Introduction to Practical Paint Effects, An: Ideas and Techniques to Transform Your Home

By Stephanie Baker, baker-stephanie, Stephanie Baker

Book Overview

Color-washed walls, stenciled borders, or wood-grained furniture: paint can provide the decorative details that turn house into a home and add style and character to any design scheme. So, pick up the brush, the sponge, the rag and get started - you don't have to be an artist to add profesional-looking paint effects everywhere. It's absolutely uncomplicated, as long as you have these wonderfully simple directions for almost every available method. An etire section (with a color wheel) is devoted to teaching you about color, so you can choose contrasting tones or complementary hues, or glorious primary tints- each of which receives a detailed discussion. Photos reveal what a difference a varaition in shade can make, dramatically altering the look of a room.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1902617169
• ISBN13: 9781902617169
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Collins & Brown
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 0.8" x 9.0"