Paul Barber
Chalon kitchen in Northampton
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Paul Barber is our longstanding Traditional Painter member for Northants, Herts, Beds and Bucks. His client had inherited a Chalon kitchen in Northampton. Paul delivered a showroom quality finish as usual, but not without a great deal of hard extra work. Unfortunately the previous painter from years ago was not too keen on attention to Read Morehand painting a kitchen coated in Danish oil
Blog, hand-painted furniture, hand-painted kitchen, Neil Callender, Paul Barber
Earlier, Paul Barber explained about hand painting a kitchen coated in Danish oil. After 20 years of oiling, the kitchen in Northampton was a bit of a mess and the clients weren’t sure it could be salvaged. All’s well that ends well. Here is a reminder of the result of Paul transforming that particular kitchen. Read Morehand painted kitchen in Northampton – 20 years old
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This is a transformation and a half. A hand painted kitchen in Northampton – 20 years old – bespoke pine kitchen – previously finished in very sticky Danish Oil – a bit of a mess. The brief Paul Barber, Traditional Painter for Northampton, was approached earlier this year to find out if it was even Read MorePaul Barber Traditional Painter Q&A
I asked Paul Barber Traditional Painter, a few questions in order to provide some background to how he arrived at this point in his career. What part of the UK do you cover for Traditional Painter? Northampton, Bedfordshire, Bucks and Hertfordshire. No more than an hour from our base. At what age did you first Read MoreClean down and paint a waxed wooden kitchen in Ecton
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Paul Barber, Traditional Painter in Northampton had quite a challenge to paint a waxed wooden kitchen in Ecton. There was 15 years of wax build-up to clean down, prior to painting. Ease the way The addition of paint to the edges of drawers etc on some clear finished kitchens can affect the tolerances, to the Read MoreAn oak kitchen in Northampton renovated and hand painted
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Traditional Painter, Paul Barber, hand paints kitchens for amongst others, A Bell & Co Ltd of Kingsthorpe. He knows his craft, and this oak kitchen in Northampton needed rather more than a clean down, before getting to the finishing line. It came out well though. Photos from the client. Repair first I recently undertook the Read MoreFired Earth Hand Painted Kitchens in Silverstone
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Marnie Kitchens of Monmouth have been commissioned by Fired Earth to design and install hand painted kitchens in 14 luxury homes in Silverstone Northants. Traditional Painter Paul Barber was asked to paint them. I recently undertook a contract for Marnie Kitchens of Wales to paint bespoke kitchen furniture on a new housing development in Silverstone Read MoreWallpapering Staircase in a Period Property in Northamptonshire
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Some more information about wallpapering a staircase in a period property in Northamptonshire, from Traditional Painter’s Paul Barber who is a master wallpaper hanger. Preparing the walls The walls had some quite bad cracks, which where cut out by scraping the cracks through with a shave hook. I seal the cracks with PVA and once Read MoreHanging Wallcovering To A Period Property Staircase In Northamptonshire
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Northampton-based Paul C Barber is a master wallpaper hanger, and here he is running through the fundamentals of papering a large staircase, not a task for the faint hearted! An article covering the finer points will follow. I recently redecorated a period property in Northamptonshire, it was a spiral design stairs with large hall and Read More
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