Offers complete instructions for more than thirty-five incredible projects, from a simple color-washed wall to an elegant Faux marble mantel, from a time-worn antique sideboard to a contemorary-looking "sheet metal" table all created using worry-free water-based paints and glazes.

A south African girl describes her pet chicken, painting special designs on her house, dressing up for school, and her mischievous brother.

When her family moves from Chicago to the country, nine-year-old Emily is drawn to a mysterious playhouse she finds in the woods and soon meets its sad, lonely inhabitant.

George and his friend Mary get lots of suggestions on the best color to paint his house.

Little Pink, Max, and Big Blue try to paint the house to match the sky, but the sky keeps changing.

Inspired by the author's own childhood in rural Arkansas, this moving story follows one boy's journey from innocence to experience. Luke Chandler, 7, lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that's never been painted. During the harvest, he sees and hears things no child could possibly be prepared for and finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives of the Chandlers forever....