| The old saying goes, "Your home is your sanctuary." | | | | including "sponging" (which involves using a natural sea |
| This is true to the extent that when you come home | | | | sponge for making dabs on the wall,) "dragging" (which |
| from a hard day's work, you want to be able to come | | | | involves putting a base coat of paint on the wall, then |
| to a place that you can relax in. At the same time, you | | | | using a dragging brush to make the paint look like it is |
| want your home to reflect your personality and who | | | | natural wood grain,) and "marbelizing" (which involves |
| you are. | | | | using brushes, combs, sponges, and feathers to help |
| While choosing what furniture will furnish your home will | | | | provide the illusion that the walls are actually made of |
| factor greatly in how the inside of your home will look | | | | marble.) |
| and feel, the interior painting of your home will also | | | | These skills have various degrees of difficulty and will |
| greatly factor into how your home looks and feels to | | | | need different lengths of time to master, depending |
| you. | | | | also on how quickly a person can learn to master and |
| There are several methods you can use to make | | | | utilize the techniques. |
| your home a more inviting place for yourself. | | | | Another technique you can use to make your home |
| One of the ideas you can consider is "wall stenciling." | | | | more lively is "rubber stamping." By using rubber |
| This involves using a template that is in a certain shape | | | | stamping techniques on your walls, you can provide |
| or design and allows you to apply color in that same | | | | dramatic effect to them via the design you put on |
| shape or design to a floor, wall, or ceiling. | | | | them. The cost of applying this technique is low as well, |
| "Wall stenciling" enables you to add texture and depth | | | | making it a popular choice among many people. |
| to your room, as you can add shapes and designs to | | | | In addition, stamping can provide more dramatic results |
| the rooms of your home. This technique is easy to | | | | than other interior painting techniques, but it takes some |
| accomplish and is inexpensive, making it a great option | | | | time to truly master the technique in order for it to bring |
| to add some depth to your children's rooms via adding | | | | the effects you want. |
| different figures of their cartoon characters to the | | | | Interior painting can add as much or even more to your |
| walls of their rooms. | | | | home than the type of furniture you put into your |
| Another technique you can use to enhance the inside | | | | home. There are many different interior painting |
| of your home is via "faux painting." | | | | techniques you can use to add depth and texture to |
| "Faux painting" is exactly what it sounds like according | | | | your home, including "wall stenciling," "faux painting," and |
| to its words: "false painting." Specifically, it is painting | | | | "rubber stamping." Utilizing any of these techniques to |
| one object to resemble another (or in other words, | | | | their fullest benefit will take time and practice, but once |
| making an object appear to be something it really isn't, | | | | you have acquired some skill in these techniques, you'll |
| or a "false" statement of what it truly is.) This is often | | | | be able to apply these skills toward transforming the |
| used to make the paint resemble other objects, such | | | | interior rooms of your home into areas that reflect |
| as wood, granite, marble, etc. | | | | your personality and that you can relax in. |
| There are several different forms of "faux painting," | | | | |