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Description: A practical step-by-step guide to all the essential decorating tasks, including coverage of methods, tools, materials and equipment. The book covers repairing and preparing surfaces, creating all kinds of decorative finishes, improving flooring, lighting, storage - even the shapes of your rooms. In each section there are step-by-step treatments ranging from minor repairs, such as repairing a crack in a wall, to more ambitious work like fitting a fireplace. There are troubleshooting hints and tips throughout, as well as step-by-step artworks showing you key DIY techniques.



Contents: Basic equipment - painting and wallpapering tools, power tools and other DIY equipment; wiring and plumbing - explanations of wiring and plumbing systems, simple tasks, dealing with emergencies and working safely; structures - covering walls, ceilings, mouldings, floors, doors windows, stairs and fireplaces, tasks from sanding a wooden floor to putting up a partition wall; preparation - stripping wallcoverings and ceilings, filling cracks and priming wooden surfaces; paint, wallpaper and tiles - choosing and applying paint, creating paint effects, hanging wallpaper and fixing tiles; flooring - choosing floor coverings, staining wooden floors, laying wood floors, fitting carpets and tiles; storage - shelving, creating unusual storage spaces and fitted cupboards; colour - bright and dark colours, combining and contrasting colours; soft furnishings - choosing natural fabrics, sheers and nets for curtains blinds, furniture covers and bed linen; commissioning professionals.