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Vintage Furniture Painting
by Karen Petrus Williams

Publisher GMC
Edition Paperback

More painting fun, less tiresome preparation, and great results: that’s why these techniques are the best for creating heirloom-quality home décor. For 15 years, designer Karen Petrus Williams has experimented and developed an array of shortcuts, which she reveals here along with her finest projects. All are done on flea market purchases with acrylic paints, using simple yet eye-pleasing processes of building and blending on the surface. Colour photographs, worksheets, and patterns guide even beginners through 20 lovely pieces, all exquisitely embellished with such vintage-style flourishes as floral wreaths, scrolls, and cartouches.

Price: £8.99

Color Your Life
by Elaine Ryan

Publisher St. Martin's Press
Edition Hardback

Inspired by the need to feel comfortable and confident about the colors in our homes, Color Your Life teaches readers how to experiment with beautiful, bold, and ageless color schemes for the home without ever making a mistake. Elaine Ryan's specially designed color matching system shows homeowners how to pick colors that won't clash or bore. This decorating how-to includes a set of punch-out color bars that makes choosing colors easy, fun, and a fool-proof way to color your life!Includes 14-page punch-out Color Bar insert.

Price: £18.99

House Beautiful Decorating School
by Tessa Evelegh

Publisher GMC Publications
Edition Paperback

All the design know-how anyone needs to decorate a new home or redo an old house is in this one-stop, all-encompassing, lushly photographed, and brilliantly conceived volume. Everything from wonderful home basics and working with space to the art of colour and perfect patterns to the absolute essentials for floors, windows, walls, and lighting is here. In addition to presenting fundamental decorating principles, this unequalled reference looks at different styles, such as Country and Modern; suggests ways of adding drama to a space or period grandeur; and leads you on an inspirational idea-filled walk through the house, analysing options for every room. Eye-opening pictures of beautiful interiors reveal how to fill even the smallest bedroom with simple comfort, showcase architectural features, make the best use of soft furnishings, and much, much more. Each page brims with bright ideas for every nook and cranny. No matter what your style, how many rooms you want to decorate, or what your budget is, this complete reference is your guide to decorating success.

Price: £11.99

Flowers
by Tricia Guild & Elspeth Thompson

Publisher GMC Publications
Edition Hardback

Timeless, yet contemporary, the vintage look for interiors has never been so fashionable, and there are plenty of flowers that are the perfect complement for treasures and trinkets from times gone by. This great book of floral ideas and projects will have you decorating your home in enviable style - don't confine flowers to vases but learn how to use them in witty and unexpected ways.

Price: £19.99

Painted Garden
by Donna Dewberry

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Paperback

"Donna Dewberry's Painted Garden" features 20 step-by-step projects painted on outdoor furniture and accessories using tough and durable acrylic paints that resist fading and weathering. From Adirondack chairs and patio tables to planters, window boxes, porch pillows and butterfly houses, there's something here for every taste and budget. Readers will enjoy the beautiful colour photos of Donna in the garden as well as sidebars of Donna's favourite gardening and outdoor entertaining tips and hints. A bonus section called "Donna's Colour Recipes" presents all the paint colours used in the book on handy recipe-sized cards readers can tear out and take to the store to reference colours.

Price: £14.99

Paint Effects for a Timeless Home
by Tobias Freccia

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Paperback

This essential and easy-to-use book will teach readers how to create and paint the most popular classic, rustic and romantic styles from Italy, England, France, the U.S. and Mexico. From wall treatments such as Venetian Plaster and Simulated Leather, to accessory accents such as painted faux marble tabletops, gilding and painted scrolls on fabric, readers will find the inspiration they need to transform their houses into homes filled with timeless beauty and style. Decorating is an ongoing process, and paint is a fast, creative way to establish a fresh new look in a home, making this selection of classic styles and how to achieve them appealing as a reference book for use today and in years to come.

Price: £14.99

Your Home: A Living Canvas
by Curtis L Heuser

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Hardback

Readers will love this treasure trove of inspiration filled with stunning photography of finished rooms, pictures of added decor elements, and chatty side notes and tips as author and artist Curtis Heuser guides them room-by-room through his renovated Victorian home. Along the way, the reader will learn how to create unique paint effects, pick up tips on everything from colours to contractors, and be swept up to new inspirational levels.

Price: £18.99

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