Paint it, don’t bin in!

This blasted pandemic and subsequent lockdown madness/inconvenience has resulted in an increase of people opting to upcycle/renovate their furniture, rather than buy new. A combination of shops being closed, preventing people from being able to actually go in to a store and see, and FEEL, what they are buying, whilst being sat in their homes...

Colour of the Month – Teal

Photo courtesy of Instagram.com/the_painted_bird Teal is a colour that is taking the interior design world by storm. Relatively unknown and unused until recently, these days teal is big news. It is said the name for teal originates from the teal duck, which has this colour around its eyes. A mix of blue and green, but...

A Cabinet Worthy of Your Vote

I've recently been working on upcycling an old television cabinet into a trendy and stylish drinks cabinet. Drinks cabinets have a chequered, interesting history in the world of furniture - if any a piece of furniture could talk to tell a tale! Drinks cabinets are synonymous with 1970's and 80's middle class England where, following...

Colour of the month – Bronze

OK, perhaps bronze isn't a 'colour' as such - it comes in many different subtle hues - but in keeping with the current trend for metallics used in interior design, I thought making it my colour of the month just felt right. Photo courtesy of amyreb_kb (Instagram) Bronze is a warm metal, which is tactile...

Patience is a golden virtue

Towards the end of 2018 I got some work in that was exciting and different, but never have I had a commission that has caused me such an emotional rollercoaster. Don't get me wrong, the ultimate resulting emotion was one of joy and pride, particularly when my lovely client sent me lots of beautiful photos...

My Colour of the Month – Gold

OK, so with it being the silly season and everyone doing all things festive I'm guessing the only decorating most people are doing right now is that of the tree, which would make either green or red very obvious colour choices for my Colour of the Month.  However, I've recently been involved with a commission...

Paint Colour of the Month – Purbeck Stone

Sorry for my recent quiet period on this blog site, things have been pretty hectic in The Painted Shack lately, so I simply haven't had time to be painting and blogging at the same time. I'm still busy and have a couple of really interesting projects on the go, but I thought I'd stop, put...

Oo la la. The renaissance of French Country design.

French Country is a beautiful and popular interior design style, which conjures up feelings of elegance, glamour, grace and beauty, whilst remaining comfortable and warm. Furnishings feature sensual curved lines, such as the legs of a Queen Anne chair, the curved arms on a sofa or the decorative frontage of an armoire. Very often furniture...

My Paint Colour of the Month – French Gray (F&B)

It probably hasn't escaped your notice that greys are in, in a big way, at the moment.  Grey is THE interior design staple of the moment.  It provides a great neutral backdrop to almost any other colour scheme you wish to throw at it; pinks, yellows, blues, purples, they all love being paired with grey. ...