Faux boi has taken many forms over the years, but it really can be as simple as a tin of paint and a clever little tool to mimic a grain effect. If you've always dreamed of a period home with wood ...

You can add character to tired furniture using paint to create an updated faux wood finish. The best tool to get the look doesn't come from the hardware store.

Standard white garage doors are losing popularity as homeowners gravitate toward wood tones in their designs. Here's how to pick the best DIY faux wood paints.

Faux wood grain on a metal door may run about $750, depending on how much surface preparation is needed, Pirani says.

In reality, they are heart-pine doors that are faux finished to resemble the more expensive wood. You can run your hand along the home’s 13-inch-wide baseboard, thinking you will feel the cool ...

The magic is in the illusion of the decorative faux finishes she paints using brushstrokes to replicate wood grain or coarse stone, for example.

Making a surface look like natural wood graining is the most difficult of the three faux finishes mentioned above. This one should really be done by a pro.

His specialty is painting faux wood grain onto an already painted surface. He also can paint fiberglass to look like marble, but that wasn't needed this time.

Guest blogging on Remodeloholic, Chris of Freckle Face Girl shows how she transformed her floor using $11 builder's paper (the kind used to protect a floor during painting and other home projects).