So you've stuck your Peel and Stick colour samples to your wall, picked a colour, and decided on your new design. Next comes the painting, and if DIY isn't your thing, then hiring a professional painter is your next best option. Hiring a professional painter costs around £150 - 200 per day, which usually works out around £400 for a medium-sized room. If you can't or don't want to do it yourself, it can be well worth the investment to get the job done quickly and to a professional standard. Let's run through some tips to help you hire the...

As an interior designer, I love experimenting with rich, deep tones to bring sophistication, depth, and warmth into a home. Recently, I’ve used COAT’s beautifully bold dark colours in my own living room, dining room, and hallway to achieve that perfect balance. In the UK, where natural daylight can often be limited, many people shy away from dark paint colours out of concern that they’ll make a space feel smaller or gloomier. However, I’ve found the opposite to be true. A deep, rich colour can add incredible depth and warmth while enhancing the perception of spaciousness. For example, in my...

What is breathable paint, I hear you ask? Good question. First take a deep breath in through the nose, out through the mouth... now let's explore. So what is breathable paint? First things first, let's be clear on what we’re talking about as marketing jargon can often be thrown around in this arena, confusing matters. If you need a paint that allows water vapour to pass through it, then you need a true breathable paint. If you’re looking for a paint that is breathe-easy, ideal for folk that are easily sensitised then you’re after a premium water-based emulsion. Either way,...

So why’s it breathable? Traditionally, resin content in a paint binds the film to the wall and is fairly impermeable. COAT Claypaint is blended with different materials to allow air and water vapour to transfer in and out of the wall, allowing it to ‘breathe’. This is tested to provide an ‘SD’ value (steam diffusion), which needs to be below 1 to be classed as breathable. Our Claypaint has an SD Value of 0.02. Why does this matter? Locking moisture in can cause damage to older properties (mould, paint flaking), particularly when breathable materials have been used such as lime...

"Touch-ups" are most commonly done after painting is done to achieve a nice blemish-free surface. Whether it’s to conceal minor repairs or cover defects and marks, ideally, touch-ups should blend with the existing paint colour. While they sound easy to do, let us tell you, "touching-up" poses quite a bit of a challenge. Things like matching up to the shade can be fairly tricky to do. Especially if a bit of time has passed. Even the most hard-wearing paint will only last a few years before it becomes the victim of scrapes. If you have pets and kids, you’re probably...

The right paint for the right job is key. We're a big champion of that, one tin doesn't fit all! But we also want to keep it simple - so we've created a guide for you to choose the right paint for your next interior DIY project. Thank us later. We've also made our product range ridiculously easy too, with just four types of paint finishes: Flat Matt Emulsion for your walls, Soft Sheen Emulsion for your Kitchen or Bathroom, Eggshell for your interior wood and metal work and Exterior Eggshell for anything masonry, metal and wood outdoors. Anywhere, here...