50 ways to paint furniture: the easy, step-by-step way to decorator looks

"Step-by-step photo instructions for popular and new ways to decorate furniture with paint. Includes decorative paint techniques, faux finishes, and surface embellishments on chests, chairs, shelves, tables and more. Basics section covers types of paint, painting tools, preparing the furniture, and basic painting and staining"--Provided by publisher.;Equipment -- Safety procedures -- Paints, varnishes and solvents: product compatibility -- Basecoat techniques -- All about paints -- Distressing and aging, tools and techniques -- Paint application techniques -- Creative paint effects -- Negoro nuri -- Steel-wool stria -- Mottled -- Textured plaster -- Photo montage -- Crackle -- Broken paint -- Intarsia pattern -- Striping -- Soft geometry -- Torn paper -- Words and numbers -- From the can -- Stamping -- Found objects -- Magnetic paint -- Chalk board paint -- Checkerboard top -- Drip and spill -- Squeegee combing -- Fabulous fakes -- Faux tiles -- Parchment -- Faux marquetry -- Faux leather -- Shagreen -- Faux goatskin -- Malachite -- Stone -- Marble -- Shaker finish -- Burled wood -- Mahogany -- Basic wood graining -- Rust -- Bronze -- Verdigris patina -- Provincial lapis -- Antiquing and gilding -- Stain antiquing -- Staining and distressing -- Distressed latex -- Oil paint antiquing -- Gilding -- Tarnished patina metal leaf -- Antiqued gold -- Noton -- Pickling -- Trompe l'oeil -- Burnished metal.