Project Portfolio Wanstead, London

Paul Walden Interiors undertook a redecoration project of a living room in a 1895 circa terraced house in Wanstead, London, working alongside one of our Interior Designers, Lorraine Gregory. Specifications: To hang Brian Yates, Grey Lotus-Ribbon, Wallpaper to fire surround walls, with adjacent walls painted with Dulux Misty Mountain. Ceiling to be painted with Dulux Trade brilliant white matt emulsion and woodwork painted with Little Greene Rubin Ashes. Wooden fire surround to be given a silver pewter finish.

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Before Photo of Living Room

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The end finish with the fire surround aged by decorative techniques. The mirror and soft furnishings sourced by Lorraine Gregory

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Photo showing fire place protected by sheeting/masking materials.

Due to the wooden fire surround having a teak stained finish, we needed to stain block the area with another Zinsser product called Zinsser BIN (which is also available from most decorating merchants).

The difference between the two Zinsser products is the Bulls Eye 1-2-3 is water based and the Zinsser BIN is shellac based, which is great for stain blocking over woodstains & water stains, if you have stain and not sure how to treat the area, please visit www.zinsser.com for additional guidance.

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Due to the strength of the mustard colour, we stained blocked the area with Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 (which is available from most decorating merchants) to prevent bleeding of colour coming through the Wallpaper also this product is great for providing an excellent surface to adhere wallpaper to. Also within the photo we have started to work on the fire surround, by first degreasing the areas then flexible filling the gaps with white decorators caulk.

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Photo showing the before finish of the original wooden fire surround, with the walls complementing in a mustard colour by Dulux

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Brian Yates Grey Lotus Ribbon wallpaper with the original fire surround painted in a silver finish and the woodwork finished in Little Greene Rubin Ashes, oil based eggshell.