Provides more than 20 examples of Scandinavian furniture painting, and shows, with step-by-step photographs, how these designs and effects can be achieved. The book offers the key to painted finishes and design motifs such as: marbled and distressed colour; layered, glazed colour; rustic grained finishes; and a range of applied decoration, from Rocco arabesques and floral pieces to the stylized brushwork used to build up traditional motifs.