Porch makeover with Lick paint 

Posted by Graham Smith, on July 17, 2023. Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Your hallway, or in my case porch, is the first thing you and your guests see when entering a house. Therefore, I think it needs to set the tone for the style of your home… a little taste of what’s to come, so to speak. As my porch was as bland as could be, with […]

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How to paint a Shepherd’s Hut – part 1

Posted by Graham Smith, on November 4, 2022. Tags: , , , , , ,

painting shepherd's hut

Intro “A woman must have the money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction” – Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own. Never a truer word and for this blog we will concentrate on that room and how to make it the perfect writer’s retreat. For me that is a […]

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Painting a wall with Lick Paint

Posted by Graham Smith, on June 8, 2022. Tags: , , , ,

By Helen Moore of Whitewood and Linen  There has been a great deal of renovation work going on in our home of late. One area we reconfigured was a large and dismal old bathroom, turning it instead into two much needed rooms: a utility and separate washroom. We added a stud wall and I had […]

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