Traditional decorating service
About Andy Crichton
As a time-served decorating professional, I feel it is only right to share my knowledge in order to maintain or raise standards in my trade. Prospective clients also need to see what sort of service they should expect from true professionals.
This website just about covers everything I know and do.
Hand-painted kitchens
New timber doors, MDF, lacquered oak, waxed pine, laminate… all can be prepared to a very high standard with specialist abrasives, dust extraction and high tech primers. FAQ
For traditional paint finishes/colours, Little Greene is outstanding. Farrow and Ball is retail quality. Kitchen painters in your area.
Interior painting and decorating
Is your home big, tricky or old? Professional interior decorating services don’t come cheap, but shoddy work costs more! If you appreciate attention to detail, cleanliness & excellent value for money, you should call in a master craftsman who knows what they are doing.
I’m in Cheshire. These specialist decorators service rest of UK!
Paint colour advice
If you spend hours leafing through beautiful magazines, comparing swatches and matching fabrics, only to retreat in shame with a fancy-named tin of beige, can I suggest you contact Lilou Interiors for a colour consultation – either online or in person. Without doubt the final scheme will suit you, your home & your budget.
Hand-painted furniture
To revive an oak cabinet, favourite pine dresser or beige laminate cupboard, you can have them hand-painted in a durable satin / eggshell finish, in any colour you like.
Hand-painting wooden furniture adds years to its life. For DIY’ers, here’s how to paint pine furniture like a pro.
Painting & decorating tips
I operate a no secrets policy, and regularly publish my best decorating tips and tricks on my blog.
Suitable for the trade & keen DIY decorators, emphasis is on best practice from start to finish. It’s quicker that way.
Refurbish a kitchen
The kitchen is the hub of the home for many, and secretly, could always do with more storage, a smarter layout, or be a different colour… But looking at it financially, practically, and environmentally, throwing out a pretty decent kitchen and fitting a brand new custom kitchen is rightly the last thing on many people’s minds.
However, rather than putting up with less than perfect for another 10 years, there are creative alternatives to a full blown kitchen re-fit.
So, although you may have dismissed the option of a brand new Mark Wilkinson kitchen for tens of thousands, (or a B&Q kitchen, which isn’t exactly cheap as chips), there is no reason why you can’t completely transform your current kitchen with a few smart modifications and upgrades – and end up with a more sophisticated new look at a fraction of the price and hassle of ripping out and starting afresh. More…
If you are in Cheshire looking to have your property decorated to a really high standard with minimal fuss and disruption, or...
Looking for ideas or costings to refurbish a tired kitchen or hand-paint a new one? Please contact me via the form below.
If I can't help, I'll know another specialist decorator in the UK who can.
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