The Naked Wall

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• Easy, fun, inexpensive ideas make any room more livable fast
• Eleven how-to projects make DIY doable
• Fun with friends—great weekend and volunteer projects for buddies and groups

Painting and accessorizing walls are surely the easiest, fastest, and least expensive ways to change the look and mood of a room. And it’s low-risk, too: Hate the look? Paint it over. But no one will hate the looks in The Naked Wall, the book that shows exactly how to dramatically transform rooms instantly. The first section, Dress It, covers tips, techniques, and inspiration for choosing color, painting, accenting, and adding faux finishes, trompe l’oeil, murals, wallpaper, plaster, fabric, brick, tile, and wood. In section two, Accessorize It, the experienced and talented authors explain choosing and hanging art, framing art, displaying collections, and dressing the wall with mirrors, screens, textiles, and more. Eleven great how-to fast-and-fabulous projects—great for girlfriends and groups of friends—show exactly how to take walls from buck naked to best dressed.

Anne Bold-Pryor and Donna V. Lacis met by accident in Hong Kong almost ten years ago. It was kismet. Both are interior designers, and in the years since their fateful meeting, they have produced a pilot, appeared regularly on Dallas television, written newspaper columns, and much more. Together they are partners in a paint and faux finishing firm, Deux Amies, although they live more than 8,500 miles apart. Anne Bold-Pryor lives in the Los Angeles area, and Donna V. Lacis lives in Hong Kong.

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