Brixton garden office
Images reach Trim HQ of our friend Archie’s garden office – with lovely cedar cladding – recently completed for a client in Brixton…
Trim Colour Series, No.6: Farrow & Ball Yellow Ground
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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Trim Colour Series, no.5: Craig & Rose Morris Blue
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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Trim Colour Series, No.4: Farrow & Ball Studio Green
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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Dramatic purple
This is a strong colour, not for everyone, but certainly well suited to a girl’s bedroom: it is called S 3050-R60B.
