From terrace houses and country cottages
to city mansions and stately homes...
 Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian, Art Deco...
 Churches, listed buildings, trust work...



AT MR. KERRISON'S, we pride ourselves on being East Anglia's most traditional decorating and repair company..

We specialize in the care of period properties:
both large and small..
renovation and redecoration..
interior and exterior..

Many old period houses have been neglected - or had their original character spoilt by inappropriate work..

Your house needs TLC (Tender Loving Care!). Especially as it is one of the most valuable items you will ever own...

In most cases, exteriors and interiors need preservation, if possible - not replacement.

Walls, windows, doors, woodwork - all these need the right preparation and attention.

Mr. Kerrison's expertise can transform your property, and bring it back to its former glory.

Experienced guaranteed quality workmanship
Using the best materials for the best results
Expert attention at the right price

 
Traditional dining room decor

  Please click on any of the before & after images below to see the pictures full size!

EXTERIORS                  
 
Before
After
Before
After
 Terrace houses and mid-Victorian    homes are a Mr Kerrison speciality
 Exterior walls of all types repaired,    restored, redecorated
 Repair and replacement of windows,    doors, glazing, guttering, roof tiles, etc


Reveal your home's real quality. No home or job too large or too small
   
    

INTERIORS
 Old walls and woodwork repaired and restored
 Experts on all period paints and wallcoverings
 Period colour schemes advised
 Colour washes, special effects, gold leaf, ornamental work
Paperhanging: flocks, silks, hessians, fabrics
 Marbling, ragging, wood graining, restoration
 Doors, skirtings, dados, picture rails, repaired & replaced
Plaster mouldings restored: covings, cornices, centrepieces

With Mr Kerrison's expertise in painting period buildings, your property can be transformed.

The right preparation and attention - and the right decorative products - will bring it back to its former glory.

    


Period Paints and Effects

Mr KERRISON'S interest in period houses over the years - inside and out -
has led him to the application of period paints and effects.

Traditional living room decorThe range of finishes used in homes around the world through the ages has been suprisingly extensive.

For example, a wall may be decorated using anything from colour washes of simple paints (made from local ingredients like lime-milk or milk, mixed with natural pigments extracted from earth or plants), through to the most elegant elaborate and painted wallpapers, and modern-day paints used in traditional ways.

Mr Kerrison has always felt that many aspects combine together to evoke a period feel, interior or exterior.

The architectural detail, the fixtures and fittings, the furniture and the fabricsPeriod wallpaper and drapes - all these should not be neglected.

But arguably the most important influence on a period mood is the decorative treatment provided by paints and papers, stains and varnishes.

Such decorative finishes need not be expensive to re-create. Many effects can be achieved convincingly at modest expenditure - and will look stunning.

Your preference may be for a timeless, "as new" recreation of the original - using bright gilding, for example. Or you may opt for finishes that are aged and distressed, so that they appear to have been carried out in a previous century...

Old-fashioned bathtubWe hope you will take the chance to look at our Historic Period photos and samples, and so discover how effectively one can create a real flavour
of the past.

Mr. Kerrison is able to create a finish to suit any period - whether internal or external.

If you would like free samples and a further discussion, please do call Mr Kerrison and arrange a visit to our decorating shop - or for Mr Kerrison to make a no-obligation visit you.

Catalogues, photos, ageing samples, will all be available for view.

Is your period property a terraced house? Then be sure to visit Mr Kerrison's other website,
devoted just to traditional terraced houses. You can find it at www.terracedhouses.co.uk


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Mr Kerrison - Tel: 01603-763793
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