Decorating Tips: Essential Advice On Everything from Wallpapering to Sanding and Beyond

by HarperCollins

• ISBN13: 9780007182053
• ISBN10: 0007182058
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: TRAFALGAR SQUARE

Summary

Collins Gems are smartly designed pocket reference guides, providing knowledge at a glance on a wide variety of popular and timely topics.

Table of Contents

Planning	p. 6
Selecting colour	p. 6
Using colour	p. 8
Using texture	p. 10
Using pattern	p. 11
Manipulating space	p. 12
Verifying your scheme	p. 15
Schemes for living rooms	p. 16
Schemes for bedrooms	p. 17
Schemes for kitchens	p. 18
Schemes for bathrooms	p. 19
Preparation	p. 20
Decorator's tool kit	p. 20
Working with ladders	p. 36
Primers and sealers	p. 41
Plasterwork	p. 44
Preparing wallcoverings	p. 49
Preparing woodwork	p. 51
Sanding wooden floors	p. 56
Levelling a wooden floor	p. 62
Preparing painted and varnished woodwork	p. 66
Preparing iron and steel	p. 71
Preparing other metals	p. 73
Preparing tiled surfaces	p. 74
Painting and Varnishing	p. 78
Paint	p. 78
Choosing paint	p. 81
Safety when painting	p. 84
Applying paint	p. 86
Finishing woodwork	p. 94
Painting woodwork	p. 102
Painting doors	p. 104
Painting window frames	p. 107
Staining with wood dyes	p. 111
Staining panels, floors and doors	p. 114
Varnishing woodwork	p. 117
Finishing metalwork	p. 120
Wall-and Floorcoverings	p. 126
Panelling	p. 126
Attaching strip panelling	p. 130
Attaching sheet panelling	p. 134
Choosing wallcoverings	p. 136
Pasting wallcoverings	p. 142
Papering walls	p. 144
Choosing tiles	p. 148
Setting out wall tiles	p. 154
Cutting ceramic wall tiles	p. 155
Fixing ceramic wall tiles	p. 157
Fixing other wall tiles	p. 161
Setting out soft floor tiles	p. 162
Laying vinyl floor tiles	p. 165
Laying other soft floor tiles	p. 169
Laying ceramic floor tiles	p. 171
Laying quarry tiles	p. 173
Parquet flooring	p. 176
Laying panel and strip floors	p. 179
Choosing carpet	p. 181
Laying carpet	p. 184
Estimating carpet	p. 187
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