St Andrews, Fife
Interior decorating in St Andrews
Interior painting for Emilie’s traditional stone villa, covering walls, ceilings and woodwork while respecting the character of the period rooms.
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Aethos · St Andrews · KY16
Grey sandstone, sea air and a lot of Victorian joinery.
Our own town. Most of the houses we are asked to look at here are stone villas and terraces from the 1850s to the 1930s, with sash windows, deep skirtings and plaster that has been painted many times.
Our work here
Houses we have painted
in St Andrews.
Every project is shown with the owner’s permission and described by town, never by street or house number.
St Andrews, Fife
Interior and exterior decorating in St Andrews
Interior decoration for the main house, with exterior woodwork and cladding work on Morag, the shepherd hut in the garden. The house and hut each have their own colour scheme.
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Interior decorating in St Andrews
An ongoing whole house repaint for Jenny, with 22 rooms counted so far. The work covers walls, ceilings and woodwork, with the many colours to follow as the rooms are completed.
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Interior decorating in St Andrews
For Sabine, we gave the walls some care and carried out internal works before the house went on the market. A beautiful home in a peaceful setting, and a pleasure to work with her.
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Interior decorating in St Andrews
A full interior repaint for Lisa, covering walls, ceilings and woodwork throughout, excluding the kitchen. We hope Lisa and her family are settling into their new home.
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Decorating services for your property.
These services cover the surfaces discussed on this page. Each explains what I assess, what can be included and where repairs may be needed before painting.
Interior painting
Walls, ceilings and woodwork, with the preparation each surface needs.
Exterior painting
Masonry, render, windows and exterior trim, specified for their exposure.
Wood painting
Skirtings, frames, windows and trim, inside and outside the home.
Field notes
What St Andrews does to paint.
General guidance for the building types and exposure described here. I check the actual surface, existing coatings and moisture condition before recommending a system.
- The stone
- Local grey and buff sandstone, often lime pointed, sometimes cement repointed in the 1970s. Rubble walls under harl on the older lanes off South Street and North Street, ashlar on the West End villas.
- The weather
- Sea air, haar and driving rain can affect exposed joinery. Compare the seaward and sheltered elevations rather than assuming every side of the house will need the same maintenance interval.
- The paint
- Check the existing coatings and moisture condition before specifying paint for solid walls or old sash windows. Moving plaster cracks need assessment rather than repeated filling. Kitchens and extensions need finishes suited to their surfaces and use.
- Watch for
- Cement pointing trapping moisture behind stone
- Layers of gloss on sash windows hiding rot at the bottom rail
- Ceiling roses and cornices filled solid by previous decorators
- North facing rooms that make warm whites look grey by lunchtime
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If you live nearby, we would like to see the house.
Send a few photographs and the rooms or elevations you are thinking about. I review the details personally and discuss the preparation, access and next steps before a specification is agreed.
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