLDING.PINK PLAID - MATCHES THE FABRIC HEADBOARDGOLD UNDER RED "CHINA" CRACKLE; ANTIQUED MEDALLION.DRIFT MARBLE INSIDE WALL PANELSAS THOUGH THE CRACKS ARE CONTINUING OUT FROM THE PICTURE.PEARL FINISH ON THE COLUMNS, A RAFIA FINISH IN THE WALL NICHE, SILVER LEAFED CROWN MOLDING.BLACK & GOLD STRIPES ALWAYS MAKE A DRAMATIC ENTRANCE.METALLIC PAINTS BLENDED TOGETHER, WET ON WETTHESE MINI PALM TREES WERE CUSTOM PAINTED TO MATCH THE BEDDING OF THE ADJACENT GUEST ROOM.LONDON FOG FINISH - THREE SHADES OF GREEN FOR A SOOTHING SPA FEEL.THIS CLIENT WANTED THE FEEL OF FALLING WATER!GORGEOUS RED PLAID WALLS TO MATCH THE BEDSKIRT.DARK RED LEATHER WALLS IN A WINE CELLAR.THIS CLIENT WANTED PARTICULAR COLOR STRIPES IN THE GRANDKIDS' ROOM, SOFT YELLOW AND BLUE DENIM, THEIR FAVORITE COLORS. A LUSTERSTONE FINISH WITH EMBEDDED STENCILS "RANDOM" GOLDEN CRACKLERAISED SEASHELLS ON A PEARL FINISH, CAPTIVA ISLAND GUEST HOUSEFAUX STONE BACKSPLASH

Denise Lunsford, Decorative Painting Artisan        (239) 691-1199        winsumtoo@aol.com         www.TheWallNut.net
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(Decorative Painting:  painting done primarily for appearance rather than protection.)
DECORATIVE PAINT FINISHES:    The application of paints or glazes to adorn, decorate or embellish a surface as compared to a plain solid color, a stain or a varnish finish; and as opposed to performing a protective function.

This general group of decorative paint finishes includes a number of “subgroups” some of which overlap and others of which have more than one name by which they are recognized. These include:

  •      Faux  Finishes: French, “false” finish. These seek to imitate products found
  in nature such as wood, marble, granite, stone, etc. These include wood graining, marbling, gilding, etc.

  •    Representative Finishes: These seek to imitate products otherwise made like
  leather, parchment, fresco, Venetian plaster (itself a faux plaster), etc.

   •     Special Effect Finishes: Broken color effects (as opposed to imitation effects),
  such as ragging on, ragging off, sponging on, sponging off, strie’, splattering,
  stippling, etc.

  •     Graphic Finishes: Detailed effects such as stenciling and graphics that are in
  accordance with “mathematical rules.”

   •    Pictorial Finishes: Decorative effects such as murals, scenes, portraits, etc.

  •    Trompe l’oeil:    French, “trick of the eye.” That which creates such a strong
  illusion that it is difficult to ascertain whether it is real or a representation.
Usually, but not always, three dimensional, giving the impression of depth and
perspective.