How to Restore and Repair Practically Everything: Revised Edition - Softcover

Johnson, Lorraine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718137779 ISBN 13: 9780718137779

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1994

Synopsis

This guide is designed to appeal to restorers of all abilities, answering questions such as how to replace missing pieces from lacquered boxes. Containing 14 chapters on specific materials and their methods of application, this text is supplemented by step-by-step diagrams and photographs. Lorraine Johnson is the author of "The Decorator's Directory" and "The Book of Looks".

About this title

About the Author:

Lorraine Johnson is the author of the bestselling Decorator’s Directory, and the subsequent Gardener’s Directory, as well as light-hearted reference work on fashion, The Book of Looks. She was the co-author on Osborne & Little: Decorated Room. How to Restore and Repair Practically Everything is a result of eight years of continuing interest and meticulous research in the field of restoration for amateurs.

Review:

"A wonderful source book of useful advise - a very comprehensive book." -- Daily Telegraph

"This is a book which has a place in most practical homes and is an extremely good buy." -- Woodworking Crafts

'...A clear, interesting and useful book.' -- Hampstead and Highgate Express

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0718137779
• ISBN 13: 9780718137779
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208