Thanks for the paint info, Kevin. I have asked you about your paint colors before, so was sure this was a Williamsburg color. My home is also Williamsburg-decorated and you have made such beautiful color choices I was just reading that the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has given the license for the W colors to BM as of the 2Q this year and dropped PLambert/SW.

For those of you that read my previous thread about painting my dining room black you may remember that I took on that project in April. Since then I have painted the study across the hall gray and made 8 (well 6 of 8) curtain panels. I completed the art work for the study and am now waiting on a new light fixture and paint for the ceiling in that room before calling it complete. In the meantime, I needed to get back to the DR since I've had these prints on hold while I found frames and mats. I don't seem to be able to move as quickly as I'd like. caminnc, I used the Ben Moore Aura in a matte finish in this room. I still really like it but the drapes aren't playing as well with the paint color as I'd hoped. The silk fabric I ended up going with was beautiful in the little swatch but is actually rather boring against the wall. The prints are on the wall opposite the windows which is making it very difficult to photograph as they are getting direct sunlight. The room is coming together. I still need accessories and want to paint the ceiling either slate blue or olive green, both are in the drapes and the prints. Here are some more pics of the room.... These prints are by the same artist in ready made frames (which included mats) from Michaels. I plan to change out these mats too at some point. Here are the drapes. The colors are pretty much true to life.... And another angle...

WOW --- some gorgeeeeous examples in these photos!!! Over the years I've experimented several times with 'aging' a cheapy print. The technique I ended up liking best (and was the easiest. lol) is the one using clear spray sealer. Please, please keep in mind ----Below might not be the proper way but for me, after experimenting, I found it to be the easiest and most consistent-looking. I used a box cutter and cut a couple large pieces of cardboard then taped them together, quite a bit larger than the print. Now I had a large flat surface where I could use bulletin board push pins to secure the four corners of the print. (My last print had been rolled up so long that I ended up having to re-roll it in the opposite direction and leave it wrapped with rubber band for a couple days.) I used Krylon Clear Spray and lightly, very lightly went over the whole print, holding my hand/spray can a little over a foot above the print and using a sweeping motion with the spray. Once dry I went over it very lightly a second time. This seals the print, keeps the colors from running when combined with a water base antiquing, and really helps with mistakes if you've put too much antiquing on an area of the print---it's much easier to wipe off with damp cloth. Any brand 2 oz. Acrylic craft paint in brown---depending on the aging you want you'll get a lighter or darker brown. Any brand 2 oz. sealer in Matte or Satin (sealers will look white in the bottle & no higher than a Satin sheen as anything shinier will show every boo-boo) Mix one part brown to 3 parts sealer in paper cup. With a chippy brush do a slip-slop stroke and brush the brown onto the print. With a damp terrycloth rag, start wiping off the brown in either a wiping/cleaning form or a pouncing form. Pouncing will give you lots of faux 'texture' and wiping will give an all-over aging appearance. If you want more of the aging removed, go over it again with a cloth that is a bit damper (damper? lol). For more 'texture' I used Liquitex Matte Gel Medium--adding a blob of it to the paper cup and instead of slip-slopping the mixture on the print I used brush strokes, like using crayons to color in the lines. Let the print dry completely while it's still attached to the cardboard (I left mine a whole day on the dining room table) Because you added the brown craft paint to a craft sealer there will be no need to seal the print after the aging has dried. Done.

Well, this project took a left turn. I decided to frame the poster instead of adhering it to canvas, but I am still going to try a canvas project at some point. I appreciate everyone's advice, I will print out the info for future reference. When I was experimenting with different adhesives on canvas I tried PPA, Perfect Paper Adhesive which is like thin Mod Podge. I got it at Michael's. I really liked the way it looked when it dried. So I emailed Susan Rothamel, who is the inventor of PPA to see if she had any tips about using it and she was kind enough to reply: "PPA is pretty fluid as it comes from the bottle. So, occasionally, when using heavier materials such as you propose, I pour it into a shallow cup and allow it to sit for about 1/2 hour. It thickens a bit, making it nicer for heavier paper materials. Personally, since the poster is so large, I would POUR the adhesive onto the canvas surface, then use a credit card to smooth it over the entire placement area, working quickly with a sure hand. Before applying the PPA to the canvas, and If the poster allows, I would also recommend misting the front and back of the poster with water. As paper fibers relax, they grab the adhesive better and make adhering, a smoother process. As the water evaporates and adhesive dries, the poster is flattened and firmly adhered. I do this with nearly EVERY paper when working in decoupage and some collage techniques. For instance, I adhere old watercolors to canvas and will heavily wet them from behind, mist the front (just so the paint doesn't run) and then adhere them. This provides a 'limp' paper, but the relaxed fibers are much nicer to adhere. I would think that an old poster should be handled gently when wet, but it will adhere just fine with this technique. If wet,it might even be a two-man operation, since the poster is so large." I hope that helps anyone who might be considering this project. She also has a video on YouTube showing her using PPA.