Quick and Easy Paint Transformations 50 Step-by-Step Ways to Makeover Your Home for Next to Nothing

With this book in one hand and a brush in the other, you can learn how to create different paint finishes and effects to change everyday rooms and furniture into something special,all for the price of a pot of paint. The first section of the book tells you everything you need to know before you start - how to prepare surfaces properly, choose the right paint for the right place and use the best tools. Then, the 50 projects are divided into five sections: Ageing and Distressing; Working with the Base; Working with Colour; Handpainting; and Crackle, Gilding and Decoupage. There are step-by-step images showing how to achieve the finished look, before shots and inspirational photography showing the effects used on walls and doors, furniture and floors. Learn how to bring old second-hand furniture bang up to date, or how to give modern pieces a softly aged appearance, as well as ways to treat and transform floorboards, doors and plastered walls. Whatever the style of your interiors, Quick and Easy Paint Transformations will show you the best way to makeover your home.

ISBN:	9781906525750
Publisher:	Ryland Peters & Small
Imprint:	CICO Books
Published date:	08 Apr 2010
DEWEY:	745.723
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	160
Weight:	644g
Height:	275mm
Width:	209mm
Spine width:	12mm

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