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Blog Cabin: Finishing Touches and Faux Finishes DIY's Blog Cabin finally gets its final touches, including a wooden front door and a "rug" made of paint. From "Blog Cabin" episode DBLG-113

In this final installment of DIY's Blog Cabin DIY host Shannon Kaye follows the orders of our online voters and gives the Blog Cabin a burst of color by painting a few walls and even a rug on one of the bedroom floors.

In addition, the kitchen appliances arrive and are installed along with the winning front door — a rustic, wormy chestnut door.

The basic steps in the faux finish and front-door installation projects, and the tools and materials used, are summarized below.

The faux finish "rug"

Installing the rustic wood door

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Faux Finish: Creating a Faux Rug With Paint

Tools:

measuring tape
level
paint roller
paint brush
paint tray

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C

Materials:

paint (base, and top)
paint extender
steel wool pads

Steps:

1. Select your paints keeping your color scheme and the surfaces in mind.

• Note: The surface you will paint on will determine the paint sheen for your project.

2. Clean your surface (figure A), then measure off the area for your "rug" and place painters tape to keep paints from mixing (figure B).

• Note: To keep paint lines crisp, we used a utility knife and a level to cut straight lines through the painter' s tape (figure C).

3. With your borders laid out, pour your base paint into a paint tray (figure D) and load the roller with your base paint (figure E). Remove any excess paint from the roller onto the ribbed tray.

Figure D

Figure E

Figure F

4. Begin rolling base paint in your designated area (figure F), continuing until the area is completely painted.

5. Touch up any necessary areas, and let the base coat dry.

6. For the next layer of our rug, measure for placement (figure G), put down painters tape to mark the boundaries and paint within the original borders (figure H).

Figure G

Figure H

7. After our second layer is dry, take up the painter' s tape and lay more down to protect our layers and prepare for the faux fabric finish (figure I).

8. Mix one part paint extender with four parts paint, and mix well (figure J).

Figure I

Figure J

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