Tips: - The easiest and cheapest way to transform a room is with wall paint.
- First-time painter? Latex paint cleans up easily with soap and water.
- Never paint vinyl siding: over time, the paint will peel off.
- The U. S. banned the manufacture of lead-based paints in 1978.
- Oil-based paint will blister if applied to a hot or damp surface. Wait until surface has cooled before painting.
- Flat paints reflect little light and hide small surface imperfections.
Reading List: Painting and Wallpapering Painting Techniques and Faux Finishes
By Louise Hennigs and Marina Nevins
$16.95
Paperback -- 128 pages (April 1999)
Creative Publishing International (ISBN: 0865731829) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Paint Your Home: Skills, Techniques, and Tricks of the Trade for Professional Looking Interior Painting
By Francis Donegan
$18.95
Hardcover -- 135 pages (March 1997)
Reader's Digest Adult (ISBN: 0895778386) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Painting and Wallpapering for Dummies
By Gene Hamilton and Katie Hamilton
$9.00
Paperback -- 264 pages (May 1999)
Hungry Minds Inc. ISBN: 0764551507) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Laying Out Steps and Putting Up Stair Rails Stairs: The Best of Fine Homebuilding
By editors of Fine Homebuilding Magazine
$47.54
Paperback -- 123 pages (May 1996)
Taunton Press (ISBN: 1561581313) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Constructing Staircases, Balustrades & Landings
By William Perkins Spence
$10.47
Paperback -- 128 pages (November 1, 2000)
Sterling Publications (ISBN: 0806981016) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Treating and Painting Concrete Floors and Repairing Cracks in Concrete Building with Masonry: Brick, Block and Concrete
By Dick Kreh
$24.47
Hardcover -- 192 pages (November 1998)
Taunton Press (ISBN: 156158228X) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Construction and Home Repair Techniques Simply Explained: Woodworking, Scaffolding, Leveling and Grading, Concrete, Masonry, Flooring and Roofing
By Naval Education and Training Command Editor
$13.27
Paperback -- 576 pages (August 1999)
Dover Publications (ISBN: 0486404811) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Cleaning Wallpaper Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean
By Linda Cobb
$9.99
Paperback -- 172 pages (August 29, 2000)
Pocket Books (ISBN: 0743418301) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Painting Kitchen Cabinets Painted Finishes for Walls and Furniture: Easy Techniques for Great New Looks
By Susan Goans Driggers
$10.47
Paperback -- 128 pages (August 1999)
Sterling Publications (ISBN: 0806994169) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Debbie Travis' Decorating Solutions: More Than 65 Paint and Plaster Finishes for Every Room in Your Home
By Debbie Travis and Barbara Dingle
$20.97
Hardcover -- 192 pages (September 1999)
Clarkson Potter (ISBN: 0609602519) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Installing Mantel over a Brick Fireplace Fireplace: Decorating and Planning Ideas (Better Homes and Gardens)
By Judith P. Knuth, ed., et al
$13.97
Paperback -- 160 pages (September 2000)
Better Homes and Gardens Books (ISBN: 0696211025) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Fireplace and Mantel Ideas: Over 100 Classic Wood and Stone Fireplace Mantel Designs
By John Lewman
$13.97
Paperback -- 120 pages (June 1999)
Fox Chapel Publishers (ISBN: 1565231066) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. Finding a Contractor Before You Hire a Contractor: A Construction Guidebook for Consumers
By Steve Gonzalez
$12.95
Paperback -- 182 pages (November 30, 1999)
Consumer Press Inc. (ISBN: 1891264656) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here. How to Hire a Home Improvement Contractor Without Getting Chiseled
By Tom Philbin
$12.57
Paperback -- 384 pages Revised edition (February 1997)
St. Martin's Press (ISBN: 0312146205) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
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