Shows how to transform wooden surfaces so that they acquire not only colour, but also texture, pattern and substance. This book provides a practical guide to the successful mastery of decorative paint techniques using techniques such as graining, dragging, combing, sponging, marbling and trompe l'oeil. This book shows how to transform even a plain ...
This practical, step-by-step guidebook shows you how to use gift wrapping, greeting cards, and old magazines to decoupage a variety of furnishings, objects, and even walls using techniques that mimic traditional styles or explore modern variations.
Painted furniture and interiors expert Annie Sloan leads the enthusiast through a fully illustrated, international spectrum of decorative styles -- American colonial, Dutch folk art, Irish vernacular, Scandinavian neoclassical, Oriental lacquerwork, German baroque, and more -- all achievable by collectors, decorators, and do-il-yourselfers. For ...
This comprehensive volume includes all the painting techniques needed to decorate a home creatively. Includes guide to essential decorating tools and materials, plus step-by-step instructions to various techniques including stenciling, decoupage, wood finishes, paint effects and gilding.
From woodgraining a small table to color-washing a wall to marbling a floor, Annie Sloan Decorative Paint Effects shows how to achieve professional looking surfaces and effects simply and inexpensively. With the help of easy-to-follow, step-by-step photography, Annie Sloan reveals the secrets of her trade, showing how you can manipulate decorative ...
Annie Sloan's Color Schemes is the essential guide to using a crucial decorating tool -- the color palette. Annie Sloan puts it all together room by room using stunning color schemes -- organized in low, medium, or high contrasts. This book introduces the main shade types to be found within each color and suggests dramatic and harmonious ...
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.
- Addresses fixtures, furnishings, and surfaces for gardens of all sizes- Demonstrates how to convert salvaged plastic or cement into elegant garden fixtures
The first book to meet all the needs of the do-it-yourself decorative painter, whether novice or experienced, this complete guide offers new versions of the old techniques used by house painters, furniture painters, artists, and restorers. Step-by-step instructions and more than 300 color illustrations.
Over 50 exciting paint recipes help you create unique colours and textures and transform dull shop-bought paint Packed with inspirational ideas for using these special paints to create paint effects Written by Annie Sloan whose own paint range - Annie Sloan Paints - is a by-word for quality among professional decorators Since ancient times artists ...
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 ...
Decorative Stenciling & Stamping teaches you how to cut pre-designed stencils and how to design your own. It shows how you can use brushes, sponges, and rollers to impart a variety of finishes and textures. You'll also find tips on the best ways to make repeatable patterns and how to create reverse stencils. The author shares the secrets of ...
With step-by-step photographs, this revised edition features the use of modern, water-based paints and glazes. There are informative sections on colour, equipment and furniture and the techniques decribed include colour washing, marbling, tortoiseshell, stencilling and trompe l'oeil.
With her clear, easy-to-follow style and step-by-step instructional photos, Annie Sloan shows how you can master the art of gilding and bring brightness, sparkle, and light to any room in your home. In Annie Sloan Decorative Gilding, you'll learn how to revamp old furniture, add an elegant touch to plain modern pieces, and change the look of an ...
In this text the author takes traditional techniques such as dragging, stippling and combing and gives then a contemporary look. Each topic contains visual inspiration, a step-by-step technique plus variations on the main technique.
These simple techniques for using paints, waxes, and varnishes can alter time-worn and inexpensive furniture and objects into personal treasures. Information on surface preparation, paint descriptions, waxes, stains, application equipment, and the basic techniques of antiquing are provided along with material on special techniques such as ...
This book demonstrates how to enhance wood by stenciling and freehand painting. For those who wish to reveal the natural grain of the wood, there are clear instructions for using paint remover and steelwool. You'll also learn how to apply designs in different colors, how to lighten and darken the wood, and how to make the surface look as though it ...
The decorating techniques which are featured in this guide include ragging, dragging, stippling, mutton clothing, colourwashing and sponging as well as how to use acrylic glazes that have come to the fore over the past couple of years.
Completely revised and updated with the latest techniques, this guide provides do-it-yourself decorators with everything they need to transform ordinary rooms into extraordinary statements of personal style. Beginning with the basics, a section on color theory helps readers select the perfect hues for their projects, and an overview of tools and ...
This book makes painting furniture fun, creative and economical. Readers will discover clever ways to transform old or unfinished chairs, tables or beds into one-of-a-kind showpieces for their 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 ...
The authoritative source and stylebook for parents who want to make their child's room a very special one. Whether describing how to transform a small spare room into a cheerful and comfortable nursery for a new baby, or how to brighten up a bedroom for a toddler, this guide offers original ideas for creating beautiful rooms.
The extensive style directory contains over 60 specially designed decorated pieces of furniture, creating a library of decorative techniques and how to use them.'
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