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Painting and Decorating Furniture [Paperback]

Sheila McGraw (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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McGraw, whose previous craft books include Papier-Mache for Kids (Firefly, 1991), gives clear, well-illustrated instructions to over 30 furniture decorating projects. She begins with an overview of the materials, equipment, and basic techniques needed for preparing furniture to be decorated and continues with the projects that primarily involve various paint techniques, but she also shows how to refurbish cushioned seats, mosaic a tabletop, and fabric-cover furniture. Although the directions are generally clear, more detailed techniques such as tole painting are better illustrated in Priscilla Hauser's Book of Decorative Painting (LJ 9/15/97). With the variety of projects illustrated, this book will be popular addition to collections whose patrons are looking for how-to books.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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A great gift for the do-it-yourselfer. (Style at Home Magazine 19991127)

Truly the most inspiring. The illustrated steps and materials lists let the reader believe 'I can do this!' (Newsday 20000301)

McGraw has a wonderful eye for unleashing the personality of seemingly bland, ordinary pieces. (New Orleans Times-Picayune 20000205)

McGraw shows how to breathe new life and color into old wood, metal and plastic laminated cabinets, desks, dressers, tables. (Lee Littlewood Copley News Service 20000412)

This is an 'ooh and ahh' book. (Sandy Guerra-Cline Fort Worth Morning Star-Telegram 20000701)

The highly organized projects are well-illustrated with step-by-step instructions anyone can follow. (Jim Carlson Country Decorating Ideas 20040103)

Truly inspirational ... full-color photographs detailing each step of the project are extremely helpful for the engineering-challenged. (Jennifer Isaac Calgary Sun )

McGraw shows how to breathe new life and color into old wood, metal and plastic laminated cabinets, desks, dressers, tables. (Charlotte Observer )

Beautiful color photographs will provide you with lots of inspiration ... technical aspects are covered in full. (Liz Graham Newfoundland Herald )

A good start for beginners with simple, easy-to-follow projects, furniture preparation and materials. (Joy Kraft Cincinnati Enquirer )
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5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE THIS BOOK, May 4 2004
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This review is from: Painting and Decorating Furniture (Paperback)
This is a great book about decorative furniture painting. McGraw gives creative tips and techniques that I hadn't seen in other books, such as using caulking to create raised effects. She also shows you how to create your own block stamps on a roller to create consistent patterns. Although some of the projects aren't my style, many of them employ techniques that I definitely will use. I bought this book along with "Painted Furniture" by Diane Weaver because I wanted to paint some dressers that had been handed down to me and was looking for inspiration. This one is so much better than the Weaver book. I'm inspired to paint my kitchen table and chairs too. I was going to buy new kitchen chairs, but this book had an example of a painted chair that's exactly like mine. One of my chairs is wobbly and has been glued and clamped several times. This book gave me tips on how to really fix it and although I don't care for the floral motif on the example chair, I'm bursting with ideas for mine.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Easy read for beginners, Mar 6 2002
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jolc "jolc" (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Painting and Decorating Furniture (Paperback)
The title is deceptive as the contents is purely for the beginners and a lot of the projects are decoupaging. It would be a plus if the book includes more painting techniques. Thus, this is not a book for the experienced decorator or painter.

However, this book will be a good start for beginners who wanted to try their hand at less frightening furniture decoration projects. The projects in this book are not complicated and they come with easy to follow instructions, aided by beautiful photographs.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginning furniture painters, Mar 10 2001
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REBECCA KATE BARNWELL (Benton, LA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Painting and Decorating Furniture (Paperback)
I would NOT recommend this book if you are an advanced artist looking for new and fabulous furniture ideas. I was disappointed after receiving this book. This book does not contain anything that is "to die for", just the plain ole basics. However, if you are a beginner, this book will give you the basics for step by step furniture preparation and materials. It has good information on tools and lots of materials that are important to the beginner.

If you are looking for beautiful old world style, modern or contemorary painted furniture, this book is NOT for you.!!
I recommend: "Sophisticated Surfaces" by Karen Aude. It has beautiful professional ideas for walls, floors and furniture. It features professional artists and sample pictures of their painted furniture, walls and floors.

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