In this video, learn how to create a Venetian plaster–inspired painted wall. With a few simple tools and layering techniques, you can achieve a soft, textured finish that adds depth, warmth, and ...

Since we started reporting on limewash as a trend a few years back, the wall finish has positively exploded in popularity. Its textured look adds depth and interest to even the most box-like new ...

Decorative painter Kevin Walsh makes his living covering walls with designer techniques that include faux finishing. So he got a strange feeling when he saw rags, sponges and other faux tools being ...

Years ago, right after we moved into our home, I learned how to use Venetian plaster. It was like most of my DIY projects; it was born out of necessity. The previous owner hung wallpaper in the ...

Venetian plaster, which looks like marble but doesn’t have the weight and expense of marble, has become a popular method of sprucing up a space, either outdoors or in, says Ronald Layman, a ...

Faux wall covering let you break the limits of ordinary wall paint, creating surfaces that glisten in light or look like old-fashioned plaster, for example. And, increasingly, these kinds of jobs are ...

Specialty plaster wall finishes have been Terry Bryant's art form and livelihood for nearly two decades. Bryant owns TBC Plaster Artisans, a Napa and San Francisco company that creates tinted plaster ...

As she applies the third thin coat of an Italian limestone plaster to a ceiling in her 1730 Williams Township, Pa., farmhouse, Lori Blomstrom prepares to turn an ordinary surface into an extraordinary ...

An curved arrow pointing right. SherDecor in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, specializes in interior design, using Venetian plaster to create walls that resemble marble. The process involves applying putty ...

Perhaps one of the most polarizing terms in home decorating is simply, “textured walls." They were in, then out, but now—perhaps to the surprise of many—they’re very in again. This time, it's all ...