Red Griotte faux marble (part 1 of 2)

Here is a how-to for painting Red Griotte faux marble.  This example is painted on a small baseboard piece.  In this case, we base coated a dark brick color in oil – 2 coats.  After, the surface needed to be degreased with whiting to prepare the surface.  A water-based paint can be used, but it […]

Order to paint an entire room

When you are looking at a large room and say, “where do I begin?”, this post will tell you in what order to paint an entire room. On this diagram below, the numbers correspond to the correct order to paint a typical room.   Most rooms will not contain all of these elements.   Your average room […]

Dado

A dado (day-doe) refers to the area below a chair rail (aka dado rail or skirting board).  The lower boundary is typically a baseboard. The original function of the chair rail was to stop chairs from damaging the wall.  The space below the rail quickly developed into a design opportunity. A dado (or wainscot) is […]