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INTERIOR PAINTING & STENCILING sa FLOOR PAINTING & STENCILING sa TEXTURE PAINTING x CEILING PAINTING & STENCILING x WALL PAINTING & STENCILING xx HOUSE PAINTING & FINISHING xx INTERIOR DECORATION xx PAINT & FINISH xx STENCILING How to stencil on a budget. Cutting your own stencils cuts cost and increases flexibility. Diagram shows how to space stencils on a wall. How to stencil a wall to make it look like hand-painted French wallpaper above an elaborate wainscoting. Optical illusions you can create with paint to make your rooms look larger. How to use paint and wallpaper like a professional. Eight pages of decorating tips involving paint and wall coverings. Photo shows how to paint stylized pine trees on a wall to create a mural. Est. cost: $37. How to paint a polka dot design on walls. Photo shows how to create a supergraphic to fit a wall using paint and 1x3 strips of wood. Est. cost: $21. Photo shows how to paint a plaid supergraphic on a wall. Est. cost: $6. Tip: Record the amount of paint or rolls of wallpaper used in a room on a piece of tape stuck to the inside of a switch plate in the room. Tip: How to give visual texture to painted walls using a combing technique. Bovine pattern is used for a stenciled border. Amish Split-Bars quilt design to paint on a wall. Painting instructions and color key furnished. Stenciled chevron decorates a wall border, pillow and napkins. Veggie garden wall stencil. Bunny, lettuce and carrot motifs are stenciled in a band at chair-rail height. Bedroom makeovers with paint, linens and wall coverings. (1) Painted stripes on the walls and a weathered, painted finish on an unpainted armoire. (2) Six brightly colored queen sheets are used to make toss pillows, a comforter and for covering boxes. (3) Favorite wall covering inspires painted floor and furniture. Painted finishes. Using ordinary paint, rollers, sponges, and masking tape to turn dull walls, unfinished furniture, and accessories into dazzling accents. The trick is starting with a bold wallpaper border for pattern and color. Paper-lace stencils. (1) Adorn a plain table with a painted-on doily. (2) Outline plain windows or ceiling lines with intricate patterns created by paper-lace shelf edgings and latex paints. (3) Stencil a floor with square doily patterns. (4) Decorate furniture fronts with lace patterns. Rope motif to stencil. Includes charted pattern and instructions for stenciling using a sponge instead of a brush. Simple painted treatments to turn bland walls into works of art. (1) Painted stripes and stamped fleur-de-lis designs. (2) Border of stamped leaves edged with chair rail molding. (3) Two-tone effect with one paint color. (4) Painted patchwork designs. New twists on the age-old technique of sponge painting. (1) Handsome harlequin. Diamond motif, painted and sponged, on a table top. (2) Mad about plaid. Painted-on area rug on a floor. (3) Painted patchwork. Classic nine-patch design borders the room at chair-rail height. (4 )Diamonds in the rough. Diamonds sponged onto curtain and valance fabric. Decorating a child's room with a hand-print border, sponge-painted wall and painted-on blackboard. Brightening brick. How to prepare and paint an interior brick surface. Style from a can. Paint designs that are decorating assets. (1) Bold stripes in complementary colors. (2) Iridescent squares stencilled using metallic spray paint. (3) Double-stripe pattern painted freehand. (4) Grid painted in a marbled tone using a double roller. How to transform sponge daubers into shapes to stamp small patterns on a wall. Stencil outside the lines. Ideas for using simple designs in single colors to stencil eye-catching elements in a room. Instructions for stenciling on walls and fabric. How to cut your own stencils. Includes stencil patterns for a fork and spoon, flowers in a vase, floral border, a scroll and dimensions for painting twin- or queen-sized simulated headboards on a wall. Paint by numbers. Pros answer 21 frequently asked questions about interior painting. Tips from a professional painter. Learn how to make short work of common interior paint jobs. Painless painting. Part 1. Interior preparation and painting. Tip: How to "paint" ceilings which have been finished in a puttycoat. Room with a hue. Interior painting. Tips on choosing color, paint, and application. Advice on painting inexpensive laminated wood wall panelling. Getting started in interior painting. Some common problems and helpful tips. Eight decorative painting techniques for walls and furniture. (1) Marbleizing. (2) Plastic wrap texturing. (3) Wood graining. (4) Sponging. (5) Spattering or flyspecking. (6) Stenciling. (7) Rag rolling. (8) Stippling. The basics of stenciling decorative patterns on walls. How to give a bedroom a professionally decorated look. Walls and accessories are painted and stenciled with a tulip theme. (1) Strie glazing technique used on the walls emulates fabric. Blank border paper is stenciled with tulip motifs.