From woodgraining a small table to color-washing a wall to marbling a floor, Annie Sloan Decorative Paint Effects shows how to achieve professional looking surfaces and effects simply and inexpensively. With the help of easy-to-follow, step-by-step photography, Annie Sloan reveals the secrets of her trade, showing how you can manipulate decorative glaze with brushes, sponges, combs, and even everyday materials like rags and newspaper, to create a whole variety of different patterns and effects.
Date Published 9/1/1996
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Rated By: A reader
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Comments: One of the most understandable books on the subject. This is one of the best books I've encountered on decorative paint effects.Sloan has a background in decorating and restoring old houses and is familiar with all the "authentic" techniques used to achieve certain effects, which inspires confidence in her instructions.
Photos of the effects and pitfalls you may encounter give the instructions much more clarity than most of the books on the subject.
The book is truely useful and lives up to the subtitle "a Practical Guide"
Rated By: Mark London
From: Kalamazoo, MI
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Comments: Beautiful Finishes-Simple and lovely instructions! Truly one of my favorite books on my shelf. Annie provides lovely illustrations and simple instructions to guide you through basic and more detailed techniques Great project ideas too!
