How to Restore and Repair Practically Everything

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".

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.