Decorative Style The Most Original and Comprehensive Sourcebook of Styles, Treatments, Techniques, and Materials

Contents INTRODUCTION Principles of Decoration Getting ideas Historical colors Dividing wall space Structural features Using rhythm Styles of lighting Lighting, color & mood Whole house treatments Choosing & enjoying decoration Style Directory MEDITERRANEAN STYLES Moorish bedroom Greco-Roman bathroom Spanish Baroque bedroom Byzantine bathroom CLASSICAL TOWN STYLES Neo-Classical hallway French Empire study Biedermeier bathroom English Baroque parlor Parisian bedroom Rococo dining room Colonial living room Regency drawing room COUNTRY STYLES Swedish stairway French kitchen New England living room Santa Fe dining room Farmhouse kitchen Shaker parlor Caribbean kitchen MEDIEVAL STYLES Early English kitchen Gothic Revival study Medieval bedroom Gothick bathroom RENAISSANCE STYLES Tudor reception room Florentine hallway Delft dining room Venetian studio VICTORIAN STYLES Collector's hallway Scottish sitting room Tiled bathroom Adventurer's study Australian balcony TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY STYLES Art Nouveau dining room Arts & Crafts parlor Mackintosh hallway Italian conservatory TWENTIES ONWARDS Savoy bedroom Oriental living room Miami Deco living room Bauhaus study Tools Materials & Techniques Introduction TOOLS Paintbrushes Fitches & lining brushes Brushes for softening & varnishing Specialist brushes, rockers & rollers Stencils Scrapers, spoons & other tools Care of brushes MATERIALS Pigments & homemade paints Brand name paints Varnishes & glazes Solvents Pastes & powders Gilding materials SURFACES Plaster & stone Decorating plaster Natural wood Decorating wood Paper & card Metal & special finishes Glass & plastic TECHNIQUES Simple decorative effects Colorwashing Three-color colorwashing Colorwashing wood Scrubbed limewash Softened glazework Patterned glazework Liming wood Spattering Aging & antiquing Aging paint on wood Crackle glaze Antiquing Antiquing plasterwork Aging plaster walls Faux effects Pietra serena Sandstone Leather Terra cotta, plaster & lead Verdigris Iron & rust Carrara & serpentine marble Siena marble Fossilstone marble Clair bois Graining with a brush Graining with a rocker Gilding -- metal leaf Gilding -- metallic powder Patinated gold Stained glass Painted pattern Making stencils Using stencils Stencil effects Using photocopies Grisaille Trompe l'oeil Decorator's Reference Pigments & colors Paints, varnishes & solvents Recipes Hints & tips A list of terms & names Guide to suppliers Index AcknowledgmentsMccloud, Kevin is the author of 'Decorative Style The Most Original and Comprehensive Sourcebook of Styles, Treatments, Techniques, and Materials' with ISBN 9780671691424 and ISBN 0671691422.