You can create this look on your walls using just paint.
Marbleizing is a technique for painting walls that imitates the texture and colors of natural marble. This technique takes practice, but once you are proficient, you can create truly spectacular walls for just the cost of a few coats of paint. Marbleizing is certainly appropriate for formal areas such as dining rooms, but it can also be used effectively in hallways, powder rooms and one or two walls of virtually any room in your house.
Instructions
1. Clean the wall with soapy water and a soft sponge. Rinse and dry. For greasy or oily stains, wash the wall with trisodium phosphate (TSP). Wear safety goggles and protective gloves. Remove any flaking paint or loose wallpaper. Prepare the wall by repairing any holes or dents with Spackle, sanding it smooth and getting rid of the dust by wiping the surface with a damp sponge.
2. Paint two coats of high-quality primer over your repairs, using a paintbrush. For areas that had greasy or oily stains, prime using Killz or another primer that prevents stains from coming through.
3. Apply an undercoat of flat or semigloss paint to create the base for your design. Use a paint roller and an edging paintbrush. Let the paint dry. Apply a second base coat, this time using the color that will be the background of your design. This can range from eggshell to dark gray or black. Mottle the finish of this coat by dabbing it with a sponge or rags. Clean the sponge or rags after each pass, or you will simply end up re-covering the wall completely with the paint.
4. Squeeze some of your artist's oil paints onto a glazed paper or plastic palette. Use small artist's brushes to create a random network of diagonal veins across the wall. Burnt sienna and dark gray are good colors for veining a pale "marble" base coat, while whites and greens are good for black "marble." This is the part of the process that takes skill, and you would do well to practice beforehand using the oil paints, brushes and a piece of drywall prepared the same way you would prepare the wall.
5. Add darker colors to portions of some of the veins you have created. Use artist's brushes of different sizes. Soften the edges of the veins with soft makeup brushes, feathers or similar implements, using very light strokes.
6. Apply a translucent glaze tinted with a dark oil paint to create the illusion of a marble surface. Use brushes, rags or sponges to apply the glaze. Add a glaze in another color on some parts of the wall. Keep in mind that natural marble does not have regular patterns of veining or areas of solid color. Brush on a coat of high-gloss polyurethane varnish to complete the illusion.
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