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 […]

This kitchen island painting project was a real pleasure to do and something very unique. The clients wanted to make it a real feature and create an effect that would compliment an old Chesterfield sofa that sat in the corner of the room. They were in the throws of renovating their old lakeside house and were doing everything as sympathetically […]

I painted these faux stone walls on the exterior of a conservatory in a home in West Yorkshire. The clients contacted me as the original stone effect, which had been done some 15yrs previously, was now looking very faded and had worn badly in places (see photo below). As with most of my faux work some sort of preparatory base […]

For this specialist decorating project I travelled to the lovely village of Thorner, near Leeds. The commission came about during a conversation with one of the clients friends, whose roll top bath I had faux marbled a few years previously. The client had been looking for a decorative solution for his archway for some time, and whilst talking to his […]

Painted faux marble is a great way to change the look your cast iron, slate or wooden fireplace. By faux marbling a fireplace you can create a hand painted feature that is unique and a great focal point of any room. Faux marbling is also a much used technique in the restoration of Victorian fire surrounds, which have often been […]

This rustic wall paint effect was done in one of the spare rooms at the stately Oare Manor in Devon.  Each of the rooms was being completely revamped, with each having its own particular style and feel. For this bedroom and en-suite the clients wanted a shabby chic look, with the walls and furniture having a rustic look with subtle […]

I panted this colourwash paint effect in the master en-suite bathroom of some very good clients of mine. Over the years I have designed and created a variety of different paint finishes throughout the house, including broken colour finishes in the master bedroom and kitchen, three-tone stripes in the dining room and a metallic pearlescent finish in the lounge, to […]

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 […]