While the 80s and 90s saw people painstakingly stripping painted furniture to return it to its former glory, 2016 is all about upcycling. Wooden furniture of exceptional quality is undoubtedly best left nude, but painting a piece can brighten a room and hide a multitude of flaws in less than perfect … [Read more...]
How to Paint Interior Doors Like a Professional
Over time the interior doors of your home will start looking a bit grubby and worse for wear. This is especially true if you have little ones running around all day. If money is flush and you fancy a change, you could invest in new doors from a local builder’s merchant or online from a company like … [Read more...]
10 Tips for Painting Walls and Ceilings Like a Pro
Painting might seem simple at first glance, but the tradesmen who have mastered it have plenty of secrets for improving efficiency while getting fantastic results. The top 10 tips for everything from preparation to completion are covered here so you can finish your project more easily without … [Read more...]
How to Clean Paint Brushes
A lot of DIY decorators will just throw paint brushes in the bin rather than clean them after use, but this is a complete waste of money. Water-Based Paint If the paint brush has been used for emulsioning it can be cleaned very easily, remove excess paint off the paint brush and then rinse the … [Read more...]
How to Prepare and Paint Walls and Ceilings
If the walls or ceiling you wish to paint have been recently plastered then they will need to be completely dried out before any paint can be applied. This could take several weeks depending on how warm the room is. Related: 10 tips for painting walls and ceilings like a … [Read more...]
How to Paint an Internal Door
Clean and prepare the door ready for painting if necessary (see post), with as an example a six or eight panel door, I start painting the mouldings and the panels first. I then paint the top, bottom and any other horizontal rails next. Finish painting the door by painting the vertical rails … [Read more...]
Painting Woodwork - How to Paint Wood
Once you have prepared the woodwork for painting (see this post), seal any bare wood with a coat of wood primer. If you decide that the colour change will be very different from the original paint that is already present, as an example, painting skirting boards white that are at present green, … [Read more...]
Preparing Woodwork for Painting
Preparing wood surfaces for painting can take, depending on the condition of the timber/woodwork, quite a lot of time and will require a lot of patience. The list below gives various tips on how to prepare wood surfaces dependant on their present condition. New timber New timber should have any … [Read more...]
