Our eye was drawn, on a recent job, to this exceptional hardware: the casement stay, in particular, has the sort of allure one only ever finds when the designer has exercised thought as well as restraint.
Joseph Giles, based in Croydon, is the manufacturer.
Images reach Trim HQ of our friend Archie’s garden office – with lovely cedar cladding – recently completed for a client in Brixton…
David recently redecorated Sarah’s lovely sitting room in Herne Hill, and she was kind enough to send a brief message about her experience.
The colour Sarah chose for the walls was Yellow Ground by Farrow & Ball.
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Dear Graeme,
This is just to say that David did a splendid job on my front room — beautifully painted and no mess. The only thing is that the hall and stairs now look rather tired and shabby…
Best wishes,
Sarah
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A note on our progress in a recently-plastered living room, in East Dulwich.
This is a lovely colour from Craig & Rose called Morris Blue — we had it matched in Johnstone’s Flat Matt.
Our client commented that the Craig & Rose original (used in a previous property) “has a lovely but completely impractical chalky finish” — the Flat Matt is the perfect compromise, offering a dead flat finish and good resilience.
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Studio Green from Farrow & Ball is rich, dramatic and grand, and is perfectly suited to the raised ground floor entrance to this large double-fronted house.
The first photo shows the initial removal of holes, dings and surface damage, the second shows the door after two coats of Gras a Lacquer from Toupret. Similar to the product known as “Swedish putty”, Gras a Lacquer is an oil-based high gloss surfacer which “sands to a glass-smooth finish”. You won’t find it in B&Q, but it’s exquisite stuff, well worth tracking down.
A similar alternative, which we have yet to try, is the evocatively named Kodrin Spachtel from Sikkens.
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