Marble Look Faux Painting

For a lighter look sponge off excess paint onto a paper towel as you work.

Marble look faux painting.

I painted the rest of the sideboard using diy plaster of paris chalk paint and distressed the edges and then used paste wax to add protection and shine. Follow this tutorial to do your own faux marble painting to get the look you re going for without breaking the bank. And you can take it up another notch by adding a decorative faux marble finish. They can be done and done right.

I painted my kitchen countertops to look like carrara marble and i love how they turned out. Not one to do without when i can see a way to get the look by doing a little creative diy i decided it would be fun to create faux carrara marble painting on the top of the sideboard. Dab and smear the paint to create the look of marble. This is seriously the best diy project i ve ever done.

I was a little weary at first but my journey into the world of faux marbling has completely changed my mind about faux finishes. One of the easiest and most impactful ways to update old furniture is to paint it. Many years ago i bought a marbleize kit to paint a table and the results were surprisingly good. Equally surprising was how simple the kit was so i will reproduce the steps here the items you need are 4 colors of paint.

All you need is a full day a little patience and marble surfaces can be yours at a fraction of the cost. Squirt a blob of each shade of green paint on a plastic plate. Black gray dark green a. It was very very easy so i thought i would show you guys how i d.

Dip the sea sponge into all three colors at once and dab the sponge lightly on the tabletop. The beauty of learning how to faux marble paint is that you can create the look of a specific marble variety you like or tweak the technique to come up with your own unique marble colors. This diy project is commonly referred to as faux marble painting and it s easier to do than you may think.