Presents a wealth of affordable ideas for renovating kitchens and bathrooms, outlining more than fifty step-by-step projects that explain how to apply color, light, and materials to recreate a variety of themes. Original. 40,000 first printing. Country Homes and Gardens.
Demonstrates a variety of furniture painting techniques including trompe l'oeil, stenciling, woodgraining, marbling, combing, sponging, stippling, and spattering
Annie Sloan's Decorative Paint Effects: A Step-by-step Course
Annie Sloan's Painted Kitchen also reveals simple afternoon makeovers and ingenious finishing touches, such as painting cupboard knobs or the inside of kitchen drawers in a contrast color to the outside for a fun, fashionable finish.
Presents a rich array of innovative paint and plaster finishes intended to transform a room's drawbacks into a unique design, offering full-color, step-by-step photographs to help readers create their own individual decorating solutions.
Decorative paint is the perfect way to give new life to old furniture, and 200 full-color and two-color illustrations can teach the reader everything from graining to trompe l'oeil.
A collection of home decor projects which include instructions and patterns.
“[These] easy-to-follow, well-illustrated instructions start with general directions for each technique, such as sponging, block printing, and stenciling, and are followed by projects on which to use the techniques.
Painted Furniture: From Simple Scandinavian to Modern Country
The Complete Book of Decorating Techniques . Boston : Little , Brown and Company , 1986 . Le Grice , Lyn . The Stenciled House . New York : Simon and Schuster , 1988 . Sloan , Annie and Kate Gwynn . Classic Paints & Faux Finishes .
Shows beginners how to create painted effects easily and safely quot;Getting Started," you'll learn all you need to know about materials, tools, surfaces, and preparation, including the pros and cons of different types of paint and how to ...