Pull together your decorating theme and add flair to furniture and accessories withDecorating with Paint & Paper. Readers will learn to create those one-of-a-kind items found in pricey boutiques and high-end catalogs that they have always admired, using the quick and easy methods in this book. Featured techniques include decoupage, stamping, sponging, stenciling, crackle finishing, gilding, dragging, combing, marbling, distressing, striping and more. Readers will also learn how to create a traditional living room, a country kitchen, a French breakfast nook, a Victorian dressing room, a ladies bedroom, a gentleman's study, and a lively kid's room.
Author Karin Strom is a designer, stylist, and freelance craft editor whose work has appeared in numerous national publications. She holds a BFA from Syracuse University and has attended the Sorbonne and Parsons School of Design.
Artist Ginger Hansen Shafer has created designs for custom-painted furnishings and holiday craft projects for many books and magazines. She is a graduate of Parsons School of Design.