Decorative Art can be separated into two main categories. First there’s faux and trompe l'oiel, meaning 'fake' and 'fool the eye' respectively in French and can be used to avoid the costly expense of using real materials. Both faux and trompe l’oiel mimic wood, stone, metal and other objects to create realistic focal points or murals of tremendous vistas that carry you to another land. Often times with trompe l’oiel murals, architectural elements of a room are incorporated into the picture to assist deceiving the viewer. The second category is decorative art meant simply to adorn, the most popular of which are stencils and colorwashing. Stenciling is considered one of the easiest ways to add a painted border or pattern to a room. Colorwashing walls or furniture with rags, sponges, or brushes gives them a cloudy, brushed quality that is particularly suited for country style homes. However these days its all called faux, so don't let any of this confuse you too much.
Artisans have been embellishing interior surfaces and furnishings with decorative paint treatments for centuries. Many of the techniques used today were discovered by masters well before the Renaissance. The techniques remain popular today for a number of reasons, either for enhancing or hiding design details, taking the inhabitant to another time and place, or simply adding a touch of elegance. Faux techniques can be used to adorn any surface whether it be drywall, plaster, metal, wood, glass, ceramic, or even fabric. Really there’s no limit to what can be accomplished with paint and a good artist.
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