The completion of the Victorian Entrance Hall Once a care home, this beautifully impressive Victorian hall in Northumberland is being lovingly restored to its former glory by it’s new owners as a private residence. I was fortunate enough to be given the commission of designing and decorating the huge entrance hall. After many...
Designed for Charlie Smallbone’s Ledbury Studio The Brief The brief was to design a cohesive colour and paint effect to compliment the many varied elements in the client’s kitchen. These elements included pewter, copper, carved wood, and acid etched glass. With colours covering dark stained ash through silvers, golds and verdigris. Collaboration Collaborating with Ledbury...
During these past few weeks I have been thinking of how to manage my work the most efficient way, keeping clients and myself safe.As the lockdown eases slightly, enquiries are coming in for kitchens that need repainting. It’s hardly surprising as we’ve all been staring at the insides of our homes...
How to totally transform a tired old kitchen To Repaint or Replace? This pine in-frame kitchen had done it’s job well for the owner for 25 years. Except now it was tired, aged and in need of a complete overhaul. Another ageing problem is that pine absorbs sunlight and over the years...
A softly aged paint effect in a Victorian Hall The Commission This was a really enjoyable challenge of a commission. The new owners of this Grade ll listed Victorian Hall built in 1898 wanted a total redecoration of the Evening Room. The brief was to mix historically accurate colours into softly aged...
The Challenge I didn’t start this Smallbone kitchen at the fit. A few painters were asked to pitch for it by the company. Someone else was cheaper and got the commission. However the poor chap wasn’t experienced enough to fulfil the brief and the job collapsed. I was brought in to...
Challenge Now this was a great challenge of a kitchen to repaint. The client had refitted her old Mark Wilkinson Cook’s Kitchen into a new extension. The kitchen cupboards were redesigned, reconfigured and refitted. Alongside adding a further 2 parts of other Mark Wilkinson Cook’s Kitchen bought from people selling their old...
I thought I’d start my blogs for this year by reviewing and revisiting last year’s commissions. Before I get started on these, I wanted to share with you what has been my drive for the past year’s work. I was determined to follow a path that really mattered to...
