Professional Painted Finishes

Professional Painted Finishes
Author: Ina Brosseau Marx
Publisher: Potter Craft
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-09-16
Genre: Color decoration and ornament
ISBN: 9780823044191

Detailed demonstrations show how to utilize all kinds of special paint techniques. Business aspects are also covered.

Recipes for Surfaces

Recipes for Surfaces
Author: Mindy Drucker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1990-08-15
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0671682490

Now mastering decorative painting tecnhiques for walls, floors, ceilings, and furniture can be as easy as using a cookbook. This unique guide demonstrates how to create a variety of exciting surface effects using simple, basic painting methods, including color washing, stenciling, wood graining, sponging, and others. Full-color illustrations.

The Handbook of Painted Decoration

The Handbook of Painted Decoration
Author: Yannick Guégan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 490
Release: 1996
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780393730012

The essential reference for amateur and professional alike, The Handbook of Painted Decoration is the first book to cover the whole spectrum of trompe l'oeil decorative painting, from classic marbling and wood graining to ancient techniques of decorative painting that have been nearly forgotten.

Decorative Furniture Finishes with Vinegar Paint

Decorative Furniture Finishes with Vinegar Paint
Author: Bill Russell
Publisher: Northlight
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Decoration and ornament
ISBN: 9780891348702

Provides step-by-step instructions for twelve projects using a mixture of apple cider vinegar, dry pigment, and soap to refinish items such as shoe boxes, picture frames, and furniture.

The Art of Faux

The Art of Faux
Author: Pierre Finkelstein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1997
Genre: Finishes and finishing
ISBN: 9780823008582

This sourcebook of decorative painted finishes covers paint, mediums, and their usage, the decorative painter's colour palette, varnishes, brushes, and tools, and surface preparation and clean-up procedures. In addition, Finkelstein presents the history of the two schools of decorative painting.

50 Ways to Paint a Wall

50 Ways to Paint a Wall
Author: Gail McCauley
Publisher: Creative Publishing International
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2005-05
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9781610602846

All the popular and new decorative paint looks made simple. 50 Ways to Paint a Wall is a straightforward guide to creating the stylish paint effects constantly featured on home shows and in shelter magazines. The paint techniques-four dozen plus two-include special applications, geometric designs, faux finishes, and wall embellishments. The techniques and color choices are always on trend, including the contemporary approaches to perennial favorites like sponging and stencils. With fifty choices, which technique is best for the room? Decorator tips will help make the big decision. For each technique, there is a big color swatch of the finished wall, then the best method is explained and photographed step-by-step. With this bargain-priced guide and a can of paint, anyone can transform a room fifty ways.

Simple Trompe L'Oeil

Simple Trompe L'Oeil
Author: Mary MacCarthy
Publisher: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2001
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781552096345

A how-to craft book that shows how to use simple stenciling, template and faux finish techniques to create trompe l'oeil paintings.

It's Faux Easy with Gary Lord

It's Faux Easy with Gary Lord
Author: Gary Lord
Publisher: North Light Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-12-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9781581805543

Let a master of faux finishing be your guide in creating fabulous faux finishes to accent your home's beauty. Easy to follow instructions and a no nonsense approach to creating 30 new and unique finishes not found in other books. It's easy with this book to guide you.

How to Paint Furniture

How to Paint Furniture
Author: Annie Sloan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2001-03-22
Genre: Furniture finishing
ISBN: 9781855858817

The extensive style directory contains over 60 specially designed decorated pieces of furniture, creating a library of decorative techniques and how to use them.'