Painting

Well we finally decided to paint the living room. To make matters worst we decided to not just slap on a simple coat of paint, no we have to make it complicated by using a new technique on the top on the wall, adding a chair rail and doing a different color on the bottom. Yes we are insane!! Of course this all has to be done before I can put my tree up.<O:p</O:p
We are using Behr paint from Home Depot.<O:p</O:p
First you put the base coat on, wait 24 hours then you mix the special glaze with the paint and using a special brush or sponge (we are using a Bellagio Faux Brush) apply it to the wall in random patterns. It’s a bit like sponge painting. It is suppose to look more like wallpaper when it is finished. Has anyone done this before?<O:p</O:p
Any advice would be truly appreciated. I have finished the base and am now waiting for the 24 hours to pass, am a bit intimated about this whole process and Steve is just too busy at work to help me.<O:p</O:p
I wanted the living room all done before Christmas but now of course time is running out and it’s all up to me to finish the project. Help

We did a faux finish in our studio. But we just did a simple sponge painting. People always think it's wallpaper when they see it. And we did it on the entire wall, not just the top. I used one size sponge and Bruce followed behind me with a different size sponge.
We also used Behr from Home Depot! I'm sure you'll do fine with it. And I hope you'll share pictures of it when you are finished. :)
The good thing about most of these faux techniques is that it's hard to mess them up. :D

My ex and I did a faux treatment on my library walls. They look like suede actually. It was 3 steps to the process. Base coat of a light green color. 2nd layer was a glaze with a darker green, and you did a 3'x3' square at a time, using Xs and random like brush strokes. You let that dry, then you did the 3rd coat, another glaze in a darker green color yet, and same 3'x3' squares, and same kinds of strokes.

I really like it! It was worth the time and the aggravation (well, the boyfriend was the aggravation).

I'm attaching a pic that has the wall in the background so you can see it.

Yes we have this in our hallway its by Ralph Lauren, ours is green and it was a ton of work, my husband did it and it does look great.
Thank you both.

I detest painting and have a difficult time w/the smell so I hire it out or have my son do it when he comes home. Sorry that I can't be of any help; just wanted to say 'hang in there'. It'll all be worth it when it's finished. I have two colors and a chair rail in my dining room and it looks great and yours will, too.

I actually love painting. I find it very calming and relaxing (I know, I'm nuts!)

It sounds like its going to be lovely. I would love to see photos when it is done.