(2) Paper lampshade is painted with a color wash and stenciled with a tulip motif. (3) Trio of bandboxes are painted and textured using a combing technique. (4) Purchased sheets and pillowcases are painted with beribboned sprays of tulips. (5) A purchased throw pillow is painted with ribbons and a spray of delicate flowers. How to use fabric patterns and painted designs to create a Victorian bedroom. Includes patterns and instructions for painting morning glory, rose, poppy and round generic flowers. These motifs are then combined to embellish walls, ceiling-fan paddles, doilies, a dresser scarf and a bedspread. Create a country kitchen. Techniques for decorating walls and furniture with sponged and stenciled folk motifs. Includes instruction for painting ceramic tiles with hearts-and-tulips motif. How to trim walls with ivy stencils. Includes stencil pattern and tips for adding hand-painted touches. Paint a wallpaper look. How to paint stripes on a wall using a negative ragging technique. Spectacular skies. How to paint both realistic and fantasy sky murals on ceilings and walls. How to create a classic crackled finish on walls and woodwork. How to stencil a wall border using latex paint and foam rollers instead of brushes. Includes pattern for gum (Eucalyptus) branch with blossoms. Creating elegance with stripes. How to combine different sheens of the same color to create painted stripes on a wall. Simple masking technique for striping explained. Decorating with painted vine patterns. Instructions for painting walls, floors and even a rug with twining vines of grape leaves and ivy. Tips on preparing the surface of furniture, floor or wall for decorative painting. Designing and painting custom ceilings. Paint a wall border that resembles prehistoric cave paintings. Rock-colored background is veined using torn strips of freezer paper as stencils. Human and animal shapes are stenciled over the background. How to paint fruit and flower borders on a wall. Step-by-step explanation for painting faux bricks on a wall. Tips on ragging technique variations. Shimmering stripes. How to paint stripes on a wall using clear urethane over a mottled wall finish to create subtle contrast. How to stencil a damask design on top of a dark, velvety wall finish. How to paint walls in a two-color decorative finish. A trompe l'oeil swag of gingham and a wrought iron headboard painted with stencils. Instructions for making a giant stencil from strips of freezer paper. Stimp's stencils reproduce the work of an itinerate wall stenciler who worked in Connecticut in the early nineteenth century. The motifs include swags, vines, flowers and semicircles. The stenciled wall. A look at the history of using stencils to pattern walls and instructions on how to stencil your own walls. How to restore original wall stenciling. A border stencil in a classical urn motif. Includes instructions for background painting, cutting a stencil and stenciling the multi-color design. How to paint like a pro. Tips from the owner of a large NYC paint store on paint selection, surface preparation and how to paint ceilings, walls and woodwork. Tips on how to make stencils and to stencil a wall. Make the most of your walls. How to create distinct moods and create display and storage areas. Includes information on how to sponge-paint walls. A complete guide to painting everything in your house. How to decorate your walls with stencils. How to decorate walls with stenciled designs. How to paint a basement quickly using a rented airless paint sprayer. Wall and trim paint. Tips on selecting and applying latex wall/trim paints. Paint magic: How to drag, sponge, colorwash and spatter your way to beautiful walls. Turn walls and ceilings into skies. How to paint realistic blue sky and cloud pictures on walls and ceilings. How to stencil walls successfully. How to put paint to work inside your house. Chart details the good and bad effects of using various colors. Discover color. SPECIAL SECTION presents a collection of design ideas and professional tips to help you decorate your home with style. In addition to color selection, it tells you how to glaze a wall, hang wallpaper borders, and apply paint properly. Tip: Record wall paint information on the back of electric switchplates. Tips on refinishing interior walls which suffer from peeling paint. Step-by-step to perfect painted woodwork. Decorating with paint and wallcoverings. A guide to the art and craft of room revival. (1) Using color, space and lighting. (2) How to paint a room. (3) How to hang wallcoverings. Finishing touches for walls. (1) How to install synthetic trim molding. (2) Complete guide to hanging borders and wallpapers. (3) Special paint finishes (glazes, sponging, etc.). Tip on "cutting in" around door and window trim with a brush so that the color is more closely matched to the walls. Tips on painting interior handrails and