FAUX FINISHES

 

Nicola Thwaites Specialist Decorating – London, UK – offers a range of faux finishes rendered in paint. Faux finishes range from wood graining to imitate the appearance of fine hardwoods - even marquetry and inlay - to stone effects mimicking the look of marble, limestone and granite, metallic finishes (gilding, silver leaf, copper, chrome, and steel, etc.) and exotic finishes like tortoiseshell, lacquer, leather, and even fur. Trompe l’oeil, perhaps the ultimate skill in the faux repertoire, involves painting scenes and architectural elements directly onto a wall or other flat surface to create the illusion of perspective and to expand interior space.

 

 

 

Pictures clockwise: Stone blocking, Marbling, Trompe l’oeil Biedermeier cloakroom, Arts & Crafts wood grained door