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Prep, progress and the finished result.
A dark woodgrain kitchen given a light, modern look without replacing a single unit. Doors and drawers were cleaned, degreased and keyed, primed with a bonding primer, then sprayed in two coats of light grey. Worktops, tiles and appliances were masked and kept.
L-shaped run
Hob run
A plain cream living room transformed with a deep green on the walls. Furniture was covered, cracks filled and sanded, then two full coats applied with crisp cut-in lines against the white cornice, ceiling rose and bay shutters.
Bay window
Towards the door
Dark teal walls in the living and dining rooms, with a bold floral wallpaper through the arch. Woodwork and cornices in brilliant white set off the colour.
A dated yellow loft bathroom repainted in a warm terracotta, with moisture-resistant bathroom paint on the walls and the sloping ceilings kept bright white.
Under the roof window
A calm sage green dining room around a stone fireplace, with white ceilings and woodwork.
A small WC lifted with a raspberry feature wall behind the toilet and soft grey on the other walls.
Old wallpaper stripped, then every crack and hole filled, patched and sanded smooth. A mist coat went onto the repairs before two coats of white on the walls and ceiling.
Window wall
Two cottage bedrooms painted, including the sloping vaulted ceilings and beams.
A fun kids room with green lower walls, white above and a blue ceiling.
Beige render washed down, cracks filled and loose areas made good, then two coats of light grey masonry paint with a dark plinth line. The house number has been blurred for privacy.
Gable & extension
From the garden
Patched render made good and the whole bungalow painted grey, keeping the sandstone quoins crisp.
Side wall
A whole farmhouse and its outbuildings painted brilliant white, with doors and frames in sage green. The house name has been blurred for privacy.
Stable door
Black timbers, cream render and a dark stained timber balcony, all refreshed on a large Tudor-style house.
Yard walls, timber screen and pergola painted a deep green, with the gate door in black.
Yard walls
A white up-and-over garage door cleaned, keyed and primed, then sprayed dark green.
Garage door
Peeling timber garage doors scraped, repaired, primed and painted white.
Garage doors
A worn brown front door cleaned, keyed and refinished in brown with brass furniture kept.
Front door
Damaged walls filled and sanded smooth, sized and lined, then hung with a bold floral wallpaper matched around the basin and WC.
Basin corner
Panelling fitted and painted sage green, floral wallpaper hung above and the ceiling painted terracotta.
A two-tone room: terracotta below the dado rail, cream above and the cornice picked out.
A tree mural above sage panelling around a roll-top bath, with floral wallpaper by the shower.
A colourful vehicles feature wall in a child's bedroom.
A timber frame built along the side passage and a clear roof fitted to keep it dry.
Side passage
New decking and a slatted fence stained a warm brown.
Decking & fence
Loose sandstone steps lifted, re-bedded and pointed.
Steps
A wrought iron gate rubbed down and repainted black, and an outdoor lantern fitted.
Furniture wrapped and protected, then the through-lounge painted deep teal with white and cream ceilings, the ornate coving, ceiling roses and picture rail picked out, white alcove shelving and woodwork, and a William Morris-style bird and strawberry print hung around the dining-room archway.
Dining room
Lounge bay
Natural oak shaker units resprayed in a soft duck-egg blue. Doors came off and were keyed, then primed with Tikkurila Otex Akva bonding primer so the finish grips the oak, before the blue finish coats. The oak island top, the oak corbels under the range hood and the tiles were kept, and the walls repainted in a warm cream.
Island & range hood
Range hood run
How we did it
Dark grey gloss units refinished in olive green, the walls painted light sage, and pink marble fish-scale peel-and-stick tiles fitted as a new splashback over the old wallpaper. Peel-and-stick tiles are a quick, tidy upgrade without retiling.
How we did it
New bare plaster ceilings and walls in a kitchen-diner and utility room given a mist coat and white emulsion, with woodwork in white. The oak units were fully masked in polythene and the floor covered throughout.
We protect your home
Freshly skimmed walls and ceiling in a new kitchen extension. The new units were fully masked and protected, the plaster sanded with a Festool dust-extracted sander, then mist coat and finish coats applied: light grey walls, white ceiling and white skirtings.
Island to window
Tall units
Old wallpaper stripped from an attic bedroom with sloping ceilings, walls patched with Knauf Fill & Finish, boarded ceiling joints taped and filled, everything sanded, then a mist coat and white emulsion on walls, slopes and ceiling.
Slope and window
Window wall
Prep
Walls painted soft blue-grey, ceilings white and woodwork white, including skirtings, handrail cap, door frames and stair stringers, with feature walls in the hall and on the landing hung in a silver and grey-blue floral wallpaper.
Old corrugated sheets stripped, new timber battens fitted and clear polycarbonate roofing installed.
Flaking paint on a damp chimney breast sanded back with Festool dust extraction, Wallrock Damp Stop foil applied, then lining paper hung and the walls painted white around the sandstone arch, fireplace and beams.
Chimney breast under the arch
An attic bedroom with a vaulted ceiling, every wall lined with Wallrock Damp Stop thermal foil bonded with Wallrock Damp Stop adhesive.
Step by step
An attic bedroom, landing and stairwell blackened by smoke. Ceilings and walls cleaned down, sealed with a stain-blocking primer so nothing bleeds back through, then painted clean white.
Landing
Attic bedroom
Blown plaster on a damp corner stripped back to brick, the brick coated in black bitumen damp seal, the wall re-boarded and skimmed, then the room painted sage green with a dark green cornice.
Damp corner wall
Timber windows, French doors and a glazed side door painted sage green throughout, set off by the stone surrounds and cream render.
