Colour Recipes For Painted Furniture And More - 40 Step-by-step Projects To Transform Your Home

Colour Recipes For Painted Furniture And More - 40 Step-by-step Projects To Transform Your Home by Annie Sloan presents a collection of projects and ideas for updating everyday furniture and interiors with paint. Designed to be used alongside a brush in hand, it focuses on practical ways to refresh tired pieces and change the look of a home through decorative painting.

Annie Sloan works with her own range of chalk paints, explaining how to mix colours and create specific finishes. The book covers a variety of styles, from colourful boho chic and restrained Swedish hues to cosy rustic shades, modern looks and an elegant French approach. Techniques progress from colourwashing to transfer printing, gilding, stencilling and glazing, with additional instructions for dyeing fabric using paint. Projects extend beyond furniture to include painted staircases, stencilled walls, painted floors, dyed linen curtains and even a vintage chandelier, supported by tips, techniques, shortcuts and guidance throughout.

Key details

• Author: Annie Sloan
• 40 projects and ideas
• Step-by-step project format
• Covers colour mixing and creating specific looks with chalk paints
• Includes techniques such as colourwashing, transfer printing, gilding, stencilling and glazing
• Includes instructions for dyeing fabric using paint

Synopsis

This book shares 40 step-by-step projects for transforming furniture and home surfaces with decorative paint. Using Annie Sloan’s chalk paints, it explains colour mixing and a range of techniques, from simple colourwashing through to stencilling, glazing and gilding.

Projects span furniture and interiors, including staircases, walls, floors, curtains and a vintage chandelier, with expert tips and shortcuts offered throughout.