Painting & Decorating

If the basic structure of your building is in good condition, you can achieve dramatic changes and improvements to the decor of your home with various simple, and relatively inexpensive, techniques.

Changes to the colour and/or texture of a wall can make a huge difference to the 'feel' of a room. For example, light colours can make a small room look bigger, a subtle blending of shades can give a feeling of increased depth to a short room, and reds and oranges can make a cold north facing room feel warmer.

Walls & Ceilings

• Guide to paint
• Wallpaper
• Floor & wall tiles

Paint stripping

• Introduction to paint stripping
• Chemical strippers

• Calculating the amount of paint required
  The amount of paint needed will vary by type and application, use our guide to help ensure you purchase the correct quantity.

Painting window frames

• Introduction to painting windows
• Guide to painting new wood window frames
• Guide to re-painting wooden window frames
• How to paint a hinged window frame
• How to paint a sliding window frame

Painting wooden doors

• Introduction to painting doors
• Tips for painting a new wood door
• Successfully repainting a wooden door
• How to paint a flush door
• How to paint a panelled door
• How to paint a ledged & braced door

• Full list of windows & doors topics
  Both windows and doors are available in a huge variety of sizes, formats and materials. Use our guide to find more.

Radiators

• Ideas for decorating radiators
• How to paint a radiator
• Full guide to radiators

Tools

• Basic toolbox
• Basic decorating kit

Further information and useful links

• Full guide to bathrooms
• Full guide to kitchens
• Successfully damp proofing your home
• Adding an extension to your property

• Find a Decorators Merchants near you
• Find a Paint Materials store near you
• Find a Paint Stripper near you
• Find a Wallpaper Materials store near you
• Find a Tile Store near you
• Find a Decorator near you