Painting Ideas and Decorating Techniques

Houston, TX and surrounding area: 

Painting your home with fresh color is the quickest, most economical way to refresh the interior and decorate your home. Just a brief color change can quickly and economically change the mood of a room, or even your whole house. And when you add easy to learn decorative painting to your do-it-yourself repertoire, you have the techniques to translate your imagination and creativity into you own personal interiors.

 Home and paint centers can help with ideas and offer an array techniques and products for your pleasure. They also have books with samples  of how paint finishes look in room settings, and will give instructions on how do it yourself to decorate your home to give the a new beauty and charm. The techniques see there are the today’s standard and the latest tech­niques and learn how they complement today's popular decorating styles.

 The books found at the home and paint centers usually provide step-by-step photographs, techniques, and tips that show you how to create them in your own color choices and settings.

 If you are just getting started in the fascinating world of decorative painting begin by creating a focal-point wall with basic techniques, such sponging or ragging options. When you've mastered the basics you will gain the confidence to proceed to slightly more advanced finishes, such as stylish striping combing. With newly discovered minor techniques and experience with tools like trowels, knives, specialty brushes and rags for ragging, etc., your creative muses will broaden. Of course, having an artistic flair will also help.

  You'll see the standard and the latest techniques and learn how they complement popular decorating styles. There are a lot of books that show step-by-step photographs, techniques, and tips that show you how to create them in your own color choices and settings.

 The more advanced techniques can work be appropriate in both casual rooms and more dressy settings and can really add a something to professional offices. You can find the right look for your home, decorating style, and skill level. You'll also see how special techniques make the most nondescript rooms come alive.

 Artist like Ray Gatica, has been painting art and murals, for over twenty years, but has also done an array of faux finishing and decorative paintings. He has contracted with commercial painting companies, architects and interior designers. He advises people to just have fun and go with it. Because the worst that can happen if you do not like the outcome, you can always start over, or hire a professional to do the work for you. With his experience he also hired to repair art, and faux finishes, etc.

 Gatica also advises, for an inspiring start, visit a model home in your neighborhood, they usually have them to tastefully incorporate multi­ple finishes and decorative wall techniques and other decorating ideas. Some models homes also have whimsical murals that may also inspire and provide ideas for you home. You can also, tastefully, incorporate multi­ple finishes and techniques.

 Your goal in all of this is to find finishes that enliven living and dining rooms, create restful bedrooms, and perk up kitchens and home offices.

 The instructional books usually have the name of the finishes and reference pages and very helpful in helping you start a project. Some books also provide advice and tips from skilled decorative painters. Their suggestions and tips will help you work with the scale of your room and your furnishings. Each project lists materials, which are available at home centers, discount stores with paint departments, and hardware stores.

 Most of the faux painting and decorative wall projects in the home are based on water-based interior latex paints - but acrylics and other specialty paints from the local art store or hobby center can also serve the purpose, and may be a little less expensive because you can get the paints in smaller quantities, keep in mind that paints go a long way. And most latex paints can only be brought in a quart minimum. This saves you money and there is less waste to the environment.

Besides the ideas presented here in, the artist wants people to know that there are hundreds of ideas available to clients by allowing an artist with strong vision to help with ideas. You can also work with an interior designer to come up with ideas for every exciting conversation pieces.

Any questions, The artist can be reached at 281-441-9714 or by emailing Ray@GaticaArt.com. More of our work can be seen at the following sites: www.MuralsAndBigArt.com, www.GaticaArt.com, www.AirbrushMagic.net.