Wall by wall, coat by coat.
Painting jobs written up the way they were done: substrate, prep, sheen, coats, recoat windows and VOC load, with colour notes for every shade used.
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Wall projects
Wall projectNurseryNursery in Morning Blue, 12 g/L VOC, 28-Day CureMorning Blue at LRV 50 is the mid-tone that keeps a small north-facing nursery from going grey, and a 12 g/L water-based matte keeps…
Wall projectStudyStudy in Deep Sage, Four Walls, Over Stripped WallpaperDeep Sage at LRV 21 on all four walls of a 2.9 x 3.1 m study is a deliberate compression — and it only works if the walls are genuin…
Wall projectKitchenKitchen Walls in Linen Fold Satin, With an Ochre Cooker BandKitchens need two different paints in one room. Linen Fold at LRV 74 in satin handles steam and grease on the field walls; a 600 mm …
Wall projectBedroomBedroom Refresh in Chalk Wash Over Old PaintThe most common bedroom job is not a colour change — it is putting a clean, flat, matte film over paint that has gone shiny and grey…
Wall projectBathroomBathroom in Harbour Blue Satin: Moisture, Mould, and Film BuildA bathroom wall fails from the inside out. Satin at LRV 26 slows vapour transmission enough to matter, but only if the film is compl…
Wall projectLiving roomLiving Room Ochre Accent Wall on Old PaintOne wall in Ochre Field at LRV 42, three in Linen Fold at LRV 74. The 32-point split does the work that a feature wallpaper used to …Colour notes
Colour note#E7DFD2Colour Note: Linen Fold (#E7DFD2, LRV 74)A greige that keeps its neutrality next to wood. Linen Fold is 74 LRV with a slight green-grey lean, which is what stops it reading …
Colour note#D9A44AColour Note: Ochre Field (#D9A44A, LRV 42)The hardest colour in the palette to use well, because at LRV 42 an ochre changes character three times a day. Used on one wall agai…
Colour note#F2EDE4Colour Note: Chalk Wash (#F2EDE4, LRV 85)The off-white that stops a room going cold. Chalk Wash carries a faint yellow-brown undertone that reads as warm at any hour, which …Prep guides
Stripping is only necessary when the existing film is failing. Where it is sound, sanding and painting over it is faster and more durable. The decision is a physical te…
8 September 2026Prep Guide: First Coat on New PlasterboardNew plasterboard does not need a primer, but it does need three specific things fixed before the first coat or they will show for the life of the wall: proud taper join…
About this notebook
Every entry is a job that was actually done: substrate and prep first, then coats, sheen, recoat window and VOC load. Colour notes carry undertone, LRV and pairings — no marketing language.