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No, you will not get LG paint at any 'trade place'. You can get it online from places like Gowallpaper at £62 for 5 litres inc. VAT. Yes it is approx. 30% more expensive than Dulux Trade matt emulsion, but the coverage is better and the quality generally superior; the cans are much heavier...

I think that just about sums up the majority of comments on this thread... Why are you all so terrified to admit you haven't got a clue about anything other than the purely technical aspects of electrical installation?! It's fine. Don't worry about it. You must be a blast at parties...

No, wrong on all three counts. They have been told to move it, a it is neither safe nor practical.

Facing you as you sit on the toilet in a cloakroom about 5' x 2'6", and overhanging a very small handwashbasin. Ugly and dangerous!

What exactly do you mean by 'natural'? There is nothing inherently 'natural' about bookcases.

The above answer is a cop out! As a decorator, I'm often asked to advise on what things would/will look like, by people who genuinely do not know. My advice is based on aesthetic principles to do with colour, finish, light and space. In the end, of course it is up to the customer and I...

There is something to be said for the following method: 1. Wet walls totally with big sponge and warm water. 2. Go and have a cup of tea and wait 10 mins. 3. Repeat 1 and 2. 4. Try to scrape paper off with scraper. It should fall easily,off often in large pieces. 5. If it offers...

If you like a matt finish (and who doesn't?), just use it. If you want a really good quality, washable matt, go for Little Greene's Intellimatt. If you use a cheaper one, it's probably easier to keep a touch up pot handy rather than trying to scrub marks off.

If it's in a cellar and you are not going to be using the space for a while, why bother doing anything? Just spend the time and money on a DVD and take away curry instead.

I suspect that if it were a complicated electrical question, he would be in his element and that he would explain it all to me in a way which (being useless with electrical matters) I would struggle to grasp. He did however make me think that my unproven and largely intuitive theory that...

Thanks for the replies. I appreciate that it's my house and normally I'm quite good at knowing instinctively whether something looks right or not. But I've always wondered whether there is an aesthetic principle behind things like how high wall lights go. There is definitely a set of rules...

Have I posted this question in the wrong forum? Please advise.

Why on earth do you want to paint a stone surface with a gloss finish? It will look horrible and take value off your property. A good quality masonry paint is all you need, or, if you insist on the 'nuclear option' then go for an oilbased eggshell such as Little Greeen's.

Hi all, The ceilings in our cottage are only 2.1m high and we have wall lights in some rooms. Please could anyone tell me whether - practically or aesthetically - there is an ideal height for these things? The ones which are there now seem too high up, to me. (The shades come within about 30...

Every fibre of my being cries, No! Don't agree to it. If the plaster is not solid and secure, the added weight of the new paper may be the last straw. Plus, the effect of the new glue on the old cork stuff is unpredictable. I've known it bring the old stuff off the wall even when it seemed well...

What garbage. That was 90 seconds of my life I will never get back.

It's a metaphor for life itself.

There is indeed a lot to be said for white walls and white ceilings if you are in a hurry.

I would endure childbirth again rather than have to drill holes in walls to hold something heavy.

The simplest, cheapest solution came to me in the middle of the night (as these things often do). I'm a decorator and I already have a large pasting table. I've bought two of the cheap (£10) ones and with all three tables side by side, they create a large enough surface to spread the fabric...