Top Tips Tuesday - Decorating your new home!

Decorating can be great fun - and extremely stressful!  Anyone who has stood in front of the shelves and shelves of paint colours in their local DIY store will know the pain of wondering which one shade of yellow to pick, particularly when the actual colour differences often seem so minute!

Here are our top tips this Tuesday:

1. If you are painting, avoid cheap brushes and do all your 'cutting in' and edges first!  If 'cutting in' means nothing to you, it might be worth consulting an expert painter and decorator!
2. Remember patience is key! Give your new home time to settle before spending on decorating.  Larkfleet Homes suggest you leave it at least six months before starting to decorate.  Every new home will have a few fine settling cracks that will appear as the plaster fully dries out.
3. Try and connect the house and make it flow.  Our show house at Buttercross Park, Oakham uses just this tip.  Using a strong and bold orange as the main colour running throughout the home, different wallpapers and accessories are used to pull the scheme together as it flows throughout the house.