We are often asked is it possible to hand-paint laminated or fake wood wardrobes and kitchens, as often people have grown tired of their old kitchen and bedroom furniture and would like a change. Well with the new primers and paints on the market today, it is completely possible to […]
Here we have an example of a client of ours letting one of their favourite picture help in deciding some of the colour for their hall in their home. Here the picture brings out the colour on the wall and the wall brings out the colours in the painting, and […]
When we do commercial jobs, this is when we would mostly be asked to match RAL colours, to existing colours on logos and signage , this way the painted colours blend with existing colour schemes. As we can see in this example of the Core Credit Union in Dalkey Co […]
This is how to really transform your kitchen without the total expense of changing your entire kitchen. In this example we painted the walls and ceiling, then removed all the handles and filled all the holes so they are completely invisible, this way; the new handles on the newly hand […]
We were asked recently could we paint a marble surround to an Aga in a kitchen we were painting as the marble no longer went with the colour scheme of the painted kitchen units and walls, we rubbed it down with emery paper and “bin” primed it and then we […]
If you are replacing wall paper that is up already then to work out how much paper you need do the following. If it is a standard with paper it will be 53cm’s or 21″inches, You count the seems between the drops of wallpaper (hard to see if the last […]
First of all it is important to do the proper preparation in order to do a really nice job on your windows or door. So you will need to strip off the old product first. You do this in a number of ways, using a heavy duty scraper ( used […]
If you do not have the time or the funds to strip your wallpaper the following is for you. Depending on the quality of the wall papering job to begin with, will determine whether one can paint the paper or not. If the wall paper is completely tight on the […]
There are a few things which will tell if your painter knows what he or she is doing. Preparation. If it is walls or wood work that is being painted, the area chosen should be smooth when finished, It is a good idea to feel the surface by running your […]
It is true when somebody goes about choosing colours for there home when decorating, whether consciously or unconsciously they are reflecting aspects of their personality. In turn these colours will influence the moods and thoughts of the people that spend time in these rooms. So The fact that you are […]
