INTERIORS BLOG
Exterior Wallpaper hung on Farrow and Ball's NYC store
27th Oct '11 | Decorating Blog
Something very different (a bit like ourselves, if you don’t mind me saying). An exterior wallpaper no less and the results are stunning. It’s easy to get lost in the crowd especially if you follow it, so if you’re creative and just that little bit special, why not show the world....Read More
Case Study: Brighton Office Wallpaper Mural
15th Oct '11 | Decorating Blog
Another day, another wallpaper mural installed by our Brighton decorators. This installation was for Carpenter Farraday in their central Brighton offices...Read More
Case Study: Brighton Pier Wallpaper Mural
12th Oct '11 | Decorating Blog
Here we show you a wallpaper mural our decorators recently installed for a Brighton client in his lounge. The image will be familiar with many of our readers and almost as famous as our Pavilion...Read More
Why lining paper is essential when Wallpapering
1st May '11 | Decorating Blog
This article explains why lining paper is essential when hanging certain types of finish wallpaper, and it’s not why you may think! Lining paper is often misunderstood, even by some professional decorators, many people believe it is used to smooth out problem walls but it is much more than that and in any case any decorator worth his salt would be able to sort out dodgy walls without having to call on lining paper to do it for him...Read More
Hanging Metallic Gold Wallpaper
30th April '11 | Decorating Blog
This installation highlights the need for a good quality lining paper! At the begining of the month we were contacted by another decorating firm that were having trouble hanging a metallic gold wallpaper by Harlequin, they had tried to hang the wallpaper twice...Read More
Fine Paints Of Europe
26th November '10 | Decorating Blog
Premium paint manfacturer 'Fine Paints Of Europe' are to be distributed in the UK from early spring next year. Our decorators have been lucky enough to get their hands on some of the first sample tins in the country...Read More
Bathroom Fitters Case Study
8th November '10 | Bathroom Blog
Last month our bathroom fitters transformed a pretty ordinary Brighton bathroom into a modern classic. As you can see from the before picture the bathroom was looking tired and drab even though it had only been installed a just few years ago...Read More
Designer Bathroom Lighting
16th September '10 | Bathroom Blog
Colour Republic have been commissioned to design and install a bathroom for some very interesting clients, we've been given a short brief but aside from that we have been told to let the creative juices run wild. Which always gets us just a little excited! This is going to be anything but the ordinary!...Read More
Jannelli e Volpi 901VIP Wallpaper
14th September '10 | Decorating Blog
So a few weeks back Colour Republic's decorators were hired for yet another high end wallpaper installation. The wallpaper in question was from the Italian Jannelli e Volpi design house, more specifically their beautiful 901VIP collection...Read More
Hoerboard Make Beautiful Music
14th September '10 | Design Blog
Staying with the young dynamic European designers vibe, the designers from Hoerboard have combined two of our great loves - beautifully designed furniture and music. A little known fact, Colour Republic's founder and owner once worked for the legendary Good Looking Records the home of LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad... I wonder if he's in the market for one of these???...Read More