Home Interior Decorators in Newcastle upon Tyne

Working with you on a full refresh

A whole-interior project works best as a partnership. Some homeowners arrive with every colour chosen; others want guidance. Either way, we start with a walk-through of the house to understand which rooms are included, what condition the surfaces are in, and what you want each space to feel like.

From there we put together a clear scope covering each room: walls, ceilings, woodwork, any wallpaper, and any repairs that need doing first. That way you know exactly what is included before agreeing to anything. For help pulling a colour scheme together, see our interior decorating page.

Sequencing the work around your home

The order of work matters when you are living in the house. Our usual approach is:

1. Agree which rooms you need to keep usable at each stage, such as a bedroom and the kitchen
2. Start with rooms that are easiest to clear, so you have finished spaces early on
3. Leave hallways, stairs and landings until the end, as they get the most traffic while work is underway
4. Within each room, work ceilings first, then woodwork, then walls and wallpaper

We keep dust sheets and materials organised in the room we are working in, rather than spread through the house, and we tidy up at the end of every day. If you are moving in or out, or redecorating the whole house, our house painting page explains how we approach that.

Period homes and older properties

Newcastle and the surrounding area have a lot of Victorian and Edwardian housing, including the terraces of areas such as Heaton and Jesmond and larger villas in places like Gosforth. These homes often have features worth looking after:

• Plaster cornices and ceiling roses, often clogged by layers of old paint
• Deep skirting boards, architraves and panelled doors
• Original sash windows and window shutters
• Lime plaster that needs breathable paint rather than modern vinyl emulsions

We take care not to bury fine detail under heavy coats, choose paints suited to older walls, and raise any concerns, such as possible lead paint or damp, before going ahead. For more on the timber in older homes, see our woodwork painting page.

Bringing the whole house together

Decorating several rooms at once gives you the chance to make the house feel connected. That might mean consistent woodwork colours throughout, a hallway colour that works with each room seen from it, or the same white on every ceiling. These details help the house feel finished rather than room by room.

Open-plan spaces and rooms that connect through wide doorways need particular thought, because you see several walls and colours at once. We look at sightlines through the house and suggest where a change of colour should fall, usually at a corner, a doorway or an architrave, so transitions look deliberate.

We can also combine paint with wallpaper in particular rooms, which is covered on our decorating and wallpapering page.

A local decorator you can talk to

Based in Westerhope, we work across Newcastle and towns within roughly 25 miles. Larger projects rely on good communication, so we explain the plan, keep you updated as rooms are completed, and walk round with you at the end. You can see examples of our work in the gallery, or get in touch to arrange a free quote.