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Preparing for Christmas – grab our elves fast!
Crikey, it’s nearly Christmas already! The John Lewis TV ad has started, which I believe marks the official start of the Christmas season. Hollywood usually gets the blame for the modern Christmas, but did you know that Prince Albert invented Christmas trees here in London? Well, sort of. Queen Victoria and he set up a…
Before you put up the decorations….let Parvin’s elves make your house look fabulous
It’s a little-known fact that the period between Haloween (spray-on spider-webs and flourescent aerosol shoestrings) and Christmas (cards, trees and stockings) may have been invented by super-intelligent mice in Victorian London as a winter ritual to keep them safe from the cats of Chelsea. These mice used subtle mind control techniques to force house-owners into…
The smell of fresh paint
It used to be said of our late Queen that she thought fresh paint was the natural smell of factories and office blocks. That’s just one more thing I have in common with her, as I fill my idle hours with inspections of our workmen’s labours. I even find myself politely asking them “And what…
Kitchens in South Kensington
Last week I finished a nice little decorating job in South Kensington. A lovely woman wanted a new kitchen put in to her town house just off of Cromwell Road. When I arrived to go over what she wanted and give her a quotation, the kitchen looked pretty good to me! Lovely marble work tops…
What makes the paint stay on the wall?
If you ever lie awake at night worrying that the paint on the ceiling might fall on you – this is for you. Why does the paint stick to the wall in the first place? One place I never had any trouble sleeping was in chemistry lessons at school, but after a few decades working with paint I…
Vote for a new coat of paint!
I’ve so far turned down all invitations from across the political spectrum to stand for the job of Prime Minister. It just seems to be too much of a reduction in status, though I understand my customers would love it. Better, I say, to brighten people’s lives with a fresh coat of paint. Red, Blue,…