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| | Traditionally the center of the home, the kitchen is key to successful living. Decorator Annie Sloan, one of the world's leading experts on color and interior painting, has produced a range of stunning professional schemes to give the most popular room of the home an entirely new look with a minimum of effort and little expense. Using her unique expertise, she shows how to decorate every kitchen area - walls, cupboards, and surfaces - providing clear instructions and step-by-step color photography. Projects range from an exuberant Mexican-style blue-and-yellow color-washed kitchen to revamping a battered family table and chairs as Swedish-style lime-washed dining furniture. 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. All the projects are suitable for beginners and many feature style variations for the more adventurous. |
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| | ISBN: 1592231845 Date Published on 4/1/2004 |
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| Twenty-two original paint projects (with environmentally safe materials) that turn flea market finds and generic unfinished furniture into charming country classics. Techniques include sponging, stippling, scumbling, stenciling, combing, and decoupage. Easy-to-follow instructions. Over 200 color photos. |
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| | ISBN: 0821219944 Date Published on 11/1/1993 |
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| A treasury of design ideas, this book presents step-by-step instructions for accentuating furniture, finishing walls, gilding accessories, and adding flourish to floors. 30+ projects. Includes a supplies resource. 250+ color illustrations. |
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| | ISBN: 1558704507 Date Published on 3/1/1997 |
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| Put away your roller! Open up exciting new decorating possibilities! You can do this by mastering the variety of techniques for decorative painting and paint finishes detailed in this practical how-to guide.
From delicately stenciled bands of leaves and flowers to the richness of white alabaster or green serpentine marbleizing, you'll learn how you can give new life - and unique flair! - to furniture and rooms throughout your home.
Even if you're a novice do-it-yourself decorator, you'll be able to easily master nearly two dozen techniques, from sponging to creating trompe l'oeil. Let one of the nations top decorative painters guide you, step by step, in preparing, painting and finishing a variety of surfaces - from floor to ceiling. With patience and practice, you'll be amazed at what you can achieve!
Here are just a few examples from the book's 32-page full color "gallery" of interiors and furniture that received painted finishes. |
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| | ISBN: 0891344330 Date Published on 10/1/1992 |
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| | A step-by-step guide to furniture finishes including tools and materials, processes and projects. |
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| | ISBN: 1552976165 Date Published on 9/1/2002 |
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| | A step-by-step guide to furniture finishes including tools and materials, processes and projects. |
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| | ISBN: 1552976173 Date Published on 9/1/2002 |
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| | A step-by-step guide to furniture finishes including tools and materials, processes and projects. |
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| | ISBN: 1552976181 Date Published on 9/1/2002 |
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| | "In this sumptuous paperback volume, Graham Rust, the accomplished painter and muralist, showcases his distinctive vision with one hundred decorative designs for every room in the house, including objects large and small, from cupboards and firescreens to delicate miniature boxes, as well as grand mural schemes for whole rooms, executed on panels and walls. The result is both an enchanting world of exotic and colorful interiors and a practical sourcebook of ideas for amateur and professional decorators alike. Some items, such as stationery, bookplates and monograms, are suitable for everyday personal use, while a few are frankly whimsical, such as the chinoiserie dog kennel or the cocktail tray with a design of jewel-like frogs. In his previous acclaimed book on mural painting, The Painted House, Rust fulfilled his dream project of muraling an entire mansion, room by room. In Decorative Designs, he expands his vision, presenting ideas with practical application for an entire range of objects that can personalize any home, large or small. Lavishly illustrated in color throughout with original sketches alongside finished works, Decorative Designs offers a breathtaking vista of creative ideas from one of the world's leading decorative artists. A must for interior designers and decorative painters, it cannot fail to inspire anyone who dreams of creating a uniquely beautiful home." |
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| | ISBN: 0821226576 Date Published on 3/1/2000 |
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| Transform everyday objects into beautiful heirlooms with this complete course in decorative hand painting. It covers every technique and brush stroke, and offers an array of inspirational patterns. Master the basic designs and then do one of 20 projects: decorate a wooden tray with a Tree of Life, a curved box with flowers and curlicues, and a bride's box. Or try a cobalt blue towel rail with golden Mexican marigolds, a Japanese Cherry Blossom Placemat, a Fruit-in-a-Basket Clock, a Russian table, and an Aboriginal Garden Seat! |
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| | ISBN: 0715301489 Date Published on 3/1/1995 |
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