Do you think your home might look a little better with a few marble columns or maybe with a room paneled in exotic wood like burlwood or Malaysian teak? While this sounds good, you're probably thinking, "yeah if I win the lottery." Granted, things like this are expensive -- unless you know the secret of fee-fi-faux finishes. Sorry for sounding a bit melodramatic, but these painted look-alikes are dramatic and inexpensive because they are all done with paint only. These illusions, created by age-old techniques of wood graining, marbling, glazing, daubing and sponging, have been handed down from generation to generation of fine furniture craftsmen and highly artistic interior decorators. Today these same techniques are being made available in magazine articles, books and on the Internet. So check your local library, fire up your computer and visit your local hardware store for ideas. And that's the On The House tip for today.