With spring around the corner, it’s a good time to revisit the commercial decorating job we carried out in late summer 2016: VQ, a new restaurant in Notting Hill.
As well as completely redecorating the facade, we decorated the interior of the restaurant, both front and back of house.
The Notting Hill site is VQ’s third, with more openings to follow.
A brief nod on a Friday afternoon to a firm of craftsman whose work we have respected for several years.
Miles & Wilde, founded and run by Leigh Miles and Jason Wilde, specialise in the manufacture and supply of fibrous plasterwork such as cornices, ceiling roses, corbels and panel mouldings.
We recently recommended Miles & Wild to clients in Belsize Park; by the time we arrived at the project, new cornices had already been installed by M&W in the living room and main bedroom. We used an XVLP sprayer to paint the cornice; we’ll post the photos of the work in the next couple of weeks.
We’re delighted to have won a 2017 Best of Houzz Award – the awards were announced recently.
We have been active users of Houzz since early 2016, and intend to expand our presence on the site during 2017.
Houzz is a trove of diverse information and inspiration related to domestic renovation and decoration – at the latest count there were almost 13m photos on the UK site, all rigorously categorised according to the rooms and styles they represent.
Even if your plans in 2017 are modest, a visit to Houzz will almost certainly repay you with some handy guidance and ideas.
Our profile is here.
2016 was the year when David further refined his Kodrin Spachtel process for giving the “10 Downing Street” finish to a front door.
Kodrin Spachtel (made by the Dutch firm Sikkens) is a dense, oil-based surfacer which lends a flawless smoothness and shine to any timber it is applied to – abrasives as fine as 1,000-grit round things off.
The Edwardian front door below was prepared by David in summer 2016 – the two, polished coats of Kodrin Spachtel were followed by Sikkens XD gloss, tinted by Holman Paints to Down Pipe by Farrow & Ball.
Down Pipe, a dark lead grey, has definite blue undertones that prevent it from feeling too hard. Originally inspired by the colour used to paint downpipes and guttering it has been embraced for use inside the home with fanatical zeal! Fabulous as a background to art, and extremely effective for use in halls to create a dramatic entrance to a home.
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Farrow & Ball’s website always carries inspiration which is accessible and usable.
Here are a couple of colour schemes for hallways…
Hallway walls in Charleston Gray
Hallway walls in Hardwick White No.5; woodwork in Pointing No.2003; floor in Cornforth White No.228
