"Features concise, illustrated instructions for 150 of the most popular interior decorative painting techniques"--Provided by publisher.

"Features concise, illustrated instructions for 150 of the most popular interior decorative painting techniques"--Provided by publisher.

"[These] easy-to-follow, well-illustrated instructions start with general directions for each technique, such as sponging, block printing, and stenciling, and are followed by projects on which to use the techniques. Some of the projects have been created by well-known designers. A good book."--"Library Journal." "Everything you need to know...is here."--"Folk Art & Decorative Painting."

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.

More than 750 how-to color photos complement concise instructions to guide do-it-yourself home decorators. They learn how to create more than 250 different paint effects on many different surfaces. The author introduces his art with a chapter describing necessary tools and materials, and gives step-by-step directions for preparing walls, floors, ceilings, and furniture for decorative painting. All important techniques are demonstrated in the chapters that follow. They include color washing, sponging, decoupage, marbling, and gilding. Readers learn how to combine many different colors to create painted effects that imitate wood grains, marbling, antiquing, and many other decorative finishes. They will be further inspired by photos that show stylish results achieved by leading interior decorators.

Home Beauty for Underfoot & Overhead This third book in the 50 Ways series presents a whole new set of projects for creating beautifully decorated surfaces around your home-this time it's the floors and ceilings that are in for a treat. Using ordinary paint and decorative tools, as well as prefabricated moldings and paneling, readers will be able to turn floors and ceilings into amazing works of decor. From Venetian Plaster to Stenciled Stars and Applied Motifs, you'll find a trove of floor and ceiling painting techniques you never imagined would be possible, let alone so easy. Faux Drapery, Bead Board, Floor Cloth, Wood Floors, Tile & Stone, Linoleum and even Cement Floors round out just 10 of the 50 ways. Materials for these projects are widely available at craft stores and home improvement centers nationwide, and with a wide range of project styles to choose from, this book will be a must-have source of inspiration and information for every homeowners.

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.