Painting and Decorating Furniture with Floral Designs

This practical guide explains and demonstrates how to create beautiful furniture with botanical themes and paint effects. Packed with examples and advice, it takes you through the full process from first preparing the item to achieving a professional finish. It emphasises the importance of observation to successful design, and the key essentials of scale, proportion and balance. With over 300 photos, this book is for everyone keen on upcycling and transforming a plain piece of furniture into a prized feature.

Sarah Sherrington combines her experience as a professional illustrator, botanical artist and specialist decorative painter to create unique hand-painted furniture. She has her own hand-painted furniture business and runs regular workshops.