Decorating Tricks: Touches of Style : Over 40 Quick-To-Do Projects, from an Hour to a Weekend

Decorating Tricks: Touches of Style : Over 40 Quick-To-Do Projects, from an Hour to a Weekend

Editorial Reviews
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In Decorating Tricks, Maggie Colvin uses paint, fabric, and sometimes a jigsaw to spruce up cast-off furniture and accessories from frames and window treatments to tables, cupboards, and beds. Her techniques include sewing, simple carpentry, basic upholstery, decorative painting, and lots of stenciling. Despite the insistence on ease and speed--there's a brief but good introduction to choosing a color scheme, and the project step-by-step instructions are reasonably well explained--Colvin's presentation presumes at least intermediate-level skill and probably a good deal more time than indicated. There are no pattern templates for any of the numerous projects requiring designs; yes, crafters can draw their own designs or find existing motifs to adapt, but that certainly requires extra time and some degree of experience. The trompe l'oeil kitchen cupboard, for instance, features intricately stenciled crockery surrounded by stenciled architectural details, but even an expert would be hard-pressed to design, cut, and paint these stencils in the time indicated (one evening). Also, since the text is British, American readers may occasionally be puzzled by the materials (one must know, for example, that emulsion means latex paint). Many of the items are nice looking; just be forewarned that they may require more than a nodding acquaintance with the relevant craft. --Amy Handy

Book Description
All in color! Create stylish accessories and stunning decorative effects in your home with these simple, time-saving, cost-effective approaches. Packed with more than forty new ideas to turn everyday "junk" into treasures, each project lists the amount of time needed from inception to completion. Make a lampshade using photocopied sheet music in less than an hour or completely make over your bathroom in just a weekend. A variety of decorating tips, including paint finish, trompe l'oeil

, stenciling, and decoupage, are accompanied by full-color photographs and illustrations to help you along the way. Arrange a beautiful bouquet of flowers, handpaint and glaze your terra-cotta ware, or woodgrain and stencil an old table top. Whatever your level of experience, you will bring out the ultimate home decorator in you with the secrets revealed in this handy reference. Trim size: 8 3/4 x 11 1/4.

Decorating Tricks: Touches of Style : Over 40 Quick-To-Do Projects, from an Hour to a Weekend,Margaret Colvin,Maggie Colvin,Hamlyn (UK),0600599485,Decorating,Decorating - General,General,Handicraft,Home Improvement / Construction,House & Home,House furnishings,Interior decoration

Book Contents:

1. De Institutione Feminae Christianae: Liber Primus : Introduction, Critical Edition, Translation and Notes (Selected Works of Jl Vives)
2. Democracy:The Rule of Law and Islam (Cimel Book Series, 6.)
3. De Occulta Philosophia Libri Tres (Studies in the History of Christian Thought, Vol.48)
4. Der Midrasch Zur Eschatologie Aus Der Qumrangemeinde: Materielle Rekonstrucktion, Textbestand, Gattung Und Traditionsgeschichtliche Einordnung Des Durch ... on the Texts of the Desert of Judah)
5. Dhurries: History, Technique, Pattern, Identification
6. Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbuch Der Orientalistik - Abteilung - Der Nahe Und Der Mittlere Osten , Vol 29)
7. Divine Verdict: A Study of Divine Judgement in the Ancient Religions (Studies in the History of Religions)
8. Endangered Cities: Military Power and Urban Societies in the Era of the World Wars (Studies in Central European Histories)
9. Fabulous Floor Patterns: with Pattern Cds
10. Friesland: Friesland (1551-1601 and Groningen)