Chair project
Here is a satisfying home project — a long time in the works — but now brought to a pleasing conclusion by Fiona (my sister): an old rocking chair, originally coated in many knobbly layers of red gloss, stripped back and repainted.
Redecorating a sitting room and kitchen in southwest London
The team recently completed the redecoration of a living room, dining area and kitchen for Gemma and Henry in Earlsfield, southwest London.
The colours used in the sitting room, shown below, were from Farrow & Ball:
Cornforth White no.228 on the walls;
Purbeck Stone no.228 on the fitted base units;
Strong White no.2001 on the fireplace.
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Trim colour series, no.1: Oval Room Blue
We’ll now be writing once every week or two on colour: looking at ideas, sources of inspiration and recent notable examples of where we or our clients have used colour successfully.
Our eye was caught by a recent post at The Chromologist, covering 10 living rooms.
This room uses Plummett from Farrow and Ball…
And here is an example of another Farrow & Ball colour, Oval Room Blue…
Oval Room Blue was also used with success by the Trim crew on the exterior redecoration of the Myla and Davis hairdressing salon in Herne Hill, in south London…
In praise of Mirka: dust-free decorating
Our thanks to Vince at Mirka UK for supplying us with the full Deros system: sander, Abranet abrasives, 5m hose and extraction unit.
The full system isn’t cheap but we’re delighted with its capability, especially in being able to sand larger areas of fine filler with little or no dust created.
We’ll write more in the coming months about our experience…
Repair and redecoration of a panel door
A somewhat cruel incursion had been made into this Victorian panel door during the installation of a catflap.
With the house in southeast London having a new owner, the catflap was no longer needed, but removal required restoration, repair and redecoration of the door.
The team built out the central panel and the lower rail with sheet timber, fitted new beading and finessed the overall finish with 2-part filler and decorator’s caulk — a satisfying and effective job.
