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IrishAyes

(6,151 posts) Mon Apr 21, 2014, 07:29 PM Apr 2014

Make your own fake marble

I read about a technique in apartmenttherapy.com and it looked good: somebody took OSB and painted it with chalkboard paint. Looked good.

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Make your own fake marble (Original Post) IrishAyes Apr 2014 OP

The only faux marble I ever saw that looked good Warpy Apr 2014 #1

This OSB was used as a top for a dining room buffet. IrishAyes Apr 2014 #2

That would be very nice Warpy Apr 2014 #3

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Warpy

(111,339 posts)

1. The only faux marble I ever saw that looked good

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Mon Apr 21, 2014, 08:28 PM

Apr 2014

was on pillars and posts around one of the earlier "cottages" in Newport that had been made of wood instead of all stone. They used a very light hand, preferring to keep it simple and restricted to things which could have been marble but weren't.

The problem with faux painting is that people who learn it generally don't know where to stop.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)

2. This OSB was used as a top for a dining room buffet.

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Tue Apr 22, 2014, 01:29 PM

Apr 2014

Warpy

(111,339 posts)

3. That would be very nice

Reply to IrishAyes (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 03:01 PM

Apr 2014

Places I've seen people go crazy with it are fireplace surrounds, all flat surfaces in the house, and then they started on the walls.

If it's used in places where marble might be used, and used lightly, it's great. It's also a pleasant surprise to the moving men.

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