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JOHN TOWNLEY Domestic Interior Decorator |
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 Papering an arched recess ... with a beautiful, traditional patterned wallpaper. A tricky, but interesting and gratifying job. |
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Marbled columns: Marbling columns in a large hallway. |
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Harry Potter: Marauder's Map wallpaper. |
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Cinema screen: Marking out a cinema screen, for a customer's media room. |
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Fireplace transformation: Transforming a wooden fireplace with white chalky furniture paint. |
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Cornice: Installing cornice/coving in a lounge. |
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Re-graining doors for a valued customer. |
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Paperhanging: The subtle striped wallpaper on the sidewalls allows the striking paper on the feature wall to dominate. |
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Colour: A strong colour on a feature wall, creating an impressive colour-scheme. |
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Sienna marbling: A roll-top bath, painted to emulate sienna marble. |
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Oak panels: MDF frames on plastered walls; painted to look like oak wood panels in this grand room. |
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Marbled columns: Decorative plaster, painted to resemble marble columns adorning a private swimming pool. |
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Oak wood-graining: A plaster beam, painted to look like an old oak beam, in this rustic kitchen. |
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Wiping back: Adding an aged look to this Victorian staircase. |
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Plastering: Occasionally going beyond the realms of a decorator, when necessary. |
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Verdigris: Metal staircase painted to look old & rusty. |
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Rag-rolling: Door panels and conservatory walls, rag-rolled |
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Wiping back: More examples of wiping back; on a plaster dado rail. |
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Frottage: Brightly coloured walls to add a touch of warmth to a cold W.C.. |
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Sky: Bedroom ceiling painted to resemble clouds in the sky. |
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Oak wood-graining: Lincrusta panels on a staircase grained (painted to resemble oak timber). |
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Bagging; on radiator: to match the colours of the wood-graining on the surrounding panels. |
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Stippling: Dado stippled to match the colours of the paper border. |
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Marbled bathroom: Walls of a bathroom; Marbled, and reflected in mirror. |
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Fireplace: Wiped, to give an aged plaster look. |
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Dragging: Walls of a baby's bedroom/nursery. |
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Dining room: Painted in traditional colours - in keeping with the period of the house. |
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Ceiling mural: Red Arrows – painted on a boy's bedroom ceiling. |
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Wood-graining: Imitation pine – to match 1930s veneer panelled doors. |
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Stone-block: Textured finish - to resemble blocks of stone. |
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Distressing: Making a piece of furniture look aged, worn or weathered. |
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Paint-effect samples: Colourwash. |
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Paint-effect samples: Sponging. |
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Paint-effect samples: Ragging / Rag-rolling. |
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Paint-effect samples: Bagging, dragging, frottage, mottling & stippling. |
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