Detailed item info | Synopsis | These simple techniques for using paints, waxes, and varnishes can alter time-worn and inexpensive furniture and objects into personal treasures. Information on surface preparation, paint descriptions, waxes, stains, application equipment, and the basic techniques of antiquing are provided along with material on special techniques such as colorwashing, stenciling, guilding,and decoupage.
| | Size | | Length: | 127 pages | | Height: | 11.0 in. | | Width: | 8.3 in. | | Thickness: | 0.2 in. | | Weight: | 18.4 oz. |
| | Publisher's Note | Forget paying high prices for antique painted furniture. Let Annie Sloan show you a few simple decorative techniques and you'll be able to give humdrum furniture and other everyday objects the appearance of antique pieces. Find out how to remove old paint, varnish, or wax; repair chips or sealing holes in the surface; and finish off the surface for decoration. Choose appropriate colors and see how to use paints, waxes, stains, varnishes, stenciling, decoupage, and more to imitate an aged look. Then take your pick from 13 projects that combine different techniques and materials. Try a hand-painted tray, a gilded and incised chair, a crackle-glazed bowl, a dragged side table, a block-printed wall cabinet, a bleached-style cabinet, or a lacquerwork-style chair. Once you've seen these projects, you'll want to start searching your home, secondhand shops, and garage sales to find likely candidates for antiquing.
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