Zen painting and decorating

Zen painting and decorating Zen painting and Decorating, offers a quality decorating service to homeowners In Farnham and surrounding areas. My decorating pedigree.

I have been a painter and decorator for more than 40 years, following my father into the trade who had a decorating company and gave me a good start. My Grandfather on my mother’s side was a decorator with the highest reputation in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. All of his boys, 5 in number followed him into the trade. So I am the third generation of painters; it’s in my blood. I believe that gett

ing the right start and having the good fortune of having a good teacher is the foundation for any good tradesman. I have been most fortunate and am particularly grateful to two people who have had the greatest influence on me as a tradesman. I was apprenticed to Malcolm Philips, a wallpaper specialist who not only taught me to hang wallpaper to the highest standard but also showed me the meaning of integrity; never compromising the quality of ones work even when no one but you would know the difference. I learned the meaning of taking pride in your work and the pursuit of excellence. I had the opportunity to work full time hanging wallpaper and received instruction on a vast range of wall coverings including silk strand, foil and later hand printed wallpaper. Over the years I have enjoyed working with all varieties of wallpaper always looking for ways to produce a perfect end result. After working with Malcolm and my father I went to work under the guidance of Dave Puttock of Fleet who shaped my skills with the paint brush. Dave was old school maintaining the highest reputation in his family established business since 1942. He patiently pushed my skill set up a few levels and taught me much about the traditional approach to decorating period properties. Sadly Dave was involved in a fatal car accident in 1987 and his widow Margret passed the good will of the business on to me. I ran the business in my own name for 5 years before taking time out to travel when recession hit. After some years traveling I came back to Farnham and went to work for my friend Jamie Elstow managing Director of Marshels of Farnham. I worked for Marshels for 15 years which took me into a large variety of projects working as a foreman. From Palladian Mansions for National trust, to commercial sites and the homes of a many people who would become regular clients that I would return to on request over the years. I was lucky to build some nice working relationships with these clients and always enjoyed this aspect of the job. Marshels supplied me with many wallpapering jobs and many jobs that involved specialist paint finishes. Over the years I have refined my skills and pride myself on achieving the finest finish; smooth to touch and crisp, tight sight lines.

This door is a thing of beauty, Little Greene mid azure green, mixed into Tikkurila Miranol.For Farnham Estates in St Ge...
14/07/2025

This door is a thing of beauty, Little Greene mid azure green, mixed into Tikkurila Miranol.
For Farnham Estates in St George's Yard.

Little Greene paint company in the colour Canton, intelligent matt, on the walls, Benjamin moore Scuff X in Super white ...
12/04/2023

Little Greene paint company in the colour Canton, intelligent matt, on the walls, Benjamin moore Scuff X in Super white satin on the woodwork.

We took great satisfaction in revitalising this Hall stairs and landing in the lovely village of Chawton. Using Benjamin...
28/04/2022

We took great satisfaction in revitalising this Hall stairs and landing in the lovely village of Chawton. Using Benjamin Moore Scuff X on the woodwork and Little Greene, Slaked Lime Dark on the walls. These photos show the progression of the thorough preparation and the resultant fine finish.

A pleasure to work on this remarkable property.
10/11/2021

A pleasure to work on this remarkable property.

Some challenging ceilings in this project, with critical light. Using Tikkurila anti reflex 2, which gives a deep matt f...
26/06/2021

Some challenging ceilings in this project, with critical light. Using Tikkurila anti reflex 2, which gives a deep matt finish and eliminates flashing which can be a problem on ceilings.
Fired Earth colour Tempest, on feature wall in the kitchen area, and durable white matt on the rest of the walls.

A mural of marble from "I love wallpaper"
26/06/2021

A mural of marble from "I love wallpaper"

Yesterday my eldest son Cullan, was helping a friend with odd jobs at the new home of his friends client. The client has...
28/02/2021

Yesterday my eldest son Cullan, was helping a friend with odd jobs at the new home of his friends client. The client has had decorators there stripping wallpaper. Cullan spotted this message from his Dad 30 years ago..now what are the chances of that!

Some recent wallpapering projects.
17/09/2020

Some recent wallpapering projects.

Before and after; refurbished kitchen; painted with Benjamin Moore Scuff X in Shorline.These tired oak units cleaned pre...
31/08/2020

Before and after; refurbished kitchen; painted with Benjamin Moore Scuff X in Shorline.
These tired oak units cleaned prepared and painted. Walls in Little Greene French Grey, Tiles painted also in Zinsser mixed into French grey Dark.

Benjamin Moore have developed a superb product in Scuff X. A waterborne paint with exceptional qualities that make it my...
31/07/2020

Benjamin Moore have developed a superb product in Scuff X. A waterborne paint with exceptional qualities that make it my paint of choice on woodwork.

Benjamin Moore introduces Ultra Spec® SCUFF-X®, a scuff-resistant interior latex paint with extreme durability for high-traffic, high-scuff prone areas. Watc...

14/11/2019

A recent project in Farnham, Kitchen units painted French Grey mid, in Benjamin Moore Scuff X. This is the first time using this highly durable product for high traffic areas. Very impressive qualities to this paint with a very high price tag. Walls, Little Greene company French Grey Pale.

Protection is paramount before starting the decorating process. At Zen painting and decorating the utmost care is taken ...
27/06/2019

Protection is paramount before starting the decorating process. At Zen painting and decorating the utmost care is taken to ensure your property is protected.

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