Demonstrates a variety of furniture painting techniques including trompe l'oeil, stenciling, woodgraining, marbling, combing, sponging, stippling, and spattering
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.
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.
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 ...