The object of this handbook is to provide clear instructions on executing ordinary painters' and paper-hangers' work. Contents: The House Painter's Tools, Preparing a Room for Painting, Distempering Ceilings, Making-up Paint and Painting Wood-work, Using Ready-mixed Paint, Distempering Walls, Painting Walls, The Use of Flatting Paint, Varnishing, Staining and Varnishing, Enamelling, Painting Doors and Shop Fronts, Paperhanging, Papering Ceilings, Artistic House Decoration, Stencil Decoration, A Hand-worked Frieze. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.