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Jocasta Innes shows that delicious and stylish cooking does not have to rely on expensive ingredients and that budget food does not mean simply opening a tin or a packet. Frugal and inventive tips on sensible shopping, using leftovers and creating home-made versions of store-bought favourites help to cut the costs at every stage.
Scandinavian Painted Decor is the definitive study of Scandanavian decorative styles from the early 17th century to the late 19th century, with examples from Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and the Hanseatic and Baltic states. 250 illustrations; 200 in color.
Introduces the techniques and equipment required for decoupage, and provides pages of ready to use decoupage motifs.
Reveals through evocative photographs and informative text the beauty of kitchens designed for real-life cooks and their families, as well as displaying the rich diversity of country style.
This manual shows how to achieve style and comfort at an affordable price. It is packed with invaluable time and money saving tips, with 6 special projects showing real rooms decorated by Jocasta Innes.
When you're looking for ways to protect pieces of furniture that stubbornly resist stain or varnish, why not just paint them? The Scandinavian tradition offers beautiful and imaginative solutions. Browse through this all-encompassing book-length treatment of Scandinavian style; then follow the simple and practical steps for bringing this bright and imaginative approach into any area of your home. Whatever your problem piece, you'll find fully illustrated suggestions for transforming it: tables and chairs of all sizes and uses, cupboards, chests, mirrors, clocks, trays, and more. You'll be pleasantly surprised at the variety of styles that accept the Scandinavian treatment, from handmade country and peasant simplicity to your most elegant antique. Painting is more than spreading your brush around; learn how to apply glazes, add design motifs, layer, marble, and apply decoration. From the trickiest rococo arabesques and floral pieces to the boxiest chest, you can produce fresh and colorful objects you'll be proud to display and use.
Completely revised and updated, the new edition of this bestselling guide to painted finishes includes step-by-step instructions on the latest techniques for painting floors, walls, and furniture. Photos in full color.
Grouped in four collections (Country lanes, William Morris, Patterns of the world and Textiles), a selection of stencil designs for covering walls, panels, doors, furniture and items such as lampshades, curtains and loose covers. Includes a step-by-step introduction to paints, materials and specialist techniques.
"How to revitalise simple pieces of furniture with beautiful and original paint finishes"--Cover.
This compilation brings together the most popular patterns from the Painted Furniture Patterns series of books. Ready-to-use motifs can be transferred onto any painted surface.