Decorative paint is the perfect way to give new life to old furniture, and 200 full-color and two-color illustrations can teach the reader everything from graining to trompe l'oeil. It is the ideal introduction to a versatile decorating technique.
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Excellant photography. Simple instuctions and good tips. Addresses most paint and design techniques needed. Gives good ideas to create painted furniture with a personal touch. Well done.
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Annie Sloan is one of my favorite artists who explains her projects with great detail. She has talent and taste!!! Her designs and colors are beautiful. She has many books on the market and I have almost all of them. You will love her work and this book.
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This book provides all the information you might need to create painted furniture yourself.
I recommend it as concise, interesting with colored pictures and explanations. Good book for the topic.
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I TOOK A RISK when I bought this cupboard, thinking that I could transform it into a beautiful piece of furniture. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wax gilt cream, eggshell basecoat, chosen basecoat, wax silver cream, little oil color, household brush, mutton cloth, tinted glaze, flogging brush, woodworm holes, softening brush, clean cotton rag, coarse steel wool, stippling brush, small bristle brush, polyurethane varnish, clear glaze, carved areas, stencil card, excess glaze, eggshell paint, masking fluid, glaze mixture, paint tray, white eggshell Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Raw Umber, Titanium White, Burnt Umber, Yellow Ocher, French Ultramarine, Oxide of Chromium, Alizarin Crimson, Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Cobalt Blue, Pennsylvania Dutch New!
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I TOOK A RISK when I bought this cupboard, thinking that I could transform it into a beautiful piece of furniture. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wax gilt cream, eggshell basecoat, chosen basecoat, wax silver cream, little oil color, household brush, mutton cloth, tinted glaze, flogging brush, woodworm holes, softening brush, clean cotton rag, coarse steel wool, stippling brush, small bristle brush, polyurethane varnish, clear glaze, carved areas, stencil card, excess glaze, eggshell paint, masking fluid, glaze mixture, paint tray, white eggshell Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Raw Umber, Titanium White, Burnt Umber, Yellow Ocher, French Ultramarine, Oxide of Chromium, Alizarin Crimson, Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Cobalt Blue, Pennsylvania Dutch New!
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