Before you begin (p.7) -- Tools and materials (p.11) -- Projects and Techniques. Sponge painting rockers (p.16) -- Garden bench with a garland of pansies (p.20) -- Refinishing a watch maker's bench (p.25) -- Heart-shaped box with a translucent glaze and painted floral wreath (p.28) -- Rag, drag, and a lattice-work pattern on a 1950s hutch (p.32) -- Marbled porphyry column (p.38) -- Contemporary whimsy animates a child's table and chairs (p.42) -- Lace masking on a mirror frame (p.48) -- Rubber-stamped insects decorate an artist's box (p.52) -- Sand masking, bird's-eye maple, and punched tins on an entertainment center (p.57) -- Vinegar painting and faux satinwood revive a metal file cabinet (p.64) -- Painted marquetry on a fox lover's box (p.69).
Contemporary folk-art chairs (p.76) -- Stenciled dining table with a whimsical base (p.80) -- Malachite stationery box (p.87) -- Distressed and crackle-glazed welsh cupboard (p.92) -- Blanket chest with a combed top and painted "hooked rug" panels (p.98) -- Men's plaid chest (p.104) -- Hunt scene on a wooden lamp base (p.108) -- Faux oriental lacquer table (p.115) -- Footstool with feet painted to match fabric (p.120) -- Restoring a damaged antique cupboard (p.126) -- Intarsia painting on a serving tray (p.131) -- Traditional folk-art bed (p.136) -- Contemporary folk-art cabinet (p.140) -- Faux rosewood cabinet (p.146) -- Faux marble table with a trompe l'oeil top (p.152).
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