Includes index.

Getting started -- Surface preparation -- Basic techniques and materials -- How to use faux finishing tools and products -- 30 step-by-step demonstrations. Walls. Layered silk / Tammy Burgess -- Silver patina / Gina Rath -- Veneziano polished plaster / Rik Lazenby -- Crackle foil / Gary Lord -- Personalized abstract montage / Kim Metheny & Sue Weir -- Pompeian ornament tissue finish / Cynthia Davis -- -- Rustic bark / Gary Lord -- Bamboo noire / Donna Phelps -- Hip to be square / Mindy Giglio -- Golden grotto / Sue Hon -- Red tissue lusterstone / Gary Lord -- Copper & verdigris abstract / Zebo -- Faux bamboo / Gary Lord -- Checkerboard foil / Debbie Hayes -- Tree releaf / Karen Kratz-Miller -- Book rust / Gary Lord --Ceilings. Doily domed ceiling / Elizabeth Hermann -- Copper foil tile / Gary Lord -- Multi-vaulted ceiling / Jeannine Dostal --Abstract inset / Krista Vind -- Floors. Wm Morris inspired concrete carpet / Nancy Jones -- Gold modello wooden floor / Gary Lord -- Furniture & cabinets. Raised vines kitchen cabinets / Rose Wilde -- English plaster chest of drawers / Ann Snipes -- Abalone crackle garden seat / Connie & Randy Cotita -- Doors, fireplaces and portable surfaces. Mahogany book-matched doors / Eric Speigel -- Silver locked circle tile / Rebecca Slaton -- Urban rust panels / Alexandra Kranyak -- Faux leather fireplace surround / Susan Anspach -- Spring collageables / Deb Drager -- Resources & artist contact Information.