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?)
The quality of light in your kitchen is very important. Not least because it’s very hard to cook in the dark. Mind you, whenever I make something for my children, they say it’s so bad I must have cooked it in the dark. [Sidenote—when I was a kid, my mum would only have to say “Or else...” when I refused to eat my greens, and I would gobble them up. These days, kids are too familiar with their universal human rights.]
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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.
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I couldn’t live without my hairdryer. I take it everywhere I go. My wife gets quite jealous. Partly because of the close bond I have with my hairdryer. Partly because mine cost more than hers.
I tell my wife she has nothing to worry about. It’s not like I keep track of when I first met my current hairdryer. (3rd February, 2018.)
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THE greatest honour in life is when someone names something after you. I don’t mean when your kids name things after you. Like 'Daddy’s chair'. Or 'Daddy’s no', which is a firm no that is easily overturned by a 'Mummy’s yes'. (By the way, a Lee Reeve 'Daddy’s yes' is equally brittle.)
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I’m quite well respected. Outside my own home, anyway. But that doesn’t mean that I simply stroll into jobs. Nor would I expect to. People entrust me with their dream kitchens. They are right to ask a few questions before hiring me.
I must tell you about one job that I didn’t land easily.
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The story of how a 24-year-old kitchen in Youghal, Co. Cork, was transformed by a lot of love and some gorgeous paint.
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It’s important to know for sure that once your kitchen is painted it is the colour you were expecting. Here is a story about how I made sure a client in Cork got the colour kitchen she wanted.
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