The Essential Book of Home Improvement Techniques

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THE ESSENTIAL BOOK OF
Home Improvement TECHNIQUES
• Easy-to-follow, step-by-step techniques illustrated with full-colour photography to show you how to improve your home
• Pages filled with inspirational photographs of newly decorated rooms to fire your imagination
• Alternative treatments let you customize your decoration to suit your own taste
• Practical hints and lists of tools and materials make sure your home improvements go smoothly
• Directories tell you the skill level required and the time you should put aside to complete the project
THE ESSENTIAL BOOK OF
Home
Improvement TECHNIQUES
This book makes your dreams a reality by teaching you new techniques and showing you exactly how to put them into practice. Whether you want to make cosmetic changes such as hanging wallpaper and creating paint effects, or more practical alterations such as building storage shelves, all the information you will need is included.
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Fülszöveg

THE ESSENTIAL BOOK OF
Home Improvement TECHNIQUES
• Easy-to-follow, step-by-step techniques illustrated with full-colour photography to show you how to improve your home
• Pages filled with inspirational photographs of newly decorated rooms to fire your imagination
• Alternative treatments let you customize your decoration to suit your own taste
• Practical hints and lists of tools and materials make sure your home improvements go smoothly
• Directories tell you the skill level required and the time you should put aside to complete the project
THE ESSENTIAL BOOK OF
Home
Improvement TECHNIQUES
This book makes your dreams a reality by teaching you new techniques and showing you exactly how to put them into practice. Whether you want to make cosmetic changes such as hanging wallpaper and creating paint effects, or more practical alterations such as building storage shelves, all the information you will need is included.
In The Essential Book of Home Improvement Techniques you'll find dozens of ways to improve your home - without making major structural changes. Chapter by chapter, discover the secret to getting professional-looking results, from the preparation stage through to the finishing. Full-colour photography of finished rooms will inspire you to transform your home and give it a new, fresh look. Every page is packed with clear step-by-step instructions and detailed information, including tools and materials lists, helpful hints and alternative methods.
TONY WILKINS was Features Editor on the first do-it-yourself magazine -Handyman - and has edited the magazine Do It Yourself. He has also edited DIY Retailing, a trade publication for wholesalers and distributors.Tony has written several books, including Hammer It Home (a book for a BBC TV series), and has worked as a consultant editor or contributor on numerous do-it-yourself books. He has worked as a broadcaster for the BBC and writes regularly for Practical Householder.
DAVID HOLLOWAY is a consultant specializing in do-it-yourself and home improvements. He contributes regularly to Practical Householder and was Editor for Handyman Which? He has edited and written several books, contributed to numerous magazines and made radio appearances.
MIKE LAWRENCE has been writing about home improvements for many years, contributing to all the major magazines in the field. He has written or contributed to over 40 books, edited three major do-it-yourself partwork series and appeared on numerous radio phone-in programmes as a DIY expert.
JOHN MCGOWAN is Editor of the magazine Practical Householder. He has previously edited the magazine Do It Yourself and is an author of numerous do-it-yourself books.
Front cover photography: John Freeman (top left & right); Robert Harding Picture Library (centre); Paul Ryan/International Interiors (bottom)
Back cover photography: John Freeman (top left, right & centre); Robert Harding Picture Library (bottom) Vissza