Little Greene

Martin Guest Traditional Painter for Staffordshire, tells us about a recent hand painted kitchen in Haughton. 07835351943   

Martin Guest is our Traditional Painter for Shropshire  and runs us through a hand painted kitchen in Oswestry Shropshire, and has a new gadget that will interest handle fitters   contact Martin: tel:+447835351943   This Traditional Painter job was a hand painted kitchen in West Felton, Shropshire. From the communication and photos we received, we thought Read More

Professional decorating specialist and Traditional Painter, Martin Guest, explains how he tackled this hand painted kitchen in Great Wyrley, Staffs.   Tel: 07835351943 Preparing a wooden kitchen for painting On my advice, all handles had been replaced (2 hole handles instead of 1), and tiles and work surfaces had also been upgraded prior to me Read More

For a change of pace, I am going to share recent Q&A with Traditional Painter. The advice was given one-to-one, but seems useful to share with the many. What brush brands do you recommend?  …brush choice depends on a few factors. If you are using acrylic paints, a synthetic bristle is essential. For painting very Read More

What is the best colour for a kitchen in Kent? Good question! In our experience, colour picking tends to be the most problematic aspect of the kitchen painting process for clients.  Emma Brown, Traditional Painter for Kent, has a background in interior design and was able to draw on her extensive experience to help her Read More

Mark Roberts, Traditional Painter covering N Wales, used his high tech paint kettle to hot coat a pine kitchen in Caernarfon with Symphony paint. This was really smart use of Mark’s product knowledge to achieve a perfect brushed finish. Whilst working on a kitchen project in Caernarfon I received an enquiry less than 2 miles Read More

A hand painted kitchen St Helens, it started life as a Neville-Johnston limed oak kitchen. From the photos of the kitchen before work commenced, I could see that it was still in good shape after many years of regular use, but it looked a little dated. In addition to painting, there were plans to change Read More

For this recent kitchen project I was phoned by a lady in Linton who wanted her bespoke hand made Jeremy Wood kitchen hand painted. It had been installed over 10 years ago and was now looking quite tired in places and a little dated. I asked if she could send me over some photos and Read More

At Traditional Painter, we are willing to help anyone with more than a passing interest in decorating. Homeowner Jan has written an explanation of how she went about DIY painting a solid mahogany kitchen herself after a consultation and referencing info on the site. I’m a novice painter, and wanted to hand-paint my own kitchen. Read More

This post was written in 2010 but May 2012 still holds true. May 2014, main text unchanged. Little Greene paint still performing and sourced from Paints and Interiors. Oil eggshell enamel from Tikkurila continues to prove super tough and low sheen. Farrow and Ball Estate eggshell still a lovely finish, some technical shortcomings on specifications Read More