Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564967271 ISBN 13: 9781564967275

Publisher: Rockport Publishers Inc., 2001

A painted furniture workshop in a book, Painted Furniture will show you how to transform tired old pieces of furniture and newer - but ordinary - wood and metal pieces into showpieces. From new, plain pieces, to antiques, to garage sale finds, learn how to create dramatic pieces - and how to establish an interior design scheme around these pieces. Painted Furniture establishes a theme for a room, then shows you how to create a decorative piece to relate to that theme. Divided into two sections - patterns and finishes - Painted Furniture presents plenty of tips and full-color photographs that will have you producing your own beautiful furniture in no time - for your home, as gifts for friends, and even to sell!

About the Author:

Virginia Patterson is a fine arts trained painter. For more than ten years, she has been commissioned to paint everything from traditional canvases to decorative indoor and outdoor murals to unusual objects such as mailboxes, flower boxes, glass pieces, and more. Patterson regularly restores furniture for interior designers, including staining and upholstery, and has also painted furniture pieces with her own original designs.