Winter care for your property – interiors
All this water can cause endless problems, and it can be a real headache to get rid of the effects. I hope you’ve escaped any flooding, but even without that…
Decorators tips & pearls of wisdom
Decorating advice for Landlords and Property Management Agents
Landlords and Property Management Agents sometimes ask our advice for maintaining paintwork in apartment blocks. This includes in-between tenancy decorating as well as regular cyclical maintenance of common spaces and…
Winter care for your woodwork
This is the time of year when you might start to notice any defects or problems with your external decorating. Cold weather, high winds, frost and heavy rainfall are going…
Sorry, you can say to the election canvassers: we’d love to talk but we’re having the house painted
Already the phones at Parvin Towers are ringing off the hook. Can you park a van outside our house until the election’s over? Or lend us a “Wet Paint” sign…
Is it worth paying more for Farrow & Ball?
It’s a question that comes up frequently. With Farrow & Ball paints often costing twice or three times as much as comparable Deluxe and Crown paints – both good quality…
No christmas songs yet, but we know next year’s colour of the year
You heard it here first. Before even the first sighting of a Santa, before a single sparkle of tinsel in a shop window, I can reveal next year’s Colour of…
A guide to DIY brain surgery
I tried DIY brain surgery once. My very good friends have pointed out that perhaps I should have saved up for a professional job. But British Gas, while waiting for their kettle…
Sound ecomonic advice about decorating from an acknowledged expert
For once I’ll be serious. At least for a bit. If you own property in London you probably keep a close watch on property price trends. If not you must…
Painting and Decorating Fulham’s finest
Call me biased, but I’ve always loved the Fulham and Putney area. It’s about as close to the centre of London as you can get but still feel like you…
Florida State University
We recently completed a large school redecorating project for the Florida State University London annexe on Great Russell Street. The work included 24 student flats, all completed in a very…
Take your seats for the Colour of the Year 2019
Forget Brexit. Forget the Party Conferences. The real news of the week is next year’s Dulux Colour Of The Year. Now it may be easy to get a cheap laugh at…
Choosing white paint – simple, surely?
Recently we’ve seen some customers getting very creative with their use of different shades of white and it got me thinking. Always dangerous. It won’t surprise you to hear that…
If the dog tells your child to write on your wall, can you blame grandma?
I’ve always thought the biggest danger to interior walls comes from, well, accidents. People like me trying to put up shelves, or spilling a glass of wine when England score…
How hard is it to pick a colour?
If I pick a horse in the Grand National it’s the one with the funniest name. It’s hard not to use the same method for picking paint colours. Paint companies…
Redecorating boosts your house value – but what colours sell best?
When I was just a lad, I convinced my Dad to let me decorate my own room. Today, as my bank account waves farewell to yet another mortgage payment, I…
Leonardo. Michaelangelo. Picassso. GDParvin. Spot the odd one out……
The words of Franz Liebekind in Mel Brook’s The Producers: “Churchill! With his cigars. With his brandy. And his rotten painting, rotten! Hitler – there was a painter! He could…
How will Christmas dinner be different after Brexit? No Brussels.
Ready for Christmas? Me neither. But I’m getting my retaliation in first with a choice selection of topical commentary and searching questions. For example, what does Sports Direct give its staff for…
They say it’s good to think ahead…
2017 is soon going to be soooo last year. Like a confidential Government memo, word has somehow leaked out that GD Parvin is the decorator to have, and we’re booked…
The prettiest way to add £40,000 to your property value
I was pleased to see a story in the Daily Telegraph comparing various home improvements, and estimating the added value each of them puts on your property. Yes, it’s official…
What makes the paint stay on the wall?
If you ever lie awake at night worrying that the paint on the ceiling might fall on you – this is for you. Why does the paint stick to the…