0448_Shenfield (Mr E)

Normally I would mask up and paint to the fireplace but no one could fit him in before xmas unfortunately....

No lining, as per customer requirement, just extensive filling and rubbing down.

The Dining Room

He said he didn't expect such a good job as there were so many surface cracks.

00447_Shenfield (Mr E)

The customer wanted the job done to my highest standards.

A dining room;

 There had been an awful lot of movement due to renovation work the previous owners had carried out. Part of the job spec was a 'no lining paper' request.

...and the formal lounge;

Normally a new fireplace would be fitted before I start, not that it's a problem, of course.

The carpets are being professionally cleaned afterward, though I'll sheet up when I get the paint out next week

00446_JDixon

I felt for this lady in Cranham. She had a decorator in some weeks prior who left her in a dreadful state.

He made an awful job of the reveals. There were massive gaps all over the place and there were areas of pattern that were not in the slightest matching.

Yep! He just walked away... after being there for 9 weeks including some other things he was doing.

If you click this image you can see how bad his UNDERCOATING is... No, you're right he hadn't even satinwood/eggshelled before he started papering.

Very sad.

So... stripping the paper then.

Paul & Steve will be in tomorrow lining, rubbing down, painting windows and then papering properly.

 The previous decorator hadn't really worked out that the scale of print drop didn't merit the location.

Alot of reveals etc.

 Paul and his brother Steve.

Oh, and my new van with its company signage below.

....which is more or less how I designed it: