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    Master craftsman, Andy Crichton works in Cheshire & NW, specialising in hand-painting kitchens & complete redecoration of properties pre-1919 to ultra modern. If you appreciate traditional values, efficiency, quality & value for money, contact Andy about your next project.

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Classes in decorative paint finishes in Perth, Scotland

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Classes in decorative paint finishes in Perth, Scotland

The Carte Blanche workshop in Perth, Scotland, is where working professionals, Cait and Gibson, give classes in decorative paint finishes. Techniques include graining, marbling, and faux wall finishes. Classes are suitable for professional decorators and keen DIY painters, artists. Cait Whitson, who is one of the trusted specialist kitchen painters I have listed on this [...]

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Painting and decorating classes

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If you stop learning you should stop painting! If you are in the Nottingham area, make sure you get on courses with Russ Pike. Suffice to say, he has one foot in college and one foot firmly planted in the best that is going on in the real decorating world. Up in Scotland (and in [...]

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4 reasons for painting – plus one

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“What are the 4 reasons for painting?” For many painters out there, that question may sound as hard to answer as “Why are we here?” But if you remember your college days, the answer should trip off the tongue. DIPS Decoration Information Preservation Sanitation 1 – Decoration – adding colour to a space (hopefully with [...]

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