Painting

Buying Guide Spotlight

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Shutters

Timberlane, Inc.

Manufacturer of custom exterior shutters: more than 40 historically accurate, customizable styles; available in premium woods & our own maintenance-free Endurian, along with the large selection of period shutter hardware and garage doors.

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Product Reports

Preserving Decorative Finishes

The art of preserving decorative finishes.

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Materials & Methods

Successful Painting Techniques

Learn four painting techniques from industry experts.

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Features

What Our Readers Liked Best Last Year

Traditional Building magazine's year in review – 2017.

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Artwork & Ornament

A Glossary of Fresco Painting Terms and Materials

Traditional Building's guide to common terms and materials associated with the historic fresco painting technique.

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Artwork & Ornament

Buon Fresco Painting: Materials & Techniques

A look at the materials and historic techniques for creating Buon fresco--a painting executed on a freshly plastered wall.

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Artwork & Ornament

Fresco Painting Techniques

Using old-world techniques and new technologies, the John Tiedemann company designed and executed this mural for Immaculate Conception in Tuckahoe, NY.
Artwork & Ornament

Decorative Painting: Successful Projects in Sacred Settings

Today's decorative painters bring the spaces of sacred settings back to life.