About
A family firm, painting Bath since 1998.
Tom started Dustsheet with a van and two ladders. Today there are nine of us, and Tom is still on site most days.
Our story
We named it after the first thing we put down and the last thing we pick up.
Tom trained as an apprentice on the Royal Crescent in the 1980s, stripping and repainting sash windows. He learned early that the paint is the easy bit. The care you take with someone’s home is what they remember.
Ellie joined in 2012 to run colour and quotes, and the firm has grown slowly since, mostly by word of mouth. We train our own apprentices and still use the same supplier on Walcot Street that Tom used in 1998.
We’re members of the Painting & Decorating Association, carry £5 million public liability insurance and guarantee every job.
Painters, decorators and apprentices
Rooms painted
Five-star reviews
The team
The people in your house.
Everyone on site works for us. We never subcontract.
Tom Hartley
Founder & master decorator
Started Dustsheet in 1998 with a van and two ladders. Still on site most days.
32 years
Ellie Hartley
Colour & quotes
Runs colour consultations and writes every quote.
14 years
Sam Pryor
Heritage specialist
Sash windows, lime and listed buildings.
18 years
Jas Kaur
Senior decorator
Wallpaper, kitchens and anything fiddly.
11 years
Ollie Grant
Decorator
Exteriors, scaffold and the big jobs.
7 years
Ruby Shah
Apprentice
Second year of her apprenticeship.
2 years
What we care about
Four things we won’t compromise on
01
Your home first
Sheets down before tools out. We treat every house like our own.
02
Honest prices
A fixed quote, itemised, and no surprises on the final bill.
03
Right materials
Breathable paints for old walls, tough ones where it matters.
04
Training
Every apprentice learns heritage methods from day one.
Meet us on site.
Book a free visit. Tom or Ellie will come and look at the job in person.
