Fun finishing touches
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Alfresco retreat
Make the most of the bank holiday to create your perfect patio or to glam up your garden with International paints. As the days lighten and the outdoors beckons, you can transform grim looking garden furniture and turn plant holders from pathetic to pretty.
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Bench presses and buckets of fun
Sometimes even the prettiest of gardens appear a little drab. Old garden furniture just looks a little tatty and aged, having lost its lustre through the winter months. Last year's tubs and planters can look overgrown and out of date and as a result the whole garden can look a little past its prime!
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Christmas junk to jewels
With the house full and visitors a plenty, everyone wants their house to look its best from Christmas to New Year. So, it's the perfect time to practice a little beauty on a budget and brighten the place up.
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Cool blue summer hues for your living room
Try a bright, simple, modernist feel with splashes of colour for a timeless living space. This contemporary look transforms drab looking fire alcoves and side tables into eye-catching focal points. Previously flat and lifeless features are brought to life with vibrant colours and geometric shapes.
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Chic floral kitchen
If it's time for a kitchen rethink, then it's also time for a new approach! 'Restore not replace' is the message of the moment. It's the environmentally friendly way and friendlier on your pocket too. If the kitchen units are still sound and the table and chairs in good condition, now is not the time to throw them out.
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Crafty Christmas
Christmas budgets never stretch quite as far as most of us would like. So why not turn the tables this Christmas with some quick and crafty decorative ideas from International? With the help of a couple of coats of paint, it's easy to save the pennies and still get that high spend look that everyone will love long after Christmas is over.
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Crafty kids corner
Children get bored easily and love a constant stream of bright new furniture. Instead of splashing out, turn to International paints for inspiration. With a push of the paintbrush you can turn 'boring' into 'brand new', keeping juniors jumping for joy.
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Delicious dining
With cold weather still in the air, bring some warmth and love to your home with help from International paints. Allow ravishing reds and bright berries to bring romance to an otherwise day-to-day dining experience.
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Furniture - from flawed to fabulous
If ever there was a time to turn to budget beating ideas then it is now, when you can be inspired by International paint's brilliant range of brand new colours for Furniture and Cupboards. If the plain wood look has lost its lustre, then this is the perfect time to consider painting your furniture.
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Getting the look for less
Let's not limit our style ambition just because there's less money in the bank. The bedroom's the place to banish the financial blues and this project is the ideal way of bolstering your budget with a look that's luxurious but which actually costs very little! It's just a matter of taking what you've already got and making it look even better.
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Growing greens & doing up doors
International paint is launching a great range of six new colours for 10 Year Exterior Gloss paint including a lovely new summery 'Rolling Dales' green. It's the perfect colour to give a fresh new look to tired old garden furniture. But while you've got the paintbrush out, why not create your own herb and veg boxes to match?
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Gold bedroom
Add stylish autumnal accessories and glowing highlights to your bedroom and transform a dull den into a beautiful boudoir.
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Halloween and harvest
Winter nights may be closing in, but it is also the start of festive fun that's second only to Christmas for the chance to really decorate your home! From Harvest Festival to Halloween and Bonfire Night, it's a great time of year to indulge in a little entertainment.
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Icicle recycling
Want to keep things cool in the kitchen this summer? It's easy with help from International Chrome Appliance Paint. An easy aerosol application makes transforming a tired old fridge a really quick and simple project. Even a slightly rusty fridge can cut the mustard with the help of International paints.
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Crafty tips for decorating a kid's room
In today's expensive housing market, the spare room often becomes the nursery and play area besides occasionally doubling as guest bedroom. Yet, the same colourful bright and stimulating decoration that the kids love can be a little over the top when Aunty comes to stay.
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Mad March
March runs a pretty close race to Christmas for gifts, guests and general good times. From Mother's Day to Easter, not to mention the traditional Spring clean, March is the month when the heat is on in the home.
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Mother's day
Whether Mum's coming to stay for Mothering Sunday, or you just want to bring Spring into the house, let International Paints provide a sunshine bright solution - without springing too much money from your bank account.
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New arrivals and nursery delights
With a baby on the way there's more than enough to spend your money on, without having to splash out on Nursery decorations. Luckily, it doesn't have to break the budget to fit out baby's room with lots of entertaining ideas and simple storage solutions!
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Opulent Office
With more people moving the office to their home it's important to have an area in the house dedicated to your workspace. This may sound costly but with some help from International Paints it is easy to create a stylish look at half the expense.
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Perfectly potty purple
International paint is launching a fantastic new selection of colours across the Japlac range. Featured here is the delicious new Deep Jewel purple, combined with one of the Japlac favourites, Metallic Silver. This versatile, hardwearing, high gloss enamel paint is perfect for decorative projects indoors or out.
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Red hot and ready to sizzle
Winter may be dreary, but you can take still take a red hot approach to home decoration. Put the heat into winter dining with help of International Japlac. With Really Red, every surface is an excuse to turn up the heat, from your dining chairs to your place mats
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Spring into Summer
The long hot days of summer are tantalisingly close. Be ready to make the most of every moment of sunshine by creating a tropical paradise right outside your patio door. It's easy to get the look, thanks to International inspiring range of specialist paints.
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Science of appliance
Plastic can be found everywhere, from garden furniture to kitchen appliances. It lasts almost forever and is incredibly hardwearing. However, it has a downside, in that it can quite quickly look shabby. With most other surfaces, this is a problem that can be easily solved with a quick coat of paint.
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Tiling delight
There's a simple and easy way of transforming even the most avocado of tiles or the grottiest of grout. International One Coat Tile Paint means that anyone who can wield a paint brush and has a few hours to spare can bring their bathroom back from the brink or create colour highlights for the kitchen sink.
