Colour Your Mood

Warm colours make rooms smaller and are ideal in north facing rooms Cool colours make rooms appear larger, perfect for south facing rooms Widen long narrow corridors by keeping the sidewalls pale and facing/end walls in darker colours Feature walls are a great way to create a welcoming focal point in uninspiring rooms Brighten up dull corridors by using traditional pale colours on the upper wall and darker colours on the bottom

When choosing colour, do you ever think about how it affects the way it can make us act and feel?
In certain environments, colour can be a vital tool to promote specific moods and behaviour.
For example using particular colour combinations in work environments can help to influence creative expression and positivity.

	Yellow Confidence, optimism and brightness; ideal for living rooms
	Orange Stimulating, passionate, warm and friendly. Ideal for kitchens and leisure areas
	Red Physical courage, strength, warmth, energy and stimulation. Red is the primary colour that promotes conversation and creativity. Dark reds are particularly good for use in dining rooms
	Purple Elegance, quality, importance. Often used to indicate Royalty and historical influences
	Blue Intellectual, calming, communication. Blue as a primary colour promotes clear communication and has a calming effect, perfect for use in offices
	Green Harmony, environmental awareness, rejuvenation. This primary colour helps to promote feelings of security, ideal for use in bedrooms

Latest Stella Feeedback!

"Very many thanks for getting our paintwork corrected.  Paul is a very good worker. We will contact you again when we need any other paint work done."

M. Faber SW 19 London

"We were delighted with the work paul did in our house. He worked quickly and effeciently, and did a really good job. He was also very pleasant to deal with. We definitely plan to use your company again, and would have no hesitation in recommending Adam's Decorators to others". C.R TW11

Great tip for home decorating if you have a baby!

We recently redecorated our own house  It reminded me how much a lick of paint can make such a HUGE difference in the appearance of your home.

Here is an excellent tip if getting your main areas painted.  We have a toddler and I am allways wiping the walls clean so when we redecorated we used Johnstone's Acrylic Durable Matt. It is is a premium quality emulsion formulated for interior use on walls and ceilings.  It is a low odour paint which is washable and wipeable, providing a tough finish that is resistant to condensation, yellowing and most household stains.
So goodbye to Joshuas marks on the walls!

Genuine Customer Ratings

We have been rated by our customers as: 5 out of 5 for Quality, Value and Reliability.

These ratings - based on quality, value and reliability - have been provided by real customers through Rated People - learn more.

Sadiyah

SW6

11 Feb 2011 15:56

Internal Painting & Decorating in Tooting

"Work completed in the agreed time. First class painters. Worked quickly and tidied up afterwards. Definitely recommend this company."

 

Jeff

SW13

08 Feb 2011 09:57

Internal Painting & Decorating in Mortlake and Barnes Common

"I was very pleased with the results. Polite, punctual, and very good. Had walls made good, lined, and painted. Competitive very detailed quote. Will definitely recommend."

From a Happy Customer.

Dear Adam,

" Now that the jobis finished i can express my satisfaction with the work done by your painter, Peter.  Peter was able to complete the painting of both the inside and the outside of the house within the two weeks we had allowed for it, and not by cutting corners or rushing.  I have not come across a single paint sopt anywhere.

Peter was most courteous and pleasent throughout and I was most grateful whenever he lent a hand with heavy items to help restore order once a room was finished.

I would most certaintly be able to recommend your firm to anybody wanting good workmanship".

Yours sincerely

Mrs C.H.E. Blofeld - Middlesex

6 Tips for increasing your home’s value

1. Keep it clean. How your house appears goes a long way to increase house value. If you are looking at two identical homes, but one has trash in the yard, stains on the carpet and a strange odor, which one would you pay more for?

2. Repair highly visible problems. If the paint is flaking off, the screen door is hanging crooked and there are holes in the walls from doorknobs, the value of the house will significantly drop. Keep up on minor repairs and you will not be hit with a huge price tag to tidy things when it is time to sell.

3. Paint those 1970s era yellow and orange walls. Keeping colours up to date is a relative cheap way to increase house value. Replacing aged Formica and floor tile will help increase house value as well.

4. Add value by upgrading your countertops: Any room you have countertops – kitchen, bathroom, bars, or utility rooms the more money you can spend into a higher end countertop the better. Plastic laminate countertops are considered the lower end grade, solid surfacing, concrete and granite is considered to be the higher end grade. Consider overlay countertops that are made from composite granite/resin combination for the look of granite at a fraction of the cost.

5. Master bedrooms should feel like a retreat: The master bedroom or suite as some like to refer to it is a high commodity for home buyers.  Upgrade flat ceilings to raised tray ceilings and allow for several lighting options.  Recessed lighting with dimmers, lighting wall sconces help create an ambiance that has a high value in appeal and for the value of your home.

6. Paint inside and out. A fresh coat of paint always increases home values. Use earth tones, like muted greens, soft browns, rustic reds and soothing blues. Bold is not the way to go if you're trying to add value.

PAINTING WINDOWS

Painting next to the glass:

The most common problem people encounter is not achieving a good paint edge next to the glass, but don’t be tempted to use masking tape.  It is best to paint the wood next to the glass as straight as can. If it’s not brilliant, it can easily be tidied up afterwards using a bladed window scraper.

The paint should lap onto the glass by a fraction to seal the junction.

Order for painting a window frame:

There is a strict order of painting to follow if you want to get good results.

Remove all the window ironmongery first. Tap a small nail into the underside of the bottom rail. Wind a short length of an old wire coat hanger around this to form a temporary stay. This can be hooked into one of the screw holes in the frame as needed.

Many people are confused as to which part of the frame belongs to the inside and which to the outside when painting. The answer is the same as for doors, all frame edges up to and including the one against which the window closes belong to the outside.

Remember too, that the hinge edge of the opening part belongs to the inside paintwork.