The family room walls were painted with brightly tinted fresco paint.
Milk paint gives an old patina to walls.
What's Up With Paint Paint is the quickest, easiest, and cheapest way to change the look of a room. Kitty Bartholomew visits the home of contractor Jim Davis, who used a number of unusual paints to give it an aged patina. Liquid iron paint. Davis used this paint over Formica cabinets in the kitchen and on wood doors. The extremely thick paint actually has iron filings in it, which oxidize, producing a rich, textural look.