Preparing to Paint is Secret to a Great Painted Furniture Finish

When we're preparing to paint your furniture we always have our eye on the finished look that you want. For example, if we filled every hole on a

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How We Use Furniture Paints When We Paint Your Furniture

​When we paint your furniture we do like to do things properly. And that certainly uses a lot of paint, most typically a Dulux or a Johnstone's paint.

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Paint Your Old Bench in 2022

Summer is here at last and so is the chance to make great use of our gardens and other outside space. But if you sense that some of

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Painted Monks Bench Gets into the Shabby Chic Habit

We've painted several Monks (or Monk's) benches over the years. And that painting record certainly confirms their popularity as a valued item of furniture in the modern home.

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Painted Drinks Cabinet is Looking Flush

Before and After: Painted Drinks Cabinet This particular drinks cabinet has certainly got history on its side. Yes, it's certainly not Chippendale as it dates back only to

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Green Painted Cabinet Sets the Tone With Newly Decorated Room

Whether it’s a planned re-decoration or a re-decoration job that you’ve just completed, there might be a problem. Because, it’s at one of these two stages that old

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All the United Shabby Chic Colours of 2014

The most popular shabby chic colours of 2014 have managed to both surprise and meet expectations. In earlier years we've noted the dominance of whites and creams, particularly

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Paint Job for a Desk Job

We've had a spate of shabby chic desks of late. But here we were asked to do just a paint job for a desk job. This particular desk was

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The United Colours of Shabby Chic Painting 2013

What a year it’s been for shabby chic painting. We’ve come across some fine pieces of furniture to paint this year. Some very different. And some in the

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Sideboard Gets a New Painted Shabby Chic Colour Treatment

Colours appear to be back in shabby chic fashion this year. We are certainly painting in colours that we didn't use last year…proof indeed that it's a fashion

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