The term decorative painting is an umbrella term that encompasses several disciplines: faux finishing – including paints, glazes, textures and venetian plaster, metallics, stripes. to name a few – stenciling, marbling, wood graining, hand-painting, trompe l’oeil, murals, and cabinet and furniture painting. These disciplines have been around in various forms for centuries, and are as timeless as they are sometimes trendy.