Journal

Notes from the job.

Colour advice, heritage know-how and what really happens on a decorating job, written by our team.

Old paint flaking off a lime plaster wall beside a window

Heritage

Why your old walls are flaking

Modern paint on lime plaster traps damp. Here is how to tell, and what to do.

A north-facing sitting room painted a warm soft colour

Colour

How to choose a colour for a north-facing room

Cool light makes greys look cold. Warmer colours fix it.

A decorator and a homeowner talking over colour cards at a kitchen table

Advice

Before you book a decorator: 7 questions to ask

What to ask so you know what you're paying for.

A joiner splicing new oak into a rotten sash window sill

Heritage

Sash windows: repair, don't replace

Most rotten sashes can be saved for a fraction of the cost of new ones.

Warm white paint samples brushed on a wall next to a sash window

Colour

Our favourite whites for Bath stone houses

Pure brilliant white looks blue next to Bath stone. Try these instead.

A decorator laying a dust sheet over a sofa and masking the skirting

On the job

How we protect your home

Dust sheets, masking and the daily clean-up, step by step.

Fresh paint every week on Instagram @dustsheet.decorators

Fresh paint every week on Instagram @dustsheet.decorators

  • A tall Georgian drawing room in soft grey-green with a marble fireplace, a decorator cutting in by the skirting
  • A family kitchen with hand-painted deep green cabinets, brass handles and warm white walls
  • The same hallway after: plaster pink above the dado rail, off-black below, crisp white spindles
  • A Bath stone Georgian front door painted deep grey-green, with a fanlight and black iron railings
  • A café interior with terracotta walls, a forest green counter and bentwood chairs
  • The bedroom after: a botanical fern wallpaper behind the bed, soft grey-green walls either side
  • A 17th-century cottage room in warm ochre limewash with dark oak beams, a decorator at work
  • A Victorian bay-fronted Bath stone house with a mustard-yellow front door and grey-white bay

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