A Faux Effects^®Licensed Training Center
For Professional Faux & Architectural Finishing

Welcome to the web home of Sarasota School of Faux & Architectural Finishing! Sarasota School of Faux & Architectural Finishing is an accomplished faux finishing and decorative painting studio, offering a wealth of real world knowledge and technical support. Donna Phelps, studio owner and creative force behind our original curriculum, offers workshops that will provide hands on training in the use of Faux Effects® products to create todays most desirable designer finishes and maintains an inventory of the most in demand faux finishing materials from Faux Effects International® state of the art product lines including Faux Effects® Gold Label, Faux Effects® Silver Label, Luna, Old World Finishing Paint Tintable and Pre-Tinted, Rs Series®, and RsCrete®, .

We stock professional quality brushes, trowels, and other tools of the trade and are both wholesale and retail distributors for DpD Stencils, Embella Pattern Rollers, Embella Mica Magic, Embella Mirror Glitz, and Embella Organic Glimmer. Are you in love with working with Mica and Glitter? Bling is in in a big way in the industry today and you need look no further! We stock all the lines above and are continuously resourcing exciting new materials and tools! Call or stop by the school today, where all your faux finishing needs are at your fingertips!

LATEST IN FAUX!

Upcoming Workshops!

Fabulous Guest Instructors Coming to Sarasota
this Fall and Winter 2019!
Jennifer Pace and Bonnie Wakeman!
See our schedule or call the studio for details!

View Finishes from Sarasota School of Faux

& Architectural Studio Past Workshops Below!

What's New In SRQ?

SARASOTA IS EXCITED TO BE THE FIRST USA DISTRIBUTOR FOR PARFAITLISS' AND DECOLISS' PLASTER SPATULAS!

Made by well know OUTIL PARFAIT, the leading manufacturer of trowels and spatula's in France, these perfect tools were invented and specially designed for the application and burnishing of venetian polished plasters, architectural plaster coatings, and micro-cements. We now have ParfaitLiss 10cm, ParfaitLiss 15cm, ParfaitLiss 25cm, DecoLiss 14cm in stock and we plan to continue to build our inventory to include all your favorite sizes and styles.

Faux Effects New Color Options Book!
Call to order yours today!

This fabulous color chart includes actual samples of LusterStone, StucoLux, MetalGlow, SetCoat, Stain & Seal, and now Venetian Gem! Add the new Venetian Gem color chart and the brand new SetCoat Metallic's color chart to your current book for only $11 each or buy the complete set now with eight different color charts with binder for only $80!