Spray painting is a popular method for painting kitchens, not least because it can be done much more quickly than painting a kitchen by hand. But the final look and feel of a spray-painted kitchen is very different from a hand-painted one. As with everything, there are pros and cons.
Read MorePainting kitchens takes a lot of grit. I’m not talking about the kind of grit it takes to walk barefoot up Croagh Patrick. Kitchen painting is physically demanding, but I’ll choose it over shoeless mountaineering any day.
No, I’m talking about the kind of grit you find on sandpaper.
I’ve asked The Paint Hub in Carlow for some help with this month’s blog post.
I’ve been buying my paint from them for many years now. Even though I’m based in Cloyne, Co. Cork—which is the same distance from Carlow as the Earth is to the Moon. The service, expertise and the range of paint they stock makes it very worthwhile for me to deal with them over that distance. They are simply out of this world. (Did you see what I did there?)
At the end of the year, I like to:
Look back on the year that’s been
Look forward to the year ahead
Doing so fills me with a great sense of gratitude. This year in particular.
Looking back, I think 2020 is best described as …
Read MoreDisaster!
That was the only thing going through my mind.
The acrid smell of a burned-out motor filled my nostrils. My stomach tightened with anxiety. The one piece of kit I absolutely cannot do without had just flamed out and died. In the middle of a job too.
When people say the word ‘vinyl’, it usually means one of two things:
They are old and about to bore you witless with stories of how music was better when Led Zeppelin were still performing back in medieval times.
Or:
I admire anyone who has a go at something themselves. I honestly do. Even if it’s painting their own kitchen cabinets and units. Actually… especially if it’s painting their own kitchen cabinets and units. I know how demanding that can be. And, between you and me, if you don’t know what you’re doing, it can go wrong quickly. A bit like flying an aeroplane.
Read MoreWhile most of the kitchens I paint are in houses in Munster, I do travel all over Ireland. In fact, I’ll be in Ennis painting a kitchen when this post appears. And I have several Dublin kitchens booked this year already.
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