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Red Leather Faux Finish, using a black glaze over bright red paint.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 When ever people came over, the leather faux finish got me lots of compliments. \u00a0Of course, these were people who didn’t have to spend too many hours in this dark red room. \u00a0But after all the work I did to create the effect I wanted, I wasn’t about to paint over it. \u00a0That’s when I saw a picture in a magazine that gave me an idea. \u00a0I could tone down all the red by creating faux wainscoting on the lower portion of the wall. \u00a0Luckily, my husband was on board with the plan and executed it beautifully. \u00a0All I had to do was paint the faux wainscoting a lighter color, and all of a sudden I could feel the room’s heaviness lift.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I even painted three faux panels on the upper portion of one of the walls. \u00a0This too, took a tremendous amount of time because of all the measuring, leveling and taping, but I believe if you’re going to do something, do it right.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Faux leather, faux wainscoting, & faux panels!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Detail Up Close<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I’m happy with the way it turned out, but I always keep that in mind when I’m painting other people’s homes. \u00a0When they want a bold color, I suggest limiting that color to just one wall. \u00a0That way it makes a statement, without being too much. \u00a0Here’s a perfect example of how red goes a long way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Paint only one wall red<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In this living room, I painted one wall red, and even painted the niche on top of the fireplace red. \u00a0Bring in some red accent pillows, and trust me, that’s all the red you need. \u00a0So forget “Go Bold, or Go Home.” \u00a0If you go too bold, you may not want to go home!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 When I first started experimenting with different faux finishes, I thought I needed to Go Bold, or Go Home. \u00a0Red, purple, burnt orange… those were my go-to colors. \u00a0My house was psychedelic! \u00a0I even faux finished my garage! \u00a0Don’t get me wrong, I still love bold colors, but I’ve learned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":587,"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions\/587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}