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 […]
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Choosing white paint – simple, surely?
Recently we’ve seen some customers getting very creative with their use of different shades of white and it […]
If the dog tells your child to write on your ...
I’ve always thought the biggest danger to interior walls comes from, well, accidents. People like me trying to […]
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 […]
Redecorating boosts your house value – but what colours sell ...
When I was just a lad, I convinced my Dad to let me decorate my own room. Today, […]
Leonardo. Michaelangelo. Picassso. GDParvin. Spot the odd one ...
The words of Franz Liebekind in Mel Brook’s The Producers: “Churchill! With his cigars. With his brandy. And […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A useful tool for surveyors and architects
Dulux have had a tablet or phone-based colour-picking app, aimed at home users, for some time. It’s quite […]
Summer decorating in Wimbledon
With Wimbledon just down the road from our offices, and the best summer since – well, since last […]
Apparently we all secretly want to paint our houses lime ...
Choice of colour is – excuse me – something of a grey area. We’ve all been told for […]
More useful cleaning tips from your decorator
Regular readers will know that my newsletters are always strictly on-message and never stray from the business of […]
Cleaning walls: Your decorator speaks…
Maybe it’s genetic, but with the first rays of sun and green shoots starting to peek through, even […]
Spring? You must be joking
A brave daffodil in my garden has just started to put shoots up. Of course, that makes me […]
Your starter for 10: Who invented the Quiz?
This story is probably not true, but it’s so good that it ought to be, and I think […]
The house was farpotshket. Time for a hyggrade.
A while ago I discovered that oikodomophobia is a new and terrible disease, the fear of having oiks […]
How to prepare for your decorator
People who value my opinion – yes, both of them – sometimes want to know what’s the best […]
Now my phone tells me what colour to paint the ...
The great comedian Tommy Cooper once said: “I painted my wife in oils. Now she looks like a […]
A London decorating case study
We are currently putting finishing touches to a project on West Hill in Wandsworth. The property is a […]