Designs fantastic and fanciful, techniques that are simple and irresistible, and projects that give new life to old or unfinished furniture. “Presents step-by-step projects for colorful indoor and outdoor furniture using acrylic craft paint combined with decorating techniques. Particularly interesting is a faux parquet project using several wood stains on a plain unfinished chest.... Suitable for public library crafts collections.”—Library Journal.
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Give new life to old furniture or transform inexpensive, unfinished pieces into wonderfully decorated works of art. All you need are fun everyday supplies like paint, stain, and paper to accomplish stunning results with simple techniques like stenciling and decoupagé. The projects showcase a terrific range of styles and designs--from rustic to elegant, whimsical to sophisticated--on all kinds of furniture.
((picture possibilities: fish chair on copyright page; child's table and chairs, daisy chest, floral chest on toc; multi-patterned end table and stained cabinet on p 37; leaf and crackling detail on p 100))
About the Author
Writer, editor, and expert on arts and crafts of every kind, Mickey Baskett has produced over 2,000 instruction books with more than 40,000 projects. After starting her career at a crafts product company, Mickey went on to join PLAID Enterprises as editor of their publications department. Now, through her own company, Prolific Impressions, she continues to create craft booklets and how-to hardcover books, as well as make appearances on TV craft shows.
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