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Limewash: The Soft Finish With Centuries of History
Limewash is one of the oldest wall finishes known to the home, and its appeal has never truly faded. Made from slaked lime thinned with water, it sink
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Renovation from the Abingdon Paint Finishes journal.
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Warming Up a North-Facing Room With Colour
North-facing rooms receive a cool, constant light that flatters some colours and flattens others. Without direct sun, the light carries a faintly blue
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How to Use Paint in the Backyard
The garden is an open-air room that rewards thoughtful colour. Painted fences, sheds, furniture, and walls all offer a canvas. Considered colour turns
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Why Softly Aged Colours in the Home
There is a quiet beauty in a colour that looks gently faded by time. Where a fresh, saturated shade can feel new and loud, a faded one feels settled.
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Damp-Resistant Colour for the Bathroom
The bathroom is a demanding room to decorate, caught between beauty and the battle with moisture. Steam, splashes, and condensation test any paint to
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The Quiet Appeal of A Blue Room
Blue is perhaps the most universally loved colour, and its reach across the home is enormous. It can feel fresh as sky in one room and brooding as mid
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Sampling colour in the light that counts
A colour that sings in the shop can sulk on your own wall. The aspect reshapes every shade. Trial it where it will actually hang.
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Where colour theory guides a palette
Colour moves in pairs, and the colour wheel charts how they relate together. Opposite colours sharpen each other, while near shades harmonise. Knowing
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Upcycling Furniture with Paint
Turning dated or tired furniture into something fresh with careful cleaning, keying, the right paint and a protective finish.
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Refreshing Exterior Masonry
How to clean, repair and repaint rendered and masonry walls so the finish protects as well as it decorates.
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Restoring Tired Woodwork
Bringing skirtings, doors, frames and banisters back to life through careful stripping, repair, sanding and refinishing.
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Repainting a Damp or Previously-Mouldy Wall
Why you must cure the cause before you touch a brush, and how to safely treat and repaint a wall that has suffered damp or mould.