A flaking kitchen ceiling repaired, and the garden room walls filled and sanded with our Festool dust-extracted sander before repainting. Everything sheeted and masked throughout.
Woodburner wall
Garden room
The whole space masked and sheeted, then walls and ceilings repainted, with a green feature wall by the dining table.
Kitchen from the dining area
Two commercial cloakrooms given real character: jungle print paper above dark green panelling, and framed animal portraits above deep blue panelling under a dark ceiling.
A plain loft room turned into a cosy media room: a cedar wood slat panel feature wall for the TV and projector screen, and a misty mountain landscape mural along the opposite wall.
A bedroom feature wall hung with a large blossom tree photo mural, joins matched so the branches run seamlessly across the wall.
A second bedroom given a soft meadow landscape mural across the whole feature wall, bringing the outdoors in.
Two bathrooms hung in textured bronze and grey metallic wallpapers.
A long hallway filled and sanded dust-free, then hung in a bold navy and orange floral paper, plus two bedroom mural walls. In the same house, a green bathroom and a plum cloakroom were painted.
Watercolour mural
Hallway, stairs and landing hung in a geometric grey and silver paper, plus a diamond-pattern feature wall on the chimney breast.
Old striped wallpaper stripped, then a dark grey panel-effect feature wall, with fresh white walls and a grey door elsewhere in the room.
Feature wall
A plain internal cottage-style door transformed with a dark grey gloss finish.
Internal door
Peeling wall coping scraped back and primed with a bonding primer, then bay window surrounds, door surround, plinth and coping painted dark grey-blue.
Old lamp and number plaque removed, a new motion-sensor wall light and slate house sign fitted, and the composite door and porch glossed black.
Render painted in cream masonry paint all round, set off by the red sandstone quoins.
A plain bedroom wall given a dado rail and panel frames, painted pink, with polka dot wallpaper hung above.
The whole wall
Damp-stained plaster stripped back to brick and the brickwork drilled and treated, then sealed, re-boarded and painted dark grey.
Damp wall
A living room chimney breast hung in a bold tropical print around the woodburner.
A period timber front door with leaded glass, cracked, flaking and bare at the bottom rail. Prepped back, made good and repainted crisp white.
Prep
Box panelling and a dado rail run through the hall, up the winder stairs and across the landing, painted cream and stone above a herringbone floor, with white spindles.
Two small bedrooms, each with a single wallpapered feature wall.
MDF box frames and a dado rail fitted the length of a long hallway, then filled, caulked and painted.
Long hallway
A lounge panelled floor to ceiling with full-height and dado-height frames, painted sage green with white skirting and coving.
Ceilings, walls in soft grey and woodwork in white across a period house: sash windows, skirtings, doors, an ornate fire surround and the entrance bench.
The old wall surface behind the hob stripped back and made good, then white metro tiles set out level in a brick bond, cut neatly around the cooker hood and sockets, and finished with black grout for a crisp, classic look.
Splashback
Large grey tiles fitted floor to ceiling around the bath, a grey mosaic splashback above the basin, and a mosaic shower floor laid to fall towards the central drain, all grouted and sealed.
Old flaking paint scraped and sanded back, bare spots spot-primed and filled, then undercoated and finished in two coats of deep black gloss for a mirror-like shine. The house number has been blurred for privacy.
Front door
Faded red steel fire exit doors on a commercial unit cleaned, keyed, primed with a metal primer and repainted in a hard-wearing grey, with the safety signs kept in place.
Fire exit doors
Timber outbuilding doors sanded, primed and painted black to match the house.
Glass, seals and brickwork fully masked, frames cleaned and keyed, then sprayed with a UPVC paint for an even factory-style finish.
Steel garage door cleaned, keyed and resprayed in dark brown, with the surrounding brickwork masked.
A detached cottage repainted in a warm cream, with the window frames and fascias refreshed in white. The walls were washed down, loose paint scraped back and cracks filled before two coats of masonry paint.
Two single-storey homes brought back to a bright white, with black window and door surrounds for a crisp, traditional contrast.
Timber front doors rubbed down, primed and finished in hard-wearing gloss: a Victorian door in racing green and an arched panelled door in pillar-box red.
Rooms given real character with a deep teal on the walls, crisp white ceilings and carefully cut-in lines around windows, doors and the chimney breast.
A built-in media wall with lit shelving and a bright white living room with a grey chimney breast and panelling, filled, sanded and finished smooth.
A large period living room redecorated in soft grey with white woodwork and bay windows.
New and patched plaster needs time to dry and a proper mist coat before colour goes on. We fill, sand and seal fresh plaster so the finish coats go on evenly and stay put.
Hallways take the most wear, so we fill and sand every knock, then finish walls, spindles and woodwork with durable paints: navy spindles, a bright herringbone hallway, a neutral landing and a dark green porch.
Walls and ceilings decorated around new and existing kitchens, with clean cut-in lines against units, tiles and worktops.
Large-format grey tiles in a walk-in shower room, a mosaic shower floor laid to fall to the drain, and navy tiles to dado height in a family bathroom.
A bold floral paper wrapped around an archway and set against deep purple walls. Every edge and return was cut and matched by hand.
Strong patterns need careful setting out so the repeat runs true from ceiling to skirting: a long triangle-pattern wall and a retro wave design.
Box panelling fitted around the whole room and painted sage green, with a white ceiling to keep it light.
Box panelling fitted and painted dark green for a rich feature wall. Furniture was covered and protected throughout.
Garden rooms and summer houses painted, finished and tidied: sage green timber, grey frames and white French doors.
Outdoor timber work: a covered pergola over a patio, a new shed, a roofed garden feature, and timber cladding finished in grey and black.
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