Fired Earth Alhambra Palace
On our travels around London, we often see beautiful and colourful tiles evocative of Moroccan and Moorish architecture and design.
Fired Earth have released a wallpaper design – Alhambra Palace – which cleverly emulates this style.
Colour Makes People Happy
We hope that more painters and decorators in London discover the fine paints made by Colour Makes People Happy, which is run by Simon March in East Dulwich.
In Port Magazine’s interview, Simon nicely removes the mystique which so often surrounds the marketing of paint…
“Making paint is no more difficult than making bread. It’s made of three basic ingredients. If you want your paint for outside use, you put more resin in it: if you want it interior use, very often people want it to appear “flatter” so you take resin out and put more chalk into it. It’s quite a simple thing to do.”
Mylands – London's last paint manufacturer
Mylands, a venerable English paint manufacturer established in 1884, is deserving of your attention if you are planning any redecoration or floor sanding.
“Today, we’re still in Lambeth, the last remaining paint manufacturer in London, and John’s great-grandson Dominic Myland carries on the family tradition of perfection in paint.
We’re preserving the time-honoured, traditional approach to making the finest quality paints and finishes, while making the most of the latest technical advances in paint development. By blending the old with the new, we’re creating time-honoured shades and finishes with all of the benefits of modern performance and technology.”
Mylands have just released their new spring collection, which can be found here.
We hope to use their products more often in 2017.
VQ restaurant decoration in west London
With spring around the corner, it’s a good time to revisit the commercial decorating job we carried out in late summer 2016: VQ, a new restaurant in Notting Hill.
As well as completely redecorating the facade, we decorated the interior of the restaurant, both front and back of house.
The Notting Hill site is VQ’s third, with more openings to follow.
