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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | The House that Faux Built is a unique project-turned-book with a dual purpose: To raise money for the New Orleans Habitat House that Faux Built in support of Katrina Victims To showcase the very latest in painting and plaster home makeover techniques. The Artist s Version of We are the World --More than 100 top artists from across the U.S. and Europe volunteered to help. Together they transformed the rooms of a 1940s colonial in Metro DC and an old Chicago church into unique works of art. This new book captures the project in over 500 full color photos and is being snapped up by homeowners, D-I-Y ers, realtors and designers eager to see the latest in faux and home transformations. Readers will learn home makeover solutions including: 15 tricks to make a small room look larger, 5 secrets to make ceilings appear higher, 5 ways to transform cement floors & new techniques for wood floors, 3 Inexpensive methods to customize existing cabinets and appliances, 3 ways to make old brick, tile, and counter tops look like stone. Dozens of ideas and products that did not exist even a year ago | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Adrienne Van Dooren | | Hardcover: | 144 pages | | Publisher: | East Cambridge Press | | Publication Date: | April 15, 2007 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0977896706 | | Product Length: | 8.74 inches | | Product Width: | 11.12 inches | | Product Height: | 0.72 inches | | Product Weight: | 2.21 pounds | | Package Length: | 10.9 inches | | Package Width: | 8.8 inches | | Package Height: | 0.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 20 reviews |
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23 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 Not a "How To" Book... Dec 13, 2007
By Cottage Rooster
I purchased this book along with another it was paired with "Your Home a Living Canvas" by Curtis Heuser. I was looking for help in learning some basic faux techniques, as I am nearing the completion of a major home remodeling project. Unfortunately, though full of great decorative painting pics, there was absolutely no step by step information on how to achieve the same results, as suggested by the sub-title "transform your home from shabby to showplace." This was very dissapointing as the book is suggested to be a how to. Luckily, the other book paired with it was exactly what I was looking for. "Your Home..." is filled with inspiring decorating and beautiful paint finishing ideas, perfectly suited for the average do it yourself homeowner like my husband and I. If you are looking for just inspiration, "The House that Faux Built" will fulfill. If you are seeking both inspiration and easy to follow instruction, then "Your Home..." definitely delivers.
12 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 a wonderfull inspiration and resource guide-must have!!!! May 18, 2007
By Joanne J. Nash
This book is truly one of a kind/cutting edge and the best in faux-I heartily recommend it!
It has over 500 full color before, in progress and after photos-showing the transformation of an ordinary fixer upper into an incredible home. There are surprises in every room-(such as a "broken wine glass" painted on the steps or a woman in just a towel painted on the bathroom door.)
Ideas to change a home without ripping things out--a cat stained wood parquet floor stained to resemble an inlay wood persian carpet or an ugly refrigerator made over to look like a built-in.
Great ideas for any homeowner or real estate professional wanting ideas to flip or stage a house.
I liked too that the techniques were green/eco-friendly.
Over 100 top artists participated for charity and the book's proceeds build a habitat house in New Orleans
8 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Thoroughly 'user friendly' and confidently recommended. Aug 06, 2007
By Midwest Book Review
Knowledgeably written by Adrienne van Dooren and illustrated with the photography of David Galen and Omar Salinas, "The House That Faux Built: Transform Your Home Using Paints, Plasters & Creativity!" is an elegant and highly recommended addition to personal, professional, and community library Interior Design, Home Remodeling, and Home Decorating reference collections. This beautifully organized and presented compendium of ideas and concepts draws from more than one hundred top artists who contributed their inspirations and examples in support of the New Orleans Habitat House and Hurricane Katrina Animal Rescue programs. More than just another coffee table interior designer art books, "The House That Faux Built" is fairly brimming with practical, do-it-yourself, illustrated suggestions for making small changes in any home decor that will have dramatic results for any household renovation project. Drawing upon more than three hundred full-color before-and-after photographs of the New Orleans house project (and its sister project -- a Chicago church), "The House That Faux Built" showcases hundreds of 'tips, tricks and techniques' employed by renowned artists and professional interior designers. Especially commended to non-specialist general readers with an interest in transforming their own small rooms into something bigger and better on a limited budget, "The House That Faux Built" is thoroughly 'user friendly' and confidently recommended.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Philanthropy at its finest! Oct 31, 2007
By The GO Doctor
"Dr. Karen L. Paquette, PT, ND"
Philanthropy, is the act of donating money, goods, time, or effort to support a charitable cause (wikipedia). Of all the ways Adrienne VanDooren could spend her time she chooses to give. Bringing together faux artists whose inspired creations define the "art" of giving. This project not only touched my heart, it opened my mind to the possibilites of bringing a house to life with faux. Thank you...
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 too much of a good thing Oct 21, 2009
By M. Rickey
I'm new to faux painting and looking for simple but effective ideas. There are good ideas here, done for a good cause, and this is a fun book to page through. But - not for a beginner and the house looked like it was wearing rather too much makeup. The page layouts are even more cluttered than the decor and I couldn't really get a handle on what was going on. The pictures of "before" and "in progress" are small and not helpful to a newbie. If you're thinking about painting clouds on a ceiling, forget it. These folks are WAY beyond anything that basic and take for granted that you are, too. Luckily the library had a copy I could preview.
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