Bourne decorators
If you’re looking for different and exciting shades to ask your Alton painter to decorate your home with next year, look no further than Adeline, Graham & Brown’s Colour of the Year 2020. It’s a delightfully rich bottle green that works very well with lots of other colours, so you’ll find you have an awful…
Read MoreThe housing market is still doing well despite the on-going uncertainty of Brexit, with property values having increased by 1.8 per cent between August 2018 and August 2019. Halifax’s latest House Price Index reported a 0.3 per cent growth in property prices during the month of August, with a 0.1 per cent increase for the…
Read MoreAs the end of August is approaching and children up and down the UK are preparing to go back to school, there’s no denying that we’re nearing the end of summer. Despite some hot weather lately, the end of the summer is certainly upon us. But you don’t have to say goodbye to the warmth…
Read MoreYou might be wondering why your local painter and decorator in Surrey is talking about the trend for awareness of indoor air quality, but your choice of paint could be contributing to poor quality air in your home. Paint can, and historically has, contained volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, which are released slowly over time,…
Read MoreBrits are notorious for getting excited when the sun finally makes an appearance in the summer, lighting up the barbecues at the first hint of some warm weather. That is why the sun-worshippers among you might want to update their homes with the summer season in mind, so they can feel warm and sunny inside…
Read MoreWhen it comes to decorating, it can often feel like a lot of work. You need to clear the room you’re revamping as best you can, moving everything away from the walls and then you have to mask off all the woodwork and make sure you’ve covered everything with a dust sheet. Or, you could…
Read MorePlanning on redecorating the house with a view to selling it this year or next? Then you might want to hold off on reaching for the paintbrushes and tins of paint just yet, as it makes sense to find out which renovation jobs would yield the greatest return on investment and add the most value…
Read MoreApparently the answer to that question is yes, and quite a bit, if research from Sellhousefast is anything to go by. Real Homes shared calculations made by the company, which worked out that repainting every room in your property could boost its value by around £7,000. The figures are based on the average price of…
Read MoreThe days of floral patterns being seen as old-fashioned are long gone, well as long as they’re the right kind of floral designs that is. An article for the Houston Chronicle recently noted that florals are being embraced in one of two ways: larger than life and as small, delicate accents to a space. With…
Read MoreBank holiday weekends are the ideal time to make a start on those home improvement jobs you never get around to doing. However, the NHS has warned homeowners to be careful when giving their home an update over the upcoming three-day weekend, as emergency services see thousands of accidents every year as a result of…
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