Category: B&A Blog
Farrow & Ball Dayroom Yellow No.233 in a bathroom refurbishment – Kent. The bathroom was stripped out and fully refurbished (apart from the painting) by Home Plumbing. A small family run business. I have carried out decorating work for Home Plumbing in their own home and for their clients. Oh no – please not retail […]
How to make a porch door and frame look great again. This door and frame was just a small piece of the project. It was part of a complete lounge repaint. The paintwork to this interior face of the porch door was in poor condition due to general age and, also due to a lovely […]
Going bold with colour when decorating a conservatory! For this conservatory decorating project in Sittingbourne, Kent, the client supplied the feature wall colour which was purchased from Homebase. The feature wall colour is Dulux Teal Tension in a matt finish. I don’t usually like “retail paints” because they don’t tend cover as good as the […]
Hanging a Laura Ashley Charcoal Linen design wallpaper to a stair well wall in Rochester. I have recently finished a small wallcovering job in a home in Rochester, Kent. It was for regular clients who are genuinely nice to decorate for. I had only had a call from them about 18 months previously asking if […]
Just a quickie post. Yesterday, I was happily applying Zinsser Bulls Eye 123 to all woodwork in a hall/stairs/landing. The lady of the house popped upstairs to where I was just laying off a door with my Proform Picasso brush and said me – “Don’t use the cloakroom downstairs, we have a blockage.” Next thing […]
Keep your furniture and flooring protected from paint and dust. I know, it should be a prerequisite shouldn’t it? But not all painters and decorators carry out this routine part of the project. I have worked on many homes in my time as a painter and decorator where the home owner came up to me […]
Which painter and decorator should I choose? Eeny, meeny, miny, moe! If only we really knew! I only say that because each potential new client looks for and likes different things in their decorator. Here are some ideals the home owner should look for, when considering employing a painter & decorator to work in their […]
Would you like a Feature Wall? Have you been wanting to create that wall into a feature wall but said out loud, “Ooh, I just don’t know!” Be brave! A feature wall in a room can make a statement. People walk into a room and stop in their tracks saying, “Wow! That looks n-i-i-ice!” Create […]
Book Early for Exterior Painting in Kent. Well, the phone is ringing already with calls from clients, wanting to book Kent’s exterior property painter. Thanks for booking early! Just to let you know, that nowadays, Before & After Painting only take on small exterior paint jobs. By that I mean, bungalows, fences, shed painting, summer […]
Painting a Function Hall in Minster on the Isle of Sheppey. This was my biggest project last year – 2011. I was commissioned to paint this function hall by The Friendship House Trust from the Isle of Sheppey. They were looking for a function hall painter and decorator in Kent with experience in this type […]
Hand Painted Kitchen in Red Earth colour.
Getting Commissioned I was asked to turn this standard kitchen into a lovely hand painted kitchen by an existing client for his parents, just to give it some extra life and enjoyment for his parents. To be truthful, it was a great move as there was nothing wrong with the kitchen at all.It was a […]
A nice colour choice – Manor House Gray No. 265. I have recently completed the redecorating of this hallway, stairs and landing in Eden Village, Sittingbourne. There was quite a bit of preparation to do before any painting could be carried out. This ranged from raking out old decorators caulk which had been applied over […]
Upcycling a Hand Painted Storage Unit
While working at my clients home in another area, they asked if I could hand paint a John Lewis storage unit they had bought. The client wanted it painted in white. We call that upcycling.Although it was a new unit, it still needed a clean down (I like to do things properly). Then followed by […]
Hand painted kitchen in East Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent. Originally, I was only down to paint the units for this hand painted kitchen, but the client asked me to carry out the decorating the ceiling and walls too, which was nice.The paint brand used for the decorating was Benjamin Moore.Ceiling: BM Ceiling Paint in Chantilly Lace. […]