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Enhance Your Home with Contemporary Wood CraftsGet inspired to turn ordinary craft wood pieces into stunning home décor. Inside you'll find 17 easy projects that you can make in just one weekend or less. Combine ready-made pieces from your local craft and hobby store with unique items from flea markets, garage sales, and thrift stores. Then dress them up with creative paint finishes to make stylish furniture, wall art, fixtures, and more! All you need are a few simple tools, paints, and your creativity--no special woodworking skills required. Discover the best techniques for chalk-finish paints, waxes, spray paints, decoupage, and stencils.
Wood, Craft, Love is a must for every DIY home decorator.
- Make your own stylish furniture, wall art, fixtures, and more
- 17 easy projects that you can make in just one weekend or less
- Creative ideas for transforming wood blanks and flea market treasures
- How to use chalk-finish paints, waxes, spray paints, decoupage, and stencils
- Step-by-step instructions and inspiring color photos
About the author
Colleen Dorsey is a writer specializing in the craft and hobby industry, and an editor at Design Originals and Fox Chapel Publishing. Colleen has edited books on many topics, including foam and paper crafts, jewelry making, and children's crafts. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in creative writing, and in her spare time she enjoys writing fiction, making jewelry, and upcycling findings into crafty new items.
Summary
Wood, Craft, Love shows you how to transform ordinary craft wood shop wood blanks into vintage-inspired home decor using only a few simple tools, paints and your creativity. It contains 17 easy projects that can be made in a weekend or less, at very little cost.
