Choosing the finish
The consultation exists because a decorative finish is very hard to judge from a photograph — ours or anybody else's.
Why a sample board settles it
These finishes change with the light. A metallic or a flake finish is doing something different at ten in the morning and at eight at night, and a screen flattens all of that out. We make boards up in the actual finish, in the colours you are considering, so you can stand them against the wall in question and look at them for a few days.
It is worth doing on colour too. A grey that looks right on a chart can go blue in a north-facing room, and a warm wall colour will pull a metallic warm with it.
What usually narrows the choice
Not taste — use. A kitchen splashback has to be wipeable and take a scrub. A shower has to be waterproofed properly and sealed. A hall gets knocked. A coastal exterior has salt to deal with before anything goes on it. In practice the room rules out more finishes than it rules in, and that is the useful part of the conversation.
What we can show you
Sample boards
In the finish and colour under discussion, to keep and to move around the room.
Colour
The ranges available in each system, and what can and cannot be matched.
Texture
The same colour reads differently smooth, worked or granulated.
What suits the room
Waterproofing, wipeability and wear, which usually narrow the choice more than taste does.
Our Process
1. Tell us about the room
What it is for, what it takes, and what you want it to feel like. A splashback, a chimney breast and a whole exterior are three different conversations.
2. We come and look
The light in a room decides more about a finish than the colour chart does, and it is the one thing that cannot be judged remotely.
3. Sample boards
We make boards up in the finishes and colours under discussion so you can stand them against your own wall, in your own light, at the time of day you actually use the room.
4. Decide, then quote
Once the finish and the colour are settled, the quote can be accurate.
Ready to Transform Your Space?
Get in touch to discuss your project — from a single feature wall to a complete renovation, we'd love to help.