Furniture Restoration and Decorative Effects

Level One If you enjoy all aspects of painting and decorating and want to develop your talents further, this introductory course to decorative finishing will provide you with the skills required to produce a range of basic specialist finishes. You will get the opportunity to develop a portfolio of decorative finishes and produce a small artefact/item of furniture. You will learn about preparing surfaces to achieve quality finishes, applying materials using different application techniques, mixing various water-based and solvent-based glaze mediums, applying and producing decorative effects and making/applying stencils.