Introduces useful finishing materials and tools, and demonstrates sponging stippling, flogging, combing, splattering, marbling, woodgraining, distressing, gilding, stenciling, and trompe l'oeil techniques

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

Hundreds of innovative design ideas for bright and colorful children's rooms range from the classic Victorian nursery to exotic Latin America and African styles, with techniques for painting, treating floors, creative lighting, and making accessories

A detailed guide to home design explains how to use color to create a variety of decorating effects, discusses the principles and uses of color, and offers tips on developing ethnic and period color palettes for decorating schemes

Introduces useful finishing materials and tools, and demonstrates sponging stippling, flogging, combing, splattering, marbling, woodgraining, distressing, gilding, stenciling, and trompe l'oeil techniques

The authors of The Complete Guide to Decorative Paint Techniques provide a comprehensive guide to various do-it-yourself decorative techniques, with step-by-step instructions, equipment and color directories, and supplier listings. 35,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Applying a variety of ideas from colorwashing to decoupage, a detailed reference demonstrates how inexpensive furniture and objects can be made to look like antiques while providing tips on equipment, surfaces, and more. 25,000 first printing.

Provides instructions for applying metallic leaf and bronze powders to items such as glass, furniture, candle holders, fabric, and picture frames

Provides instructions for paint finishing techniques such as ragging, colorwashing, stippling, marbling, frottage, and sponging

Product Description: Step-by-step instruction on classic decorative techniques including glazes, simple oil paint, limewash, bronze powders, decoupage, wood stains, antiquing and distressing, crackle varnish and more. This has become the standard book on decorative paint finishes. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Covers painting and embellishing wood, woodgraining, distressing, homemade stains, modern stains, fuming and bleaching, penwork, waxes, and varnishes

Provides detailed instructions on every stage of decoupage, from cutting pieces and positioning them, to gluing and finishing, and offers more advanced techniques on enhancing basic designs and creating pieces from scratch.

Book Description: This beautifully illustrated, Full-Color volume is an elegant tour of painted furniture on location around the world--a crucial handbook and guide for every student and admirer of decorative painting.

Provides instructions for such decorative finishing techniques as ragging, colorwashing, stippling, marbling, frottage, and sponging (view table of contents)

Product Description: Painting furniture can be fun, creative and economical. In this book, you will discover clever ways to transform old or unfinished chairs, tables or beds into one-of-a-kind show pieces for your home (and for a fraction of the cost of new, factory-finished furniture!) A remarkable range of techniques are clearly illustrated with step-by-step instruction: staining, bleaching, waxing with colored waxes, stenciling, faux finishing, hand painting, stamping, distressing, wax resist, crackling, gilding and more...read more

Explains how to use such materials as pearlized paint, metallic paint, sparkly paint, and graphite paint, along with such effects as stencilling, stippling, stamping, and dragging to enhance the interior design in the home. (view table of contents)

Explains how to use such materials as pearlized paint, metallic paint, sparkly paint, and graphite paint, along with such effects as stencilling, stippling, stamping, and dragging to enhance the interior design in the home. (view table of contents)

Promoting an understanding of colour principles and describing how colours work, this is a sourcebook of practical advice and positive ideas for creating floor-to-ceiling decorative success. With an introduction on the history and use of pigments, colour "portraits" demonstrate how colour is used to manipulate space, create mood, add light and dark to every room. With additional sections on colour in focus, and in combination, this is a comprehensive book on how to use colour effectively. Annie Sloan is the author of "Simple Painted Furniture", and co-author (with Kate Gwynn) of "The Complete Book of Decorative Paint Techniques" and (with Felicity Bryan) of "Nursery Style".

A resource that allows you to choose instant colour schemes for your home. There are recipes for mixing numerous colours, and an extended back flap to the book that includes removable masks for isolating colour swatches.

Product Description: Book by Sloan, Annie (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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