Do it yourself Decorating Index

Books - a selection of books on decorating - paint, wallpaper etc.
Colour to overcome different decorating problems
Colour Wheel and how to use colours in decorating
Cornice and coving:
- Cornice and coving - the different materials and adhesives
- Cutting cornice and coving - a simple guide to cutting the mitres for internal and external corners
- Preparing for putting up coving - Preparing a wall/ceiling for putting up coving
- Putting up coving - A guide to putting up coving to get a professional finish
Decorating Glossary - terms and terminology explained
Downlights for effective lighting
Flooring - Timber:
- Timber floor finishes - varnish, oils and waxes explained.
- Removing old finishes - a guide to removing paint, varnish, oil wax and polishes from timber floorboards.
- Sanding wooden floooring - a guide to applying stain to timber floorboards.
- Staining wooden floors
- Varnishing wooden floorboards - a guide to varnishing timber floorboards.
Glossary of decorating terms
How to change a rooms dimension using wall pictures
How to use home decor accessories to create a new look in a room
Interior design - decorate your space with wall art
Mould - what causes mould and how to overcome it
Painting
- Painting flush wooden doors - a step by step illustrated guide
- Painting stone, brick and render
- Painting ferrous metals surfaces
- Painting timber surfaces
- Painting wooden panel doors - a step by step illustrated guide
- Painting wooden casement windows - a step by step illustrated guide
- Painting wooden sash windows - a step by step illustrated guide
- Preparing walls and ceilings - a guide to preparing for painting
- Preparing wooden doors and windows - a guide to preparing for repainting
- Painting tips
- Using a paint roller - the technique explained
Paints for use around the house
Paint problems, the different types of problems, how to avoid and correct them
Preparing for putting up cornice/coving
Putting up cornice/coving
Stripping paint from wood - the options, advantages and drawbacks
Tiling
- Ceramic tiles - basic styles - The basic shapes and tile types explained
- Estimating wall tiles - A guide to working out how many tiles are required for a tiling job
- Estimating tile finishing strip - A guide to working out how many finishing strips are required for a tiling job and how to cut it to get the most out of it
- Preparing surfaces for ceramic wall tiles - A guide to preparing the surface whether wallpaper, paint, tile or timber
- Setting out ceramic wall tiles - A guide to making the job look professional
- Fixing ceramic wall tiles - A guide to fixing ceramic wall tiles
- Cutting ceramic tiles - A guide to cutting ceramic wall tiles
- Grouting wall tiles - A guide for grouting
- Tools for tiling - the different types of tools explained
Timber finishes, varnishes, stains and dyes
Wallpapering
- Types of Wallpaper - the different types explained
- Symbols on labels - the symbols on wallpaper labels explained
- How many rolls? - Calulate how many rools of wall paper you will require
- Stripping wallpaper - a step by step guide to stripping different types of wall paper
- Preparing different surfaces for hanging wallpaper - new and old plasterboard and plaster walls etc
- Cutting and pasting wallpaper - a guide to setting out the start lines, cutting and pasting the wallpaper
- Hanging wallpaper - a step by step guide to hanging wallpaper
- Hanging wallpaper around architrave
- Hanging wallpaper around electrical fittings
- Hanging wallpaper around a recess at door and window surrounds

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