How to Create Your Own Painted Lady : a Comprehensive Guide to Beautifying Your Victorian Home Paperback – November 10, 1989

A wonderful book from an expert on the subject. My wife and I are restoring a 1901 Victorian house. This book, and another book in the same series by the same author, gave us many good ideas.

Great book many details came in perfect condition

Several painters tell why they painted a house a specific way and give a small glimpse into their thought processes. From this you are given the chance to design the paint scheme on a couple of uncolored houses at the end of the book. I thought the idea of the book was spectacular and I learned quite a bit regarding the color palette.

This is a classic and was helpful when I was choosing color schemes for a Victorian and a Craftsman.

Great to have if you are into painting your (or others) Victorian homes. It happens to be my business.

A lot of wonderful ideas in this book.

Nice book

If you think this book is going to help you choose colors or really figure out which sections of a house to put which kinds of colors on- forget it. The first chapter or so was interesting showing the techniques the professionals use to strip off old paint, but 90% of the book is just a chapter on each of several companies who repaint houses and their backgrounds. Since this book was printed so many years ago they aren't still painting anyway.