Dad and Daughter Decorating

31/10/2026

Ah, haven't updated on here in a bit but just seen this. Sadly this post didn't last the test of time and there will be no road trip 😢

I guess it raises two well-worn but nonetheless valuable bits of advice that we tend to ignore. Do not put the stuff you want to do off, arrange it now. And work and providing for your family is important but so is seeing them, including the furry ones...

One of the guys at work today let me know about a week off he wanted.
I'm going on a road trip, he said.
With my dog.
Eh?
He explained his four-legged chum wasn't getting any younger and he wanted to make memories. Lush.

Not decorating related but I've been thinking this afternoon and I believe there would be few nicer ways to spend a week to be honest!
I'd love this but fat chance with this workload though and also told him no. He can have memories of painting houses like the rest of us 👍💪🖌

30/10/2026

Came across this Streetview photo and whilst glad it didn't capture the guys skiving not sure why Big Robbie wanted the ladder footed 2 foot off the ground bless him 😄
Completed nearly the last external of the year this week, another one in Hamilton Road. As soon as you tidy one it usually gets the neighbours thinking! It is always a bit of a downer putting 'the big ladder' away for the year and being purely inside for the next 5 months.
We completed next door a couple of months back and this one has been finished in Titmouse Blue, a really rich dark blue that, given the building's height, imposes an atmospheric feel in the streetlight.
On the same day we additionally painted the walls of the hall, stairs and landing.

Haven't posted in ages!

16/08/2026

Have a couple more mural wallpaper jobs to slot in when I have a mo. This one was completed for a regular client in their absolutely superb home.
The pattern repeats simply on every 4th drop and looks so effective. Of course you can get made to measure and self design ones as well.

16/08/2026

Exhausting last few weeks in the heat doing externals. Ladder work is tiring. Obviously this one here wasn't off a ladder, I wouldn't fancy that, but we got it finished the other day in a fantastic colour scheme. Most of it was actually completed a couple of weeks a go but the scissor lift wouldn't get to the top section. We used it to complete the Red Berry earlier this year, another grand old lady of Bangor centre, and I still look at them and they look the same-ish height. Anyway, had to wait to get a big boy boom but done now.

We have completed a good few central properties this summer and we will post the others collectively.

11/08/2026

One of the guys at work today let me know about a week off he wanted.
I'm going on a road trip, he said.
With my dog.
Eh?
He explained his four-legged chum wasn't getting any younger and he wanted to make memories. Lush.

Not decorating related but I've been thinking this afternoon and I believe there would be few nicer ways to spend a week to be honest!
I'd love this but fat chance with this workload though and also told him no. He can have memories of painting houses like the rest of us 👍💪🖌

22/07/2026

A while back we painted over some Ian Lowry murals.
This week we have painted over some Josiepops.
Next week I think we will go for the Daddy and slap some paint over any original Bradleys' we may find!

Another shop front smartened up with the Freshen Up Grant 👍

19/07/2026

From drab to fab in a day ❤️
What lushness, what a transformation.
We have done internal work for this super client before but time to sort out the exterior. We also did round the back so it makes a fresh place to sit out and enjoy the glorious sun 🌞

25/06/2026

We are delighted with the transformation of the facade on this impressive executive home in Bangor.
Originally quoting for the old white to be done again the client decided instead to play with colours and the result is outstanding. French Grey for the masonry in Stormshield. The woodwork was in Lime White in quick dry Opaque Woodcare. The mouse was completed in Studio Green and this went all round the house perimeter.
All 2 coats.
Looks lush 😍

17/06/2026

This was a big beast. The largest stand alone property we have completed if you exclude niche developments and apartment blocks.
Huge period carehome in Ballymena. This hadn't been painted in an awful long time, reports varied from 15-20 years. And it looked like it. Very tired and rather uninviting. Now in Vert de Terre it looks super fresh. We completed all the masonry, soffits, fascias, rain water-goods but not doors or fencing.

17/06/2026

Some jobs are very physical. Big exteriors off ladders, high apartment stairwells.
Then there's jobs like this, that although constant moving is essential, really are mentally exhausting to complete in a day with the floor required to be done in both this superb spacious bedroom with walk-in wardrobe and a bathroom.
We had previously completed various projects for the clients at their magnificent Holywood home and they urgently required this room and bathroom completed before visitors stayed.
Coordinating people, drying times and movements when half the floor at a time is out of action is hectic. You have to keep an eye on surfaces drying. You have to constantly feel the air, is it too hot? too cold? air flow? humidity? When and where to turn heaters and central heating. When to open and shut windows. 3 coating of walls and floors, 2 coating of remaining wood. When to do filling. When to do sanding.Directing people, constantly updating on who does what. Something missed could throw it out. Its like conducting an orchestra all day 🤣
But we did it and doesn't look splendid! I say we did it but I came back the next day after allowing floor to settle and dry fully before applying 2 coats of Polyvine flat matt floor varnish to seal it.
Dull rooms to gorgeous rooms in less than 8 hours..