balusters. Dress up a stairway with colorful-but-tough enamel deck paints. Pickling trim moldings. New methods make this once tricky and time-consuming technique a snap for the do-it-yourselfer. Painting wood paneling. How to salvage dreary wood paneling by sanding, priming and painting. Basic guide to painting a room. How to smooth rough walls that have many coats of paint. Sponge and rag painted walls. Painting the straight and narrow. Techniques for painting corners, windows and moldings. Tip on painting a ceiling with a roller. Tip on cleaning cigarette smoke-stained walls before painting. How to prepare woodwork that was previously painted with oil-based enamel paint so that it can be repainted with latex paint. Sponge painting interior walls using simple materials and technique. Paint like a pro. Veteran painter shares his secrets for faster, easier and better results from interior wall and ceiling painting. How to prevent rust stains (caused by drywall corner bead) from bleeding through paint. Spray-painting interior trim. Preparations and priming make or break the job. Includes detailed illustration showing the proper sequence for spray painting a door casing. Tip on wet sanding interior woodwork prior to repainting. Tips on refinishing an exposed wooden T&G ceiling constructed of two different types of wood. Rolling interior latex wall paint. A professional painter's hard-won lessons for applying the ubiquitous wall finish. Interior pine finish recommendations for a timber frame home. Tip on restoring glitter on ceilings during the repainting process. Wall stenciling. Some tips. Step-by-step guide for getting exactly the effects you want when painting a room. Includes information on selecting the right paint for the job, computing quantity, tools and the techniques for painting a room. Tip on decorating a wall with painted-on "tiles" using a 3" paint roller. How to paint a room. Part 1. Preparations. How to paint a room. Part 2. Correct use of a brush, roller and paint pad and instructions on how to paint each surface. Painting walls for special effects. A look at texturing, stippling, stenciling or rolling on wallpaper-like designs. How to paint woodwork. Repainting scabby walls and ceilings. Stenciling borders on walls. Explains how to cut stencils from Mylar. Overpainting, shading and working with multi-stencil designs detailed. Tips on painting a ceiling. Home painters special section on indoor wall painting. Preparation. Selecting rollers. Tips to speed the job. Do-it-yourself decorating ideas. Includes: (1) Colorwashing walls. (2) Stippling walls. Border incidents. Ideas for decorative transitions between walls and ceiling. (1) Lincrusta frieze. (2) Pelmet border. (3) Wallpaper border. (4) Stenciled border. Painting interiors. The latest tools and techniques to achieve faster, neater finishes. (1) How to paint a room like a professional. (2) The importance of using a primer-sealer before painting. Tip: Have an automobile paint shop refinish your metal kitchen cabinet doors after you have removed and cleaned them. Wall arts. Special painting techniques to decorate walls, woodwork, etc. Looks at stenciling, marbling, and wood graining. The right way to paint your home. Basic techniques for indoor room painting. COVER UP. Programs written in BASIC for a PET computer calculates the amount of paint, paneling, wallpaper, or carpet required to "cover up" a ceiling, wall, or floor. Program will calculate the cost involved. Wall stenciling. How to draw the stencil, cut the stencil, paint the stencil and clean up. Tips for doing a good job of interior painting. How to refinish knotty pine paneling with a five-step finish of paint and glaze. Painting the whole house, inside and out. Tips on tools and techniques. A guide to interior painting. Choosing colors from the past. Tips on using a polychromatic (many-colored) interior paint schemes for a house. Includes tips on the proper order when painting with several colors. How to add color and pattern to plain walls with stencils. Paints and finishes. Part 2. Interiors. Guide to working step-by-step through an inside job. Looks at problems, tools, washing, color choices, preparation, and application. Early American wall stenciling. Paint and color in 18th and 19th century houses. Creating a Victorian hallway. Involves graining, stenciling, wainscotting, and glazing. The how-to of stenciling. Description of the process in creating a multi-colored frieze stencil in a Victorian hallway. Preparing the walls of an old house to be painted. Part 1. Preparing plaster surfaces. Preparing the walls of an old house to be painted. Part 2. Patching cracks in plaster. Tip on how to restore the surface of painted walls that have alligatored due to a build up of various paint coatings, without stripping all the old finish off the walls. Tip: How to eliminate a water stain in a plaster ceiling. Ice dams, their cause and solutions. Includes information on "killing" stains in walls and ceilings, painting discolored wood and painting new plaster. Stenciling secrets. Laying out patterns and handling awkward spaces, like corners. Stenciling secrets. How to decorate entire walls in the late Victorian manner. The art of color placement. Basic guidelines for 19th-century multi-color paint schemes. Includes placing color on cornice moldings and on panel doors. Don't paint it, wash it. Tips on washing and touching up the paint on walls and woodwork. Restoring 1919 wall stencils. Includes information on stripping walls to their original finish, tracing the original stencil detail and cutting new stencils. Uncovering decorative painting. Suggestions on historical research, locating overpainted images, removing covering layers, cleaning and repair, surface preparation and in-painting to replicate damaged portions. Tip: How to touch up interior paint chips un-noticeably. Tip: Mixture of latex paint and joint compound is applied to interior drywall and plaster walls to hide surface irregularities. Tip: Seal water-soluble stain on plaster with white pigmented shellac before repainting so the stain won't come through again. Twenty-two tips to a better interior paint job. How to glaze walls and ceilings. Fine points of the decorative technique of applying a film of transparent color over an opaque ground coat. Includes glaze recipes. A glossary of painted finishes which have been used over the last 300 years. A stenciler's tools and techniques. The basics for stenciling walls using latex paint. The great frame-up. Using stencils and moldings to decorate walls in early 20th-century style. The nature of early interior paint. A description of methods used to grind powdered pigments into a drying oil, the pigments used for eight colors and the resultant finishes. Paint styles of the 18th and 19th centuries summarized. Victorian lining and striping for walls and interior woodwork. Tips on how to paint a straight line, both using a straightedge and freehand. Stenciling by era. An outline history of the processes and patterns from 18th century motifs through Victorian and Arts and Crafts periods. Guidelines on selecting stencil designs appropriate to the age and architecture of a house. Matching woodwork in an old house. How to age the appearance of new wood, add fool-the-eye grain patterns, choose a stain, etc. The right way to paint a room. Interior paint problems Answers to the 15 toughest questions. Preparation: the key to a super paint job. Tips on preparing plaster, woodwork, etc. The art of stenciling floors and walls. Some tips. Painting woodwork (window sills, door trim, crown moldings, and baseboard). Advice on choosing the paint, preparation, application, etc. Painting walls and ceilings. Advice on preparation, paint, application, etc. Interior painting secrets from a pro. Paint your moods. Selecting paint colors which trigger a particular psychological effect. Finish with the best. Special section on interior finishing. Topics covered include wood floors, cabinets, furniture, paint stripping, etc. Make painting walls and ceilings neater, faster and easier by using professional-quality rollers and techniques. Interior painting tips and a chart showing what kind of paint to use where. Paint your living room in a weekend for $20. Includes instructions on surface preparation and tips on selecting and applying the paint. How to properly prepare indoor walls and ceilings for painting. What you need to know about house paint and painting. Describes interior and exterior paints for all surfaces, surface preparation and tips from professionals to make painting go easier. Playing with paint. Using paint to accent walls, ceilings, windows and doorways. Some ideas. How to sponge on paint to leave a mottled impression on the wall. Glaze walls like the experts. Technique for transforming a wall with paint and glaze. Deep, dark paint secrets. A crash course in picking and applying dark-color paints on interior walls. Fifteen tips from brush-and-roller veterans to make your next painting project go faster and look better. How to contract for professional painting. Flower stencil patterns for stencilling window shades and a matching border around the window. How to stencil ABC's on a wall. Decorating with beautiful borders. Elegant edgings of paper and paint (stencils) are a snappy way to frame up windows, walls, floors, etc. Tips on painting walls. Refinishing kitchen cabinets. Part 2. How to get a good paint job with interior latex paint. Discusses paint selection, surface preparation and application. Proper wall preparation makes painting easier. Some tips. Insure successful interior painting by following these four important "keys": paint selection, applicators, surface preparation, and painting technique. Preparing drywall for painting. Some tips. Interior painting. Careful preparation is the key to success. | |||||||||
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