Nicola Thwaites Specialist Decorating, London, UK, offers a range of broken colour effects, colour glazes, fresco finishes and colour washes.

Painted washes and glazes create a richness and depth that flat colour cannot achieve and add beauty and elegance to an interior. Whether you want a subtle or dramatic effect, broken colour paint finishes will bring walls alive.

Dragging, Stipple & Wipe and Patinas

Painted glazes and layered washes can also be brushed and textured. Dragging, for example, is an elegant, two-tone pattern created by dragging a brush through wet glaze to create fine vertical lines. This hand-crafted technique was popular in Georgian interiors, which favoured painted doors, window casements and panels.

Hand Painted Kitchens and Cabinetry

When finished with varnish, dragging can also provide a soft, antique effect that is practical enough for today’s kitchen cupboards and cabinets. Other broken finishes include stipple and wipe, used to enhance and restore decorative plasterwork, scumbling, and glazes layered to reproduce the patina of age.

About Us

Nicola Thwaites Specialist Decorating offers a range of traditional paint finishes for interior decoration. These include marbling, wood graining, stone blocking, gilding, fresco, decorative painting, painted plaster, and colour washes and glazes. We also provide beautiful bespoke wall finishes for today’s residential and commercial interiors.

To contact us about your project please send clear photos and a brief summary to info@nicolathwaites.com or phone 07961 160924. We are based in London UK and also work regionally.