A collection of decorating ideas for improving the appearance and style of any room explains how to use paint, stain, and wallpaper to create a variety of stylish effects, offering complete instruction in basic painting techniques, a discussion of various types of wallpaper and how to install them, and how to incorporate a variety of special effects with stencilling, trompe l'oeil, skim coating, and more. Original. 40,000 first printing.
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Painting & Decorating is a comprehensive source of information on all do-it-yourself techniques for home decor: interior painting, wallpapering and staining. In addition, it provides a practical introduction to the basics of home decor design and color theory.This major revision of an all-time home decor best seller updates all the tried and true techniques from the original book. These classic projects have now been revised to feature the latest tools, today's most popular patterns and colors, and new, in-demand techniques.Expanded from 256 to 288 pages, this revised edition of Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Painting & Decorating also adds 20 all-new projects, showing do-it-yourselfers how to achieve popular new painting and decorating effects. New projects include: Plaster Skim-Coating, Geometric Paint Effects, Trompe l'eil Wallpaper Installation, Antique Staining, Rub-on Stencils, Wall-lettering, and more.
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