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Lining Paper – choosing the right type for the job
Despite the revival of patterned wallpaper, many homeowners still prefer to paint their walls. It’s often felt that a simple lick of paint, rather than a busy wallpaper, provides a blank canvas which offers more creative design options – allowing them to change the feel of a room by adding curtains and cushions, for example, […]
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Different types of wallpaper and their applications
When it comes to freshening up tired walls, you’re pretty much faced with two options: paint or wallpaper. Whilst the condition of the walls can be a factor in your decision, wallpaper offers much more scope to be creative – but while the colour and pattern needs to be chosen carefully, you also need to […]
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Decorating jobs best left to the professionals
Even the most enthusiastic DIYer sometimes faces a decorating task that they wish they’d left to an expert. While many jobs can be attempted with limited skills, some more complicated decorating jobs should really be passed on to a professional with the right experience and tools if you want to be sure of a quality […]
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Common decorating mistakes and how to fix them
No matter how hard you try to avoid it when you’re sprucing up your home, decorating mistakes and accidents can happen. All is not lost though – you just need to know how to fix them! As professional decorators, we know the processes and procedures to avoid the pitfalls of dodgy DIY. But if you’re […]
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Stripping wallpaper the easy way (if there is such a thing!)
If you’re redecorating, stripping wallpaper is an essential but arduous job. You may be going full-out DIY, or taking care of this stage yourself to save money before leaving the rest of the work to a professional decorator. While it’s a fairly straightforward job, like any aspect of decorating, there are certain processes that are […]
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Can hiring a professional decorator actually save you money?!
If you’re planning a decorating or DIY project, it’s a reasonable assumption to think that going it alone will be the cheaper option – but could hiring a professional decorator to do the job actually work out cheaper in the long run? As with many things, it can all depend on your objectives and individual […]
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