The Painted Kitchen
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For your information - The Painted Kitchen is a comprehensive decorating companion and guide for anyone wanting to redecorate their kitchen and achieve quality results or anyone keen to learn a complete range of decorative techniques. Divided into colour chapters the Painted Kitchen gives practical advice on bringing old kitchen cabinets to life, as well as customizing plain doors for the fraction of the cost of a new kitchen.
Fully illustrated step by step projects demonstrate how to use polished plaster, gilded finishes, beautiful wood grain effects, decoupage, hand painting, textured combing, stencilling and 3D stencilling, stamping, craquelure, crackle glaze, liming, spattering, colourwashing, ragrolling, dragging, vinegar glazing, faux marquetry and many more. In fact up to 60 variations providing a wide array of designs to choose from.
The Painted Kitchen also gives detailed information on preparation techniques, the best paints, mediums and varnishes to use, comprehensive brush and equipment guides and other practical starter information, including choosing colour schemes.
Many of the paint products, gilding materials and decorating and specialist equipment used throughout the Painted Kitchen are for sale on this website.
About the book
The Painted Kitchen by Henny Donovan
ISBN 0-7153-1138-7. David & CHarles. Hardback - 128 full colour pages; includes introduction on preparation, colour and techniques, with resource directory.
This book is also published in the USA through Firefly Publishing.
Other titles by Henny Donovan - The Bathroom Book - also available on this site. A comprehensive guide to stencilling and specialist paint finishes.
Coming this Autumn - Create Your Own Wall Art - by Henny Donovan available soon through this website.
