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Here in the South we seem to be moving towards Spring, despite the pictures I saw of cars in Yorkshire stranded in the snow. It’s a good time of year to take stock of a home and look at what jobs will need to be done, including decorating jobs of course. External paintwork What should you look for…
It was a new word for me as well! It means “The condition which leaves millions of people in fear of dealing with cowboy tradesmen. Six in 10 people claim to suffer from the condition when forced to negotiate with plumbers, builders and roofers for a job on their property —Fear of rogue tradesmen” according to…
You might have noticed that we like to stress traditional workmanship in our decorating. I decided to take it one step further, so I did some extensive research on Google and I came up with the answer. Morris Dancing! What better way to get old-school values and quality into our work? It’s so obvious I…
5 minutes ago it was summer. But we’ve all been around long enough to know that Christmas is lurking in the shadows, sellotape and wrapping paper in hand. Santa Claus is rubbing his hands, cackling at your state of unpreparedness. This year, there’re no excuses to keep the relatives away – not ULEZ or COVID…
I should explain today’s photo. At our recent Parvin Painters Autumn Conference my decorators spent a tearful afternoon watching seasonal golden leaves being blown off the trees by Storm Benjamin. “Your Excellency” they said to me “Our one desire is to bring colour to the lives of poor Londoners who are surrounded by grey streets, grey…
If you want to get creative, read this first I read two stories about Star Trek themed houses this week. Both of them (surprise!) in the USA. One fan spent $300,000 on converting his New York basement into the bridge of the USS Enterprise. The other did an entire house in Florida. Surprisingly, at least one of…