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Hanging Wallpaper
If striking new patterns and stunning colours have made you a wallpaper convert, we'll show you the techniques to effectively measure, cut and hang your wallpaper.
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Combed Stripes
The combed-stripe technique, created by combing overlapping S curves within taped-off stripes, can simulate the look of moire ribbon or can simply add a lively sense of movement to ordinary stripes. The pattern is created by dragging a notched comb through wet glaze that has ...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 3 hours
Harlequin Diamonds
Harlequin diamonds are a wonderfully versatile pattern. In a child's room, they have a happy energetic effect suggesting the pattern on a clown's costume. In a dining room or living room, a diamond motif is classic and formal without being stuffy. Plan the design so that...
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 4 hours
Blocks
Blocks of color turn boring walls into exciting focal points and can supply character to a room with no architectural features or details. The blocks can be uniform in size and shape, or you can vary the sizes and combine squares and rectangles. The trick is to create a visually...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 4 hours
Priming is Essential
Priming helps ensure a professional-looking paint job. It isn't just a way to sell you one more paint product, and it isn't just watered-down paint. Primer is a specially formulated product designed to: increase adhesion, help the finish coat develop maximum sheen, give...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 2 hours
Build a Recycling Organizer
Tired of recycling boxes and bags cluttering up your garage or porch? Build an organizer that is not only functional but also elegant - and environmentally friendly, too. The one pictured here was constructed from FSC-certified lumber and plywood and painted with low-VOC paint....
Skill: Beginner
Time: 3 hours
Allover Stenciling
Stenciling is one of the oldest techniques for decorating walls. Before the mid-1800s, stenciling was actually less expensive than wallpaper. Now, even though wallpaper is economical, there are still good reason's to opt for an allover stencil pattern: You have complete control...
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 4 hours
Aligning the Bolt and Strike Plate
When a door fails to latch properly, it usually means the door is out of alignment. Often, the latch bolt is not dropping smoothly into the centre of the strike plate. If the latch bolt is too low or too high, the problem usually can be corrected by shimming a hinge to realign...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Painting Walls
Changing the colour scheme in a room is the fastest and least expensive decorating touch on the market. If you are radically changing the colour or are applying a much darker colour, a second coat is essential, and a third may be necessary to completely cover a wall. Start painting...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 4 hours
Making a Scrollwork Mirror
Throw your room a curve with a feminine fretwork mirror. Start with four pieces of in-stock pine scrollwork painted in your preferred colour. Single or in a trio, it makes a pretty impression.
Skill: Beginner
Time: 2 hours
Troubleshooting Your Thermostat
Pick one: it's freezing/sweltering out, and you're a) turning into an ice sculpture; b) sweating like a fiend. Before you throw in the towel and make a service call, make sure the problem isn't something you can fix yourself – like a simple glitch with your ...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Aging
Aging is a popular effect that gives walls the illusion of a timeworn, textured finish. Paints are applied using a brush and trowel and then blended with a damp sea sponge. When applying the paint, avoid flattening the trowel but allow it to catch on the surface, depositing the...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 3 hours
Tile a Wall
Transform an ordinary wall with floor to ceiling tile. Laying a straight grid of uniform tiles is simplest, but you could also get creative with border tiles and interesting patterns.
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 5 hours
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