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Now get cracking; Our DIY expert DEREK COLLINS shows NAN ENSOR how he uses some special painting techniques to give some tired, old furniture an even older yet amazingly fresh new look.(Features)
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SPECIAL effects expert Derek gets cracking on two very similar paint effects this week - crackle glaze and craquelure.
And although the latter just sounds like a posh, Frenchified version of the first, to the discerning decorator, there is quite a distinctive difference in the finished results.
Without getting too technical, if you want to give an instant, aged effect to a small piece of furniture, distressing it with fine cracks, then the technique you want to use is craquelure.
But if you are painting over a large area, and want a ...
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Stanford White in Saint James, New York. (houses by architectural firm McKim, Mead and White founded in 1879)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques
; ...is also found in Saint James, a village...sites, separated by less than two miles...Island Sound, Saint James eventually acquired...landscape of Saint James. The story of Stanford White in Saint James begins with Charles...common, not the least of which ...
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Art for little people: captivated by drawing as a child, Synthia Saint James nourishes that love in young people.(children's bookshelf)
Magazine article from: Black Issues Book Review
; Synthia Saint James, whose work conveys family, harmony and...Exhale (1992) that helped launch Saint James commercially. At this point in her life...her studio at home in Los Angeles. Saint James is also the illustrator and creator of...
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Synthia Saint James exhibits in New York
Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News
; ...artist and author Synthia Saint James knew she wanted to be a...art to her credit, Saint James proudly opens her first...framer for artist Saint James, said in a statement...family is at a table and the little boy is holding a red, black...
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TV Guide interviews Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James of "Kate and Allie."
PR Newswire
; ...Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James play divorced women with...April 26 issue). Saint James, on the other hand, is...found women to be closer and less competitive at work than...nominated for Emmys. Saint James, nominated six times before...
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Church of Saint James the Less Issues Corrective Statement Refuting False Claims of Bishop Bennison and Diocesan Spokesperson.
PR Newswire
; ...PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Church of Saint James the Less issued the following statement in...Ousley, rector of the Church of Saint James the Less, made the following corrective...reconcile with the Church of Saint James the Less, and that it is offering...
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The Saint James Company Acquires Sapphire Wines.
PR Newswire
; ...PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Saint James Company (BULLETIN BOARD...Executive Officer of The Saint James Company, said, "The Sapphire...portfolio has grown by no less than 15% in the last year...transition the business to Saint James." About The Saint James...
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Sunday best Hotel Le Saint-James, Bordeaux
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...Traditional French auberge, the Saint-James is not. Set just a few...architect, the Saint-James belongs to the school of...arrive Life at the Saint-James revolves around food. Arrive...Bistroy, the hotel's less formal brasserie. Best...
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Saint James sees new building, name
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
; ...rolled up to the new OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical...closing in the 1990s, Saint James administrators continued...to the new building took less than five hours. By 11...started working at Saint James in 1972 as an orderly...
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Football: Strach gives thanks for Saint James; SOUTHAMPTON....1 Beattie 8 WEST BROM..........0.(The PREM)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England)
; ...Gordon Strachan for James Beattie that the Saints boss admitted his...season - only three less than West Brom have...spirit but very little punch. As hard...it wasn't for James we would be down...that difficult. "James has been magnificent...
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Spanish humanities award goes to Way of Saint James, a route of pilgrimage for Catholics
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...The winner was the Way of Saint James _ a series of paths across...house the remains of St. James the Apostle. The Prince...said, the Way of Saint James is "a place of pilgrimage...people will have done at least part of the route as they...
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