In case your knowledge of French consists of that one semester you slept through in college like me, here is a refresher. Faux bois, pronounced “foe bwah” and definitely not “fox boys” is a term that means “fake wood.” You may be asking yourself what the heck that has to do with anything. Obviously Kari’s wood table here is anything but fake, and besides,she painted over the wood in the end anyway.
But look closely! No, CLOSER. Do you see the faux bois grain in yellow on the top? Isn’t that great? She accomplished this with her faux bois rocker tool, which I want to try because it looks so easy and yet delivers really groovy results. (ha, pun!) See more from Kari at Encore Decor.
12 Comments
Amie
June 16, 2011 at 7:50 PMwhat a cool piece! She did a nice job on it, but this is one of those I think was better as is. Still, a great technique very well done.
lauren @ West Furniture Revival
June 16, 2011 at 3:40 PMbeautiful! love the color and the way the top looks very different!!!
Korrie@RedHenHome
June 16, 2011 at 4:24 PMThat is very. very. cool.
Heidi
June 16, 2011 at 5:02 PMthis turned out amazing
Anya Rudn
June 16, 2011 at 8:44 PMGreat after results!! She did a great job!
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Heather
June 16, 2011 at 9:32 PMWhat a beautiful job she did on the top of this!
Sacha
June 17, 2011 at 6:33 AMYAY Kari! Love the top! It looks fantastic.
Margaret
June 17, 2011 at 4:11 PMWhere the mirror be at? Kari could do fog mirror treatment on it to match her stellar ‘fox wood’ top!
Living Beautifully
June 17, 2011 at 6:52 PMlooks awesome!!
great job!
Anna See
June 17, 2011 at 8:14 PMsimply delightful! what a fun, graphic color!
Junkin' 4 Joy
June 20, 2011 at 6:32 PMGuess it’s time to buy a rocker tool! I love this fake yellow wood. What a great idea. I get bored of the plain white tops, so this is refreshing.
Kari
June 22, 2011 at 6:54 AMThanks for the great comments everyone, finally figured out how to comment…haha 🙂