Sometimes we move from the private sector, and paint for select builders, here we have painted a show house in the Old Orphanage in Dun Laoghaire South Dublin, including a hand-painted kitchen, and hand-painted bedroom furniture as well as all interior painting. We are currently painting the other four houses […]
Here we had a case of a perfectly normal 3 bed semi in wicklow, and the owner cleverly decided to paint everything white, I must say it added a great deal of light and looked quite chic. It also enabled the owner to put absolutely anything in the way of […]
Here we see the various stages that go into stripping a Door with a heat gun, after stripping the steps are much the same, but here we polished the brass also completing the look! […]
Here we have another example of a fully restored ceiling, which we stripped of its old lining paper with exposed cracks coming through, filled those cracks and lined ceiling with fibre glass covering. Then we painted two coats of white emulsion to finish. follow link for more examples of ceiling […]
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 […]
We have painted many period homes over the years, and It is always of utmost importance to try to keep as much detail as possible in the plasterwork when redecorating. Some times over many years and often times without the same consideration the paint accumulation covers the detail and the […]
When one really wants to do a thorough job when painting their house or home, Scaffolding is essential. Not to say one can’t do it from ladders, it is just a lot easier not to mention safer when extensive repairs and preparation of surfaces are necessary Particularly with the restoration […]
Here we can see the various stages that go into restoring a door from being stripped by dipping to finishing in egg shell. First we have the stripped door, followed by first coat of aluminium primer. then the door is sanded and filled followed by an undercoat and more […]
When painting wooden double glazed windows there are a few steps that need to be taken to ensure a top class job. The windows need to be sanded with emery paper and the wood cleaned with white spirit, then one paints an undercoat primer, this can be oil or water […]
