Decorating MagicA new and original approach to the art of interior decoration revealing the secrets of a wide range of techniques, effects and finishes Includes bambooing -- battening fabric -- bleaching bronzing -- colour mixing -- colourwashing -- crossdragging -- decorative painting -- displaying pictures and objects distempering -- dragging -- fake and real panelling -- gilding -- graining -- lacquering -- liming -- marbling -- picking out -- print rooms -- ragging -- simulating lapis lazuli -- spattering -- sponging -- staining -- stencilling -- stippling -- stone effects -- storage tortoiseshelling -- trompel l'oeil -- washes and glazes From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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applied architectural areas background bamboo Baroque baseboard bathroom blue broken colour brush burnt umber ceiling chair rail Chinese Chinoiserie chintz closet cloth contrast cornice create dado dark darker DECORATING MAGIC display distemper doors dragged edges effect eggshell eighteenth century example fabric faked panelling finish Fitted Room flat oil floor furniture gilding give glaze gloss gouache grain green grey highlights interiors lacquer latex LEFT light liming lines look marbling matchboarding mineral spirit motifs mouldings nineteenth century off-white oil paint oil-based oriental palette Palladian paper pattern pigments plaster printed produce ragrolling raw umber rhythm RIGHT Rococo sample scheme scumble shade shadows shellac shelves simulate spattered sponge stainers stencil stippler stippling stone Stony Room style subtle surface technique texture thin tiles tinted tones top coat traditional translucent trompe l'oeil turpentine undercoat varnish vertical visual wall wallpaper water-based wood yellow ochre