The home decorator's bible of achievable paint effects. With step-by-step instructions and close-up swatches showing colour variations, over 150 recipes cover a range of paint finishes for different surfaces. Whether you want a quick, up-to-the-minute makeover on a piece of furniture or to spend time re-creating a period look in your home, the Paint Recipe Book will tell you all you need to know about paint effects and exactly how to achieve them.
Both an easy-to-use how-to-guide and an eye catching style book, this innovative painting manual shows homeowners, designers, and craftspeople how to create 50 beautiful paint effects—from ageing and verdigris to stippling and trompe l'oeil —in more than 150 gorgeous colors for walls, floors, ceilings, and furniture. Handy features include chapters laid out like recipes, complete with "ingredients," equipment, and step by step instructions to inspire do-it-yourselfers at every level of experience. With a comprehensive source listing; beautiful, full color photography; and a striking design—plus a durable, wipe clean cover to resist splatters at the work site— Paint Recipes offers the perfect combination of practicality and style, all at a terrific price.
A Sourcebook of Techniques, Finishes, Designs and Projects
With over 300,000 copies sold, "Paint Recipes" and "Decorative Paint Recipes" are required reading for anyone decorating with paint. Now "The Complete Book of Paint" combines the best of both books into one oversized easy reference guide. It offers over 70 painting techniques and finishes designed for walls, floors, and furniture from stenciling, sponging, and stippling, to colorwashing, gilding, and bordering. Creative ideas for 18 weekend projects, plus in-depth guidance on selecting materials and preparing surfaces, are all accompanied by easy-to-follow instructional photographs. Readers will master the skills necessary to convert a dining room into a charming French bistro with the use of stencils or transform a second-hand dining set into an elegant antique by applying a luminescent, oil-based crackle. Packed with accessible information suitable for beginners and experts alike, hundreds of clever ideas will have DIY-ers creating unique looks in no time. This inspiring book, a brush, and a few cans of paint are all anyone needs to color their world.