Adrienne van Dooren

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- National Marketing Director for MyGreenCottage national green home builders

- Green remodeling expert specializing in fixing up and staging houses to sell for top dollar. featured on Fox news, NBC House Smarts, Washington Post-Home, MOST magazine and was just offered a pilot TV show by NBC producer Mike Ayalla.

- Best Selling author of the hot new book: The House that Faux Built: Transform Your Home with Paint, Plasters and Creativity.

- Speaker at national real estate and painting conferences (see www.fauxhouse.com for longer bio)

- Freelance writer for several publications to include The Faux Finisher, Garlan Homes and Washington Home and Garden.

About the House that Faux Built Book and Project:

The House that Faux Built: Transform Your Home with Paint, Plaster and Creativity shows the update of a 1600 sq ft home. Best seller in Home and Garden on Amazon for several weeks, endorsed by Ed Begley, Jr. for it's green bent, Mark Harris, President, International Real Estate Investor's Association for the real estate piece and Mark Victor Hansen (co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul series and 1 minute millionaire) for its money making ideas. All profits from sales of the book go to Habitat for Humanity. Several individual chapters are for sale here.

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29 Jul 2008

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29 Jul 2008

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ugly side porch becomes elegant DR
Tanya Seabock
11 Jul 2008
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ugly side porch becomes elegant DR

A paint and plaster transformation

Document

11 Jul 2008

Adrienne van Dooren

808 views

$3.95

A seldom used side porch becomes an elegant dining room using paint and plasters! A ceiling murals covers the dated bead-board ceiling. The grey concrete floor was painted to look like marble and wood. the trim was woodgrained and windows painted to look like etched glass. A sparkling plaster… View More

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stairs with a mural
Adrienne van Dooren
11 Jul 2008
751
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stairs with a mural

transform plain wood stairs to art

Document

11 Jul 2008

Adrienne van Dooren

751 views

$3.95

this mini-book is actually the hall chapter from the best-selling book: "The House that Faux Built: Transform Your Home with Paint, Plaster and Creativity" See how a mural or wall paper can be cut and glue to the risers of your steps for a warm inviting look! Also check out how… View More

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Wall Ideas-great photos-incl Gary Lord
Gary Lord, Paulette Piazza primary artists
14 May 2008
630
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Wall Ideas-great photos-incl Gary Lord

excerpt on HTFB chicago home project

14 May 2008

Adrienne van Dooren

630 views

$3.95

Use metallic foils and lace for a one of a kind wall panel. Create a fun kids room with easy life-size transfers. Den gets a makeover with a antique map embedded on the wall and a "snakeskin" faux finish on the furniture. This is an excerpt from the hot new book "The House that… View More

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Turn your hall and stairs into art
Amy Ketteran and Amy Held - artists
14 May 2008
759
$3.95

Turn your hall and stairs into art

Excerpt from the House that Faux Built"

14 May 2008

Adrienne van Dooren

759 views

$3.95

A mural is cut into 16 pieces and afixed to the rizers of the stair. Quotes embedded in the walls are from books painted in a trompe l'oeil book case. A faux dog greets you at the top of the stairs, while coming down one sees what appears to be a sleeping dog in another room-but is actually… View More

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Walk-in Closet Turned Nursery
Melanie Kirshner, artist
14 May 2008
910
$3.95

Walk-in Closet Turned Nursery

Magical Fairyland Glows in the Dark

14 May 2008

Adrienne van Dooren

910 views

$3.95

We turned a closet into a nursery! By adding a small door into an adjacent hall closet we were able to count it as a third bedroom on appraisals so a $100 project raised the value of the home by $10,000-30,000. This nursery is magical by day and even more so by night! The walls, ceiling, even… View More

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Bathroom Makeover with Paint and Plaster
David Galen- Photographer
07 May 2008
823
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Bathroom Makeover with Paint and Plaster

yes you can paint over bathroom tile!

07 May 2008

Adrienne van Dooren

823 views

$3.95

See how we updated a 1940s white bathroom into a Morrocan retreat without ripping out the shower tile, floor tile, or even the toilet. Faux finishers plastered over the floor tile, the shower, the walls and ceiling and we glued a light-wt fake stone panel to the front of the tub for an awesome… View More

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Basement Bath Makeover
Jne' Medellin (artist)
07 May 2008
675
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Basement Bath Makeover

Ugly Basement Made over with Venetian Plaster

07 May 2008

Adrienne van Dooren

675 views

$1.95

Short excerpt (Basement Bathroom Chapter) from the hot new book The House that Faux Built: Transform Your Home with Paint, Plasters and Creativity. See how we made an ugly basement space with 61/2 foot ceilings into an incredible bath!

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tiny dated bedrooom becomes morrocan retreat
ron layman- artist
07 May 2008
773
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tiny dated bedrooom becomes morrocan retreat

a makeover with paint and plasters

07 May 2008

Adrienne van Dooren

773 views

$3.95

We took a plain white, tiny bedroom and turned it into a Morrocan retreat. Features: crackled venetian plaster walls, a henna stenciled floor, beautiful mural, Modellos, beaded trim instead of crown molding and more! Chapter excerpt from the hot new book "The House that Faux Built: TRANSFORM… View More

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