1.   A five-color glazing with grain direction was used in the dining room and a one-color faux finish went in several other rooms.

2.   D.S. wants to know if some local company can apply a paint or stain and maybe create a faux finish on the deck.

3.   Faux finish glazing is similar to sponging, but the look is more refined, more interesting and less deliberate.

4.   Faux finishes for walls may copy a design that occurs in nature or it may be an invention by a creative artist.

5.   Faux finishes can stimulate, comfort and warm a room.

6.   Faux finishes originated in Europe.

7.   In the case of faux finishes, appearances are everything.

8.   Lurid cabbage-rose prints, poufy balloon valances and poorly rendered faux finishes are passe.

9.   Others are faux finishes and stucco, marbleizing and distressed looks.

10.   Subtlety is a key to achieving a nice faux finish.