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Adrienne van Dooren (703) 971-8252 or (571) 239-6656
24/7 info@fauxhouse.com , http://www.FauxHouse.com

The House That Faux Built (HTFB) is a unique project & book with a dual purpose:

- To raise funds for the "Habitat House that Faux Built" (HHFB)
- To showcase the latest home makeover techniques using paints and plasters

More than 100 top artists from across the US and Europe volunteered to help. Together they used their collective creativity and innovative, new products to transform the rooms of a 1940s colonial in Metro-DC and an old church in Chicago into unique works of art.

The new book captures the project in pictures and is being snapped up by homeowners, DIYers, realtors and designers eager to see the latest in faux and home transformations.

"This book is amazing" says realtor Suzanne Leady, "because it shows homeowners how to solve problems without costly and disruptive remodeling."

Examples of this include:

Five tricks to make a small room look larger.
Five ways to transform cement floors.
Inexpensive ways to customize existing cabinets and appliances.
How to make old wood floors look like expensive inlay.
A new way to make old brick, tile, and countertops look like they are made of stone.
And dozens of more ideas and products that did not exist even a year ago!

Proceeds from the book and soon to be released "how to" DVD series will help fund the HHFB New Orleans. Over half the money needed has been raised, as well as over $1000 to help shelter animals made homeless by the hurricanes. Once funded, many of the artists will go to New Orleans to help build the home.

This faux stone fountain was just one of the ways artists were able to incorporate the New Orleans/Hurricane Katrina theme. It shows the people of New Orleans emerging from the water to help each other build a better future.

Trompe L'Oeil Fountain

The house also includes a painted New Orleans match book so real visitors try to pick it up, butterflies representing rebirth, and this painted menu and tape featuring Cajun cooking.
	Trompe L'Oeil Matchbook and Cajun Menu

Press Room Links:

WUSA Channel 9 News -
Faux House Looks Like the Real Thing by Peggy Fox

In Paint Pro magazine, Vol 8. -
http://www.paintpro.net/Articles/PP805/PP805-Faux.cfm