This was a great little project for a client in Gargrave, Yorkshire. She bought this little console table loving the shape and style of it but not  the finish. As you can see from the ‘before’ photos below, the paint effect it had been given wasn’t particularly sympathetic to the delicacy of the design. It was very dark and heavy […]

This painted marble effect Victorian fireplace was the second commission from a couple near Milton Keynes. The first fire surround I painted for them was in their lounge, this one was in the dining room. This too was in pretty poor condition and needed a fair bit of preparation before I could actually create the faux marble paint effect.  The […]

For this imitation painted marble project I traveled down to near Milton Keynes. The couple who commissioned me were doing extensive renovations to their home and wanted a specialist painter to faux marble two of their fireplaces and bring them back to their former Victorian glory. I absolutely love creating the illusion of marble with paint and these projects were […]

First Published on Traditional Painter For this project I was contacted by a lady in Halifax, West Yorkshire, who had inherited this lovely table and chairs and wanted to have it repaired and updated. The style she had decided upon was for the chairs and table base to be painted with the table top being left wood. A lovely choice […]

This Blog was first published on Traditional Painter For this project I traveled to Darrington near Pontefract to transform an oak kitchen table and four chairs. The client was changing her kitchen and wanted to update her table and chairs by painting it in a plain colour. I used Empire by Tikkurila, a fabulous furniture and kitchen paint that I […]

For this shabby chic painting project I headed down to Oare in Devon, where over the years I have done a lot of decorative painting and faux work for the same client. The manor house is beautiful as is the countryside around, and this time my main jobs were to transform a couple of fireplaces, creating a faux stone and […]