Limewash picture from Heritage Directory I have spent a lovely few hours yesterday painting the rear of my house using some limewash. I made the limewash using some mature lime putty mixed up with water. The mix is around 60:40 …
or or Paint is often seen as the gateway into eco products so it is really important to understand and appreciate, but what makes a paint ‘eco’ and why should we choose them over the more conventional options? There are a …
I was a little perplexed about which picture to choose for this post and I eventually realised that the only one really is the one pictured. Basically I had to paint over a mark on my bedroom wall. Now with …
A piece of testing equipment! I had a question last week about which paint to use on a lime plastered wall that would be subject to heavy traffic. Now I had always used the official data for this answer, which …
One of our customers has built a great new eco-home in Cardiff (see above) and used our lovely earthborn EcoPro Emulsion paint throughout. Looks great both from the outside and the in! Have a look at http://earthbornpaints.co.uk/case-study/architects-home-is-a-statement-in-sustainability/ Nic and Carolyn …
Earthborn have been busy. Thanks to a request from the Lush chain of shops, they pulls sleeves up, dug deep etc and have come up with a new washable eco-emulsion. Based on their excellent EcoPro range, the new formulation has …
Old terraces in South Wales look great and they can be a really good buy, however they can also bring their fair share of headaches as your keen-ness to improve the house and make it your home takes hold. Many …
Buying an old terrace house? Fore warned is fore armed! Read more »
Auro have developed a new tool for choosing colours for the different rooms in your house. This is a free on-line interaction programme that allows you to choose different designs for walls and wood quickly and easily so that you …
At the end of decorating you will no doubt have some paint left over. These remnants can be very useful for touching up at a later date (especially since claypaints have no static charge and hence do not attract the …
There are a wide range of issues associated with insulating solid walls and this has been illustrated by some of the results seen with the ARBED 1 programme in Wales. With our current obsession with energy and carbon we have …
