Eico gold paint detail
A striking and attractive detail on a comprehensive decorating project we carried out in south London: we painted these routed grooves in gold paint from Eico…
An Edwardian living room in south London
It was nice to revisit this job – the redecoration of a living room in a lovely Edwardian house – to photograph it properly.
The work, including the demanding rescue of the badly cracked ceiling, was definitely all worth it.
The main wall colour is Calamine, and the woodwork was finished in Slipper Satin – both by Farrow & Ball.
Edwardian casement windows
We were pleased with the results we achieved following the redecoration of this large bedroom in an Edwardian house in south London.
Several of the windows in the house featured attractive arched panes, a form of detailing found in many period houses in London.
Belsize Park Apartment Redecoration
For this project, our clients – owners of a two-bedroom flat in Belsize Park – asked us to fit new cornices and fully redecorate a large living room.
We recommended a fibrous plasterwork specialist, Miles and Wilde, to install the cornices and decorated the room to a high standard with Farrow & Ball Estate Emulsion in Hague Blue.
How we paint a front door
A front door – especially at the entrance to a period property – deserves special attention.
With so many period properties in London, we decided to create a process which does justice to the many front doors we encounter.
Here is a fine, if rather tired, Edwardian front door before we worked on it:
…and after:
What does our process involve?
The most basic standard process is: sand, undercoat, gloss.
We have extended this with the addition of several extra stages, including the application and polishing of two coats of Kodrin Spachtel, a wonderful, micro-levelling high-gloss surfacer from Sikkens which gives the door a glass-like shine in readiness for the gloss.
Our process is time-consuming, but yields results which will set your door apart…
