Painting & decorating are always a great way to add new life to your home. House painting contractors can provide wonderful ideas to modernize an out dated home and bring it to the current styles. There are many great do it yourself project ideas that one can obtain through local home improvement stores; however, if you have not done much painting and decorating on your own before, it is always a good idea to consult or hire a house painting contractor to do the job for you.

Although many of us want to try to save a dollar by doing the projects on our own with the economy the way it is today, it is a good idea to remember that professional house painting contractors and their crew can perform painting & decorating in a fraction of the time and with less mess than most can do on their own.

The time it takes the average person to decide on the best painting and decorating ideas, purchase all the materials needed to do the job, and get started on the job, it can seem over whelming and most DIY enthusiasts will give up and decide it is not worth the hassle or the time to begin the project. Professional house painting contractors can swoop in, take control of the project, get the project completed in a timely and no mess manner, and be gone, leaving you with a beautifully, well groomed, fresh paint of coat or stain, which leaves your property looking fresh and new.

So, before undertaking painting & decorating on your own, it is recommended to evaluate your own time, energy, and patience for such a project. Once you have considered this, it is recommended to contact a professional, most which will give free estimates, and get a quote.

By the time you evaluate their quote verses your own hassle and ability to get the job done, it is well worth hiring the professional instead. Once it is all complete, you can look at your home and see what a few swipes of a brush with fresh paint or stain did to bring a new life back to your home.

To find out more about using house painting contractors you should visit our website where you can browse our range of painting & decorating services.

When faced with the idea of decorating our homes many of us simply try and ignore the problem and hope it goes away.  It can be a daunting task, especially if the whole house is in need of refurbishment or if you are not a particularly confident or enthusiastic DIY-er!  Which is why it is often easier to call in a professional painter & decorator, to ensure the job gets done properly and to let yourself off the hook.

If you don’t know your decoupage from your dado or have trouble distinguishing your emulsion from your eggshell then it is definitely time to put your paintbrushes down, hang up the dust sheets and let the experts take over.

Painting & decorating might sound easy but it is anything but simple.  There are many things to consider such as the preparation of surfaces, the correct selection of brushes and rollers and keeping to the client’s specifications in terms of finish, style and colour scheme.

A professional painter & decorator can offer services that the amateur DIY enthusiast simply cannot match.  They know which materials to use on which surfaces, which brushes and rollers to use with each different type of paint and will have all the specialist equipment to reach those hard-to-get-at places.

They will also be much quicker.  Consider that if you paint a room yourself you will have to fit this around going out to work, taking the kids to football and doing your other daily chores.  A professional can probably turn the job around in less than half the time, after all, that it their job – to do your painting & decorating!

Or, if you start the work yourself and find that you don’t have the time or proficiency to complete the job, a professional will be able to put right anything that you might have done wrong or pick up where you left off and get the job finished for you.

There are many advantages to using a professional painter & decorator, even if it is for the simple reason to give you peace of mind as you know that the work will be completed efficiently and to a high standard.  It takes away the worry of having to select the right products and equipment for the job and it enables the project to be finished in less time.

Mercedes Direct in Barking were recently driven to upgrade their interiors and we are pleased to announce that Marshels were able to competently complete the task.

This refurbishment project included:

• Reception refurbishment
• Used Van Sales department refurbishment
• Electrical work
• Carpentry
• Painting to all interiors

Please contact us for more information on this project or to find out more about our painting and decorating services.

Other recent projects include the refurbishment of windows at Mottisfont Abbey, a National Trust property in Romsey, Hampshire:

For more information on this refurbishment project or to find out more about our extensive range of refurbishment projects please visit our website.

Not wanting to boast about getting a ‘hole-in-one’ but rather keen to brag about one of our latest projects, we simply have to share the news with you about our recent refurbishments at Effingham Golf Club.

We carried out external refurbishments to the Grade II listed building pictured below, which included the restoration of the windows:

For more information on this project or to find out more about our services please visit our website.