Decoupage your home

Decoupage your home

Fransie Snyman

Book - 2017

"One of the most popular crafts to re-emerge recently, decoupage is ideal to decorate just about anything, from small household items to large pieces of furniture. Readers will discover its delights with this start-to-finish guide packed with technique know-how and stylish projects. Starting with tools and materials, preparation of bases and blanks, choosing napkins, paper and fabric, cutting techniques, and finding the perfect product for the effect the readers would like to achieve, the book contains more than 50 appealing projects with clear step by step instructions and photographs. Following the trend to upcycle, decoupage is a fun and easy way to transform just about anything as it works on a wide range of surfaces, from glass an...d plastic to fabric and wood. In its simplest form, it involves glueing paper onto everyday objects to embellish them, but materials and ideas from many other crafts can be incorporated. Combining traditional and new techniques with the huge variety of specialist products available today, there is no limit to what you can achieve. Suitable for beginners, this lavishly illustrated book will also inspire experienced crafters. The projects range from brooches, boxes and tins to bigger undertakings such as chairs, a headboard and a photo wall. The text is packed with useful information, helpful hints and sound advice. Following the trend to upcycle, decoupage is a fun and easy way to transform just about anything as it works on a wide range of surfaces, from glass and plastic to fabric and wood. In its simplest form, it involves gluing paper onto everyday objects to embellish them, but materials and ideas from many other crafts can be incorporated. Combining traditional and new techniques with the huge variety of specialist products available today, there is no limit to what you can achieve. Suitable for beginners, this lavishly illustrated book will also inspire experienced crafters. The projects range from brooches, boxes and tins to bigger undertakings such as chairs, a headboard and a photo wall. The text is packed with useful information, helpful hints and sound advice."--Publisher's description.

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Subjects
Decoupage.
House furnishings.
Published
Tunbridge Wells, Kent : Search Press 2017.
Language
English
Main Author
Fransie Snyman (author)
Physical Description
128 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN
9781782215769
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Review by Booklist Review

Decoupage, a perennial-favorite craft technique, continues to evolve, and there are now many types of podge (the glue that also provides a protective surface) widely commercially available. This book provides basic instruction for applying decoupage to wood, glass, metal, plastic, ceramic, fabric, and leather surfaces, as well as on walls and floors, using paper, magazines, newspaper, photographs, stamps, washi tape, napkins, and textiles. The projects include furniture and household objects ranging from a headboard to candles to placemats and are designed to give a fresh look to both used items in need of refurbishment and pieces purchased, ready-to-decorate, from craft stores. All projects list the item to be decoupaged, the images to be applied, and the decoupage medium, in addition to tools like brushes and scissors. The process used here is designed for near-instant gratification, not requiring the multiple layers of varnish applied over weeks that this technique has traditionally used. Crafters who want to add color and pattern throughout their homes will find a trove of inspiration here.--Heidemann, Anne Copyright 2017 Booklist

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