B & Q Colours Range

I was very disappointed when B & Q ceased to stock their New England range of paint as I found this to be far superior to the 'standard' brands that I had used for years, Dulux, Crown etc. Coverage and application and versatility were first class and, although slightly more pricey, fully worth the extra few shillings. On contacting the B & technical people I was advised that the new 'Wherever' paint range has virtually the same properties as 'New England'. If this is so, and I have no reason to doubt the fact, I shall be extremely satisfied to continue using this new range. Today's visit to the local B & Q warehouse proved to be highly ...  Read the complete review

I have normally always bought the following brands of paint: Johnstons Dulux Crown WHY? Probably because thats what my parents bought and I had some sort of blind loyalty to what is normally perceived to be the best brands. I first thought I would go for B&Q's brand when I noticed in House Beautiful magazine (a well respected decorating mag in the UK) that they won best paint, over the other brands. Well the paints in the B&Q range in my opinion are defanately worth consideration. Firstly they are made by DuPont, who are experts in this field, secondly although they are a bit more expensive (the one coat ...  Read the complete review

When you paint your walls with emulsion, what do you expect the result to be like? You expect a nice smooth, evenly coloured finish don’t you? In that case, we have something in common because I expect the very same thing. I’ve plans to decorate the whole house, but where most people would go for the living room first, I decided to start on the loo. It’s a little room, but also a fiddly room with all those pipes running here, there and everywhere so I wanted to get it over and done with. I’d collected lots of colour charts and spent a few evening musing over the blue tones. The choice fell on what I thought was a nice, deep blue vinyl ...  Read the complete review