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If you read my blogs, you’ll know that I started out as a painter myself, before starting my own painting and decorating company. This almost seems an eternity ago. Today, it would be a rare, rare occasion that you will find me painting personally, normally if you do happen across it, it will be because…
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 brands – is it really worth paying the extra? Will you be able to tell the difference? From a professional decorator’s viewpoint, here’s what I…
Dear Reader, “Be careful what you wish for” is sage advice, and I wish I took it more often. As Mrs. Parvin tells me, it’s all too easy to overthink things and tie yourself in knots. My painters always value my words of wisdom and treasure my thoughts. I hate to be put on a pedestal…
I asked an online painting app to imagine a robot painting the living room. It didn’t miss a beat, and came back with an image that looks every bit as intelligent as I feel at the end of a long week. Not bad, I thought. There’s potential here. Fortunately Mrs. Parvin intervened before I tried…
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…
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 the expense of the people whose job it is to entice us with new colours that reflect our collective subconscious hopes, ambitions and fears. (That,…