Grand Finishes: Step-By-Step Jobs

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By Matt Nikitas

If you think words like fun and finishing don't belong in the same sentence, this instructive, easy-to-use, and charming (yes, charming) new home how-to guide is certain to change your mind. Matt Nikitas covers every step in the processes of interior house painting, wallpapering, and wood-floor refinishing with such verve and good humor that you'll forget to dread the job. Nikitas assumes his readers have no prior knowledge, so even the neophyte and the unhandy can proceed with confidence under his guidance. This canny author will help you avert common errors before they happen. And while giving step-by-step instructions for completing work, Nikitas never neglects your peace of mind. Hints for keeping your spirits high include trusting your instincts, keeping your friends during and after a job, and even ideas for music to work to.

"Nikitas, the host of San Francisco cable television's The Power of Positive Painting, promises us 'grand' finishes for walls and floors in this otherwise down-to-earth guide for the do-it-yourselfer. Well, why not? We've already observed all manner of colorful role models in this field — the crafty New Englander, the practical Midwesterner, the cracker-barrel philosopher from the South. Here we get the laid-back Californian, but we are not urged to get blissed out at a Zen monastery in preparation for a redo. This is instead a basic presentation of three home improvement projects — wall painting, wallpapering, and floor refinising — in unintimidating plain talk. Instructions are friendly and offer a pointedly ecological awareness. Nikitas's firm and gentle personality comes across. Sidebars, called "The Voice of Experience," are useful hints in the form of cautionary tales narrated with a cheerful nonchalance (e.g., a painfully funny story about hanging a very long strip of wallpaper horizontally). How-to illustrations are direct and to the point. It's a good book for coaxing the wary beginner."
— Publishers Weekly

"Nikitas writes in an informal manner that readers will welcome, offering tricks of the trade thoroughout. He provides an excellent guide to several areas of remodeling that at first glance may appear easy but in retrospect are often quite hard. (Larger collection) libraries will want to consider this excellent book."
— Library Journal


	Book Series Grand Finishes for Tile Grand Finishes for Carpentry Grand Finishes for Walls and Floors

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