Simon and Schuster, Australia, 1997. Good secondhand condition.

A complete step-by-step guide to more than 40 techniques - with foolproof recipes for walls, floors, ceilings, woodwork, and furniture. This easy guide will show you how to create a variety of exciting surface effects for your entire home using the basic methods so popular today - sponging, ragging, stippling, colour washing, splattering, dragging, stencilling, marbling and wood graining.

With 'Recipes for Surfaces' as your guide, you can achieve professional and customised effects yourself - with a lot of fun and no hassle.