This practical and inventive book will teach you to transform cheap chain-store furniture and junk shop finds into unique stylish items which you will feel proud to display in your home. With over 30 projects, "Furniture Facelifts" is an indispensable bible of ideas, designs and techniques for creating attractive pieces of furniture for indoors and out, with a minimum of expense, expertise and time. With easy-to-follow recipe-style instructions the book takes you through all the materials and equipment needed and the preparation necessary for every type of surface, as well as a fully illustrated directory of the techniques featured in the projects. Throughout, as many as three alternative colour combinations and motifs are included alongside the basic recipe and all the most common household items are included from chairs and stools, to doors, shelves and tables.