Posts Tagged ‘traditional techniques’

Hand Painted Kitchen – transformation ! Breakfast Wow!

Hand Painted Kitchen

Its great to get up and head off to a sparkly inspiring breakfast, you know, it’s how you feel when you think of breakfast on holiday …
We love giving kitchens that wow factor, and by handpainting an old tired wooden kitchen we can achieve the sparkle for you surprisingly quickly!

Here are some recent kitchen decorating projects – not showrooms, but real kitchens we have transformed for our clients.

Painted furniture and grand rooms

Traditional Painted Furniture by Harborough Decorators – Farrow & Ball Paints

Heritage Decorating by Harborough Decorators

Heritage Painting and Decorating by Harborough Decorators

Ta Dah! A stunning property in Devon –  beautiful sunlight reflecting from the sea and the glorious uninterrupted skies.

Interior decorating to painted furniture, painstaking care to decorate the plasterwork ceilings and walls, and exterior decorating to protect this listed building from the weather.

Blissful location for the Harborough Decorating team! , and a privilege to be working alongside other expert traditional craftsmen here. (Skillington’s of Derbyshire).

#Decorating #Craftsman #Painted Furniture #Painted Cupboards #Painted Kitchens

Hand Painted Furniture

Perfect Preparation again – in a lounge – hand painted furniture, coffee table and consoles. Expert treatments, expensive best quality brushes and tools and quality paints on beautifully smooth surfaces. Time, experience and knowledge. #Craftsman

The best wallcovering project a craftsman decorating team could wish for

Gold leaf on distemper with flock –

Craftsmanship wall coverings

Recently I spent time with Allyson McDermott, and had the privilege of seeing how a fine wallcovering was created in her studios prior to Harborough Decorators team hanging it in a very special location.
Using gold leaf, distemper and traditional flock, the results are truly outstanding, and will last for many many years. The room will inspire many who travel through or sit quietly and we are proud to have been associated with this historic space. A couple of pictures wont do the room justice. The light travels over the surface and is just amazing. There weren’t any offcuts – each drop was made to measure, each drop numbered to correspond to the plan as it went around the room. Made all the team feel very proud when it was finished!

Award Winning Decorating

Skilled Painter & Decorator

Painstakingly fine detailed decorating work

Award winning Results!

Easton Neston House, has won a RIBA award- and the quality of conservation work has been recognised. A major restoration project, we know that it takes more than just a skilled painter and decorator to be chosen to work in one of the finest country houses in England!

Our team has enjoyed bringing the home and European Headquarters to Leon Max to a magnificent standard, and was pleased to see it recently featured on television. With clear instruction from Ptolemey Dean Architects and inspired interior design, the rooms are a combination of refined elegance and Wow!

Heritage qualified, directed by Mac Devereux, the Team certainly understand the usual decorating history of construction of a traditional Listed Building and enjoy using both modern and traditional materials including limewash or gilding. At Easton Neston House, Towcester, it was a massive project! We had plenty of opportunity to appreciate and share extensive knowledge amongst a strong team of historic and heritage craftsmen.

Heritage Decorating Projects

A few pictures of recent Heritage type work we have done. Mac Devereux-Batchelor and his team of decorators combined years of craftsman expertise to beautiful effect on Wesleys Chapel, London, and also at Jesus College Cambridge, The Masters Lodge. The team have worked many times at Wrest Park, one of Englands exceptional Gardens

Wesley’s Chapel, London

Wrest Park – one of the finest Gardens in England

Jesus College Cambridge, Gilded column

Interior Decorating

Interior decorating work – grand houses or small cottages. Town houses and seaside hideaways!

Craftsman interior decorator

We love bringing life into old buildings, our expert Heritage Qualified team of painters and decorators have a good idea what lies behind crumbling walls and wobbly lath plasterwork – we respect the years of history, and family rough & tumble that the house has witnessed.

Corridor at Calverton Manor

Old and new techniques are embraced and our craftsmen happily use all types of paint and wallcoverings. Here are a couple of pictures of work undertaken and featureed at at CalvertonManor

Listed building – decorating work at Calverton Manor

Hand Painted Traditional Furniture

Finished Hand Painted Furniture

Hand Painted furniture in progress

This shows how our favourite Little Greene paint has been used to transform traditional dark wood furniture. Mackenzie Devereux-Batchelor has over thirty five years experience in painting and decorating, achieving the highest possible award, NVQ3 Heritage – Painting & Decorating.

Time spent developing the team at Devereux Decorators, has also ensured traditional skills have been shared between apprentices and old time served craftsmen.