When we moved into our first married home together six years ago, my husband and I chose a brand new spanking house that had just been built by the Twigden builders and obviously needed nothing doing to it. I love new houses for their modern crisp look and for the fact that they are ready to move into and you do not need to do any decorating to them. We even got to choose some of the decorations ourselves such as the colours of the tiles and things like that. I would love to buy a run down home in the future and do it up ourselves but for that time in our life when we were both working long hours in London a new home was just what we needed. Fast forward about ...  Read the complete review

I spend some of my spare time refurbishing wooden furniture (mostly pine and oak tables and dressers) and although I am a total amateur, during the time I have been doing this I have picked up a fair bit of experience, much of it through my own mistakes. I find the whole process relaxing and rewarding. I am lucky enough to have a small workshop, kitted out with all my bits and bobs, with music system and beer fridge etc, but you can just as easily set up in your garage or even a spare room. It gives me time away from my other half and if you knew me than you'd know how much she values that! It also keeps me out of mischief/the pub and gives me a sense of ...  Read the complete review

Bought the paint runner system and have to say I got on very well with it.As a professional builder i've tried quite a few over the years and found this to be one of the better ones. It is a bit tedious having to keep topping up cylinder but didn't hinder job too much! Used my own sturdy extension pole which certainly stabilised the roller far better than the pole with the kit. Would recommend overall ...  Read the complete review

Bought Paint Runner - liked how it sounded. Don't waste your money. The paint needs to be thinned before using, but then it needs at least 2 coats, whereas using a paint pad which doesn't splatter or an ordinary roller which does splatter, you can do the job with one coat of paint. When full, this paint runner is very heavy. only good thing - it didn't splatter paint, but I shan't be using it again. Go back to brush, roller or best of all paint pad. Using this paint runner and the paint I normally use. I needed 3 coats of paint - with a paint pad I only need one coat. Less work, less time, less ...  Read the complete review

Fed up with this English summer I decided to decorate my dining room. Could have got someone in to do it for me, or waited until the family could help, but no, I had to do it there and then while I was in the mood and the house was empty of anyone getting in my way. First tip - if you are going to decorate, don't do it on impulse! Prepare the room first, by moving out all the furniture, or putting it into the middle of the floor and cover with dust sheets. Also take down the curtains and blinds. Commonsense? Maybe to you and me, but at one of the houses we moved into, the previous owners had painted the walls only as far as the curtains and television ...  Read the complete review