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"European Designer Cabinetry and Furniture Finishes Workshop"


"A Faux Finish School EXCLUSIVE Workshop!"

SPECIAL: Join this workshop and receive a $300.00 credit you can use toward your "special student rate"
of $80.00 per day at The Crowne Plaza!!



May 5th - 9th 2008 Completed
September 21st - 25th 2009 Completed!
May 4th - 8th 2009 Completed!
March 1st - 5th 2010 Completed!
New dates to be announced

The look of hand painted, custom finished furniture and cabinetry is in high demand! Cabinet refinishing is one of the most requested finishes in today’s market and a lucrative addition to your portfolio.

Register for our European Designer Cabinetry and Furniture Finishes Workshop and make $1000's when you offer your decorative painting services to update your clients' kitchens, bathrooms and furnishings.

Students will learn the proper preparation for a variety of surfaces, topcoat/protective options, and be introduced to products and techniques that will accomplish aged, old world and contemporary finishes. Techniques included are multi-layered finishes, chipped paint, crackling, distressing, glazing, creating wood tone finishes on painted surfaces, as well as several paint & stain techniques.

Working on actual cabinet and trim samples, students will learn to create professional-quality finishes suitable for both new and previously finished cabinetry. Learn how to create to a truly professional finish that will satisfy even the most discriminating clients.


You will create over 20 samples on wood trim and cabinet door fronts to take home!:

In this workshop, you will learn:
  • Job preparation for unfinished and existing finishes,
  • Working on melamine
  • Filling oak grain
  • minor repairs
  • Determining existing finish
  • tools, supplies and "how tos" for job setup
  • Pricing

    FINISHES

  • Off white w/Antique Glaze
  • White w/Pewter Glaze
  • Parchment w/Coffee Glaze
  • Leather Red w/ Toning Glaze
  • 2-Tone Green w/Toning Glaze
  • Profile Glaze
  • Distressed Antique Black
  • Distressed Antique Green
  • Distressed Buff w/Stain & Glaze
  • Distressed Silver Metallic
  • Distressed Faux Woodgrain
  • Distressed Antique White
  • Antique Copper w/Rottenstone
  • Random Crackle w/Antique Glaze
  • Crackle Stencil w/Metallic Accent
  • Multi-layer Peeled Paint
  • Metallic Chipped Paint
  • Crackle Pulloff
  • Tuscany
  • Ostrich Skin


    The only prerequisite is that you are a current, practicing finisher in the field.
    Lunches will be catered during the week..

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    For 21 years, The Faux Finish School's ultimate goals have been to provide students with the tools and knowledge necessary for success....
    We are quite proud of their achievements....
    We are consistently rewarded with feedback of thanks as well as beautiful pictures of our students' creations....
    The Faux Finish School and its staff are thrilled to have played a part in their accomplishments.

    Several graduates of our programs have even become instructors in their own studios!

    Your instructors are not just teachers....they are working finishers....
    This is vital to your education because you will not just learn sample boards,
    you will learn real world scenarios and finishes that truly sell....,
    from instructors whom have vast experience "on the wall"....

    Come home to the programs that established the original comprehensive faux finishing curriculums....Workshops at The Faux Finish School.




    European Designer Cabinetry


    If you have any questions, feel free to contact the studio: 800.598.FAUX
    Or e-mail us directly: More workshop information


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