Painted Whimsies: Decorative Accents for the Home and Garden [Paperback]

Jennifer R. Ferguson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2002

Jazz up your mailbox. Add flair to that old filing cabinet. Perk up your plant pots! With a brush, stencils, and a few colorful paints, you can breathe new life into even the most ordinary items.

• Choose from 30 step-by-step projects, including a watering can, bird feeder, serving tray, utensil holder, and lap desk

• Discover creative ways to use common household items, such as turning a flowerpot into a birdbath or transforming a lackluster bucket into a showpiece for storage

• Follow easy how-to instructions for painting on terra-cotta, metal, wood, glass, and tile, plus ideas for giving your projects a personal touch

Pick up a paintbrush and add some pizzazz to your indoor and outdoor spaces!

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About the Author

Hometown: Fresno, California

Jennifer R. Ferguson has made more than a dozen guest appearances on HGTV’s The Carol Duvall Show and has also appeared on Aleene’s Creative Living. She owns a specialty stencil shop, called The Stencilled Garden, where she sells her own line of stencils. Judy A. Skinner, a dedicated "house stripper," turns recyclables into works of art which she sells through her company, Collectiques by JuBee. This is their second book together.

Also by Jennifer R. Ferguson and Judy A. Skinner: Painted Chairs: 25 Fresh and Fun Projects

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Martingale and Company (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564774511
• ISBN-13: 978-1564774514
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #739,440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Seattle Reader, April 18, 2003

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This review is from: Painted Whimsies: Decorative Accents for the Home and Garden (Paperback)

I love, love, love the ideas in this book - all of the projects are very lighthearted and fun. I only wish they had given the measurements of the wood pieces they painted on - there are no specifics for the painted trays, etc. Also, many of the projects need additional purchases such as stencils, which are pretty expensive on the website info they furnish. But, the projects are cheerful and bright - and really cute. They give very detailed directions for painting on metal, wood, clay pots, etc. You'll be motivated..........

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Painted Whimsies, March 14, 2006

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Sandra Grant "Sandy Grant" (Mobile, Al) - See all my reviews
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It was exactly what I was looking for. I had seen some of it on Carol Duvall Show so I know what I was getting.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just as it says "Whimisical", February 19, 2007

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sophie "alehar" (Westbrook, Maine USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Painted Whimsies: Decorative Accents for the Home and Garden (Paperback)

I like this book and give the authors high marks for their thorough explanation at the beginning of supplies and their uses/applications. The projects are very lively and fun. Lots of color and dots. Most use the stencils also designed by the authors but one can duplicate them free hand or pick similar themes at a craftstore. Most of the projects I would do but the last few that had to do with modifying terra cotta plant pots into functional art I could do without. Overall its a good book.