Earlier this year we worked alongside our friends from Made by Jason on the facade of the lovely Flotsam & Jetsam cafe, just off Bellevue Parade in Wandsworth.
They take a serious line when it comes to brunch, and we hope one day to get our hands on this epic combination of sweet potato and pulled pork & crackling hash…
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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Breaking away — just briefly — from the dominance of Farrow & Ball in our recent run of blog posts about colour, here is an example of a successful pairing from Dulux which we worked with on a house in Herne Hill: Classic Cream on the masonry and Gallant Grey for the front door…
Sharp work here from Shane, working on new windows in old frames — the top coat on the woodwork, on this occasion, was the Rubbol Satura Plus from Sikkens, a pleasingly low-sheen eggshell.
We were delighted to receive some follow-up comments from Louise and Lee…
“Thank you for the work you have done on our property, it couldn’t have been easier from our side and a great finish on all the areas. Thank you again, we will be sure to give you a call in the future for the next part of the flat refurb.”
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Katya Davies, the founder of Myla and Davis, was kind enough to describe in detail the experience she had when we carried out the internal and external decoration of her new salon in East Dulwich…
“Graeme and James headed up the internal and external decoration for our new hairdressing salon in East Dulwich. I had worked with them previously and it really gave me peace of mind from the outset to know they were involved in our new project.
Working with them is a pleasure from beginning to end. They made every effort to fit our work in (despite its last minute nature), provided an extensively detailed quotation (as always) and began on time (despite their many other projects).
Both Graeme and James got on extremely well with other tradesmen working alongside them, making the site not only a pleasant place to be but somewhere you were confident there was collaboration.
On this project, the builder preceding Graeme and James let me down badly and I was hugely relieved with the significant effort that they made to rectify the bad workmanship — going way beyond the call of duty. They both seem to have a real understanding of the unique constraints and pressures of a commercial project, and as a result of their effort we opened on time. This really sums up how I feel about working with Trim Decorating — they are painstaking in their efforts to assist their clients. I wouldn’t work with anyone else.”
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