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Faux Illusions offers clients many types of faux finishes and decorative painting techniques.  Here you will see photos of our latest projects before they are added to our main website www.faux-illusions.com.

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Carol Prendergast

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CrestmoorDN

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foyer.CMDN1
Copper Patina finish done with waxes, metallics, and modello design

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Tuscan colorwash
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Anaglypta painted with metallics. Great for ceilings or below chair-rail in a dining room or office. Can be painted to look like old tin tiles, copper, bronze, pewter, or to look like embossed leather.03-08-2011 001.jpg 2007-02-07
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Leaves in Grosezza XT with metallic wax on colorwashed skip trowel
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JayCole.photoshoots 097.jpg
Rustic stonelike texture, Aquastone and glaze
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JayCole.photoshoots 115.jpg
Foils, plaster and lots of glitter. Fabric Class at Oro Studios
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JayCole.photoshoots 153.jpg
Black and grey colorwash
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JayCole.photoshoots 173.jpg
Rustic finish with glaze close up
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JayCole.photoshoots 211.jpg
French Lace blue/grey colorwash with lace imprint in untinted Lusterstone
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JayCole.photoshoots 212.jpg
Plasters, stencil, glitter, mica flakes from Fabrics class at Oro Studios
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JayCole.photoshoots 224.jpg
Close up of plasters, stencil, glitter, mica flakes, from Fabric Class at Oro Studios
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Class.AutumnLeaves.landscape.300p.JPG
Autumn Leaves
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Skip trowel, painted, colorwash
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AquawaxCopper.JPG
Copper Patina - Aquawax and mica powders
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Rustic stonelike texture, distressed glazing, some metallic, vertical trowel
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Italian Villa
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Taste of Tuscany
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High relief acanthus stencil over colorwashed skip trowel

Sample Boards

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Skip trowel texture, painted and glazed. Great for large open spaces.
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Copper Patina - Aquawax tinted with mica powders, troweled several layers. Great for stove hoods, powder rooms, or ceilings. One of our top sellers.
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VP.tuscansun1.jpg
Venetian Plaster (acrylic) multiple layers add depth and give the illusion of texture but finish is very smooth. A finish more suited to a formal room.
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Taste of Tuscany finish great for wine rooms, bar areas, and kitchens. Finish can also be done without grape stencils or using a different stencil.

WheatridgeTF

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WheatridgeTF.winery
Client ships in grapes from CA and makes his own wine in this room filled with antique wine making supplies. Walls are
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WheatridgeTF.winery2
More accurate color of winery, antique barrels are a family heirloom.
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WheatridgeTF.winery3
winery room is an octagon shape with vaulted barrel ceilings, decorated with more family antique wine making accessories
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WheatridgeTF1.sauna
Sauna/Steam room, colorwash over skip trowel with leaf stencil using crackle plaster and metallic waxes for color
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WheatridgeTF.sauna2
colorwash over skip trowel w/stencil
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WheatridgeTF.saunacloseup
Close up of stencil relief using crackle plaster and metallic waxes for color
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WheatridgeTF.formalpwdr1
Multi-colored Lusterstone with faded stencil
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WheatridgeTF.formalpwdr2
Multi-colored Lusterstone with faded stencil
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WheatridgeTF.formalpwdercloseup
Close up of faded stencil on Lusterstone
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WheatridgeTF.stovehood
Toscano plaster applied vertically and glazed
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WheatridgeTF.exercise
colorwash, same on walls and ceilings, darker on bands
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WheatridgeTF.dining
architectural ceiling done in tissue with metallics and glazes
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WheatridgeTFentry
4 large columns textured to mimic limestone blocks
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WheatridgeTF.master
light colorwash over skip trowel, heavier in crevices
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WheatridgeTF.mastercloseup
Close up of texture (South Valley Drywall) and colorwash - actual color is more taupe/beige.

ParadeOfHomes

Parade of Homes 2008 Gregg Custom Homes
Parade of Homes 2008 Gregg Custom Homes
architectural rendering
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POH8wineroom
Parade of Homes 2008 Gregg Custom Homes, Taste of Tuscany stencil technique on ceiling
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POH8wineroom.closeup
Taste of Tuscany stencilling and crackle plaster
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POH8redpwdr1
linear plaster, wallpaper stencil in gold metallic, glaze
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POH8redpwdr2
linear plaster, wallpaper stencil in gold metalic, glaze
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POH8gbdrm
Colorwash
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POH8guestbath
colorwash - same as guest bedroom
POH8masterbdrm
POH8masterbdrm
"watermarks" on ceiling
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POH8master.closeup
"watermarks" on ceiling
POH8pwdr
POH8pwdr
strie' colorwash
POH8stovehood
POH8stovehood
Venetian Plaster w/Lusterstone stencil relief
POH8groinceiling
POH8groinceiling
Multi-colored Lusterstone w/glaze
POH06 Wall Custom Homes
POH06 Wall Custom Homes
Parade of Homes - Reunion, Commerce City, Wall Custom Homes
POH06EntryMetallics
POH06EntryMetallics
Metallic paints and stain on groin bars
POH06pwdrVenetianPlaster
POH06pwdrVenetianPlaster
Venetian Plaster with Luster stencil done vertically in corners. One of my most popular finishes.
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POH06pwdrVenetianPlaster
Pinnacle Homes, red Venetian Plaster with raised stencil in same product, highly polished.
POH06Master
POH06Master
Blue areas are TexSton Marmorina and American Clay Porcelina, waxed, dome is imitation gold leaf with a dark glaze.
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POH6.masterbath
TexSton Marmorina, waxed
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POH6mastersittingarea
American Clay Porcelina, waxed
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POH6gbathb
Rough texture plaster with glaze
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POH04.TerchBrothers
Parade of Homes, Vista Ridge, Erie Terch Brothers
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POH04greatroom1
Multi-colored colorwash ceiling and walls with Metallic Paint
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POH04greatroom2
colorwash on walls, glazing on fireplace from Nostalgic Stone. This room published in Colorado Homes & Lifestyles magaz
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POH04breakfastroom1
Multi-colored metallic colorwash
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POH04breakfastroom2
multi-colored metallic colorwash, glaze on cast stone hearth from Nostalgic Stone.
POH04stovehood
POH04stovehood
Crackle plaster with stencil and embedded bronze tiles.
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POH04.fireplace
glaze on cast stone fireplace. walls done by Brian Billow of Ancient Walls
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POH04.billiard1
distressed brick
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POH04billiard2
distressed brick

CrestmoorDN

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needhamhood1.JPG
needhamhood1.JPG 2007-01-29
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crestmoor.dn.209
Colorwash
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needham.base1autolevel.JPG 2007-02-01
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needhambasepool.JPG 2007-02-01
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augjanphotos 257.jpg 2007-01-22
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augjanphotos 271.jpg 2007-01-22

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