Christmas and New Year opening hours

If you need to contact us by phone, here are our festive office opening hours…

Thursday 24th December – Open 8am-5pm
Friday 25th December – Closed
Saturday 26th December – Closed
Sunday 27th December – Closed
Monday 28th December – Closed
Tuesday 29th December – Open 8am-7pm
Wednesday 30th December – Open 8am-7pm
Thursday 31st December – Open 8am-5pm
Friday 1st January – Closed
Saturday 2nd January – Open 8.30am-5.30pm
Sunday 3rd January – Closed

We’d like to wish all of our customers a merry Christmas, and a very happy 2016!

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Exposed chimney breast brickwork

These images show the appearance — after more than a century — of the lovely, if occasionally higgledy-piggledy, brickwork on a late Victorian chimney breast.

The second image shows the brickwork prior to the removal of the lime plaster stuck to its surface, the last shows the clarity and definition brought about by cleaning the bricks and raking out the mortar.

Before and after photos of an exposed brickwork chimney breast

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Painting a fitted bookcase in west London

This redecoration work on a flat in Earls Court in west London brought about a dramatic, glamorous transformation to some pre-existing fitted furniture.

The previous cabinetmaking was of a high standard, meaning that the units could be altered instead of replaced.

Firstly, downlighters were fitted to the top of the units; next, new mouldings were pinned on, into which LED ribbon lighting was rebated. The effect of LED lighting such as this is enhanced if the ribbon remains invisible — what is sought is merely the wash of the light itself.

Following the alterations and electrical work, the units were painted in Eico Old White Flat Eggshell and Ican Metallic in q16 nickel, products we can recommend highly to any professional painter and decorator, or keen DIY-er.

The walls were painted in Slaked Lime Mid (149) by Little Greene.

With many thanks to our client on this job, Violet & George, who were responsible for this clever, striking and effective design.

Fitted bookcases in a flat in Earls Court, painted in Eico eggshell and metallic paints

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