Decorating Magic

John Sutcliffe

ISBN 10: 0679743855 / ISBN 13: 9780679743859

Published by Pantheon, 1994

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0679743855I4N00

Synopsis:

A noted British designer explores the art of creative home decorating, explaining how to create effects using paper, paint, plaster, and fabric, and using more than 150 photographs of both historic and contemporary rooms that illustrate fine design. Original. 25,000 first printing.

From the Inside Flap: iginal approach to the art of interior decoration revealing the secrets of a wide range of techniques, effects and finishes

Includes

bambooing
-- battening fabric
-- bleaching bronzing
-- colour mixing
-- colourwashing
-- crossdragging
-- decorative painting
-- displaying pictures and objects distempering
-- dragging
-- fake and real panelling
-- gilding
-- graining
-- lacquering
-- liming
-- marbling
-- picking out
-- print rooms
-- ragging
-- simulating lapis lazuli
-- spattering
-- sponging
-- staining
-- stencilling
-- stippling
-- stone effects
-- storage tortoiseshelling
-- trompel l'oeil
-- washes and glazes

Bibliographic Details

Title: Decorating Magic
Publisher: Pantheon
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket