Decorating Furniture: Antique and Country Paint Projects
by By McGraw, Sheila
Category: Crafts & Hobbies , Painting

Antique Treatments  aging by simple burnishing  crackle for paint and varnish  antiquing by stripping paint  a serpia-stucco aging technique for an Italinate period piece     Country Treatments  freehand folk painting  English country designs  stenciling a Victorian floral pattern  decorating with vines and leaves     Paint  how to paint backgrounds  sponging  basic block printing  freehand embellishments  stains  all about paint and craft supplies and their properties     Also included: a full section on making and repairing chair seats and cushions    Antique and            Country Paint Projects is part of a four book series on Decorating Furniture based on Sheila McGraw's highly successful Painting & Decorating Furniture (pb: 1-55209-380-8) that has sold over 40,000 copies. Booklist called this volume "Quite probably the best general instruction on furniture decoration that exists."    With these four books as guides, anyone can decorate furniture like a professional. Each book contains complete, easy-to-follow instructions and hundreds of step-by-step color photographs. The extensive range of projects and techniques provides something for every taste. Other books in the series are Découpage, Paint and Fabric Projects (pb: 1-55297-616-5); Stencil, Paint and Block Print Projects (pb: 1-55297-617-3); Texture, Paint, Ornament and Mosaic Projects (pb: 1-55297-618-1).