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So many home improvement shows, make a DIY paint job look like something you can accomplish on a sunny weekend afternoon, without much fuss. Unfortunately, reality rarely matches up to

The days of clinical, monochrome offices with sterile walls are over — but matching the right colours to the right environment, is more important to success than blindly adding a splash of

Have you ever wondered what master painters must do in their own homes? What their favourite colours are? Why they use the materials they do? Peter Barker, head of Barker-Whittle lets us know what

If you’ve inherited or bought a house with window frames in a colour you don’t like, you’d be happy to know that the days of putting up with the mess and expense of replacing windows are long

3 Taworri Way is a multi-million dollar home in City Beach that begs to be seen!

When it comes to business, keeping it in the family has many advantages. At Barker-Whittle, this means the master–apprentice relationship between Peter Barker, the team and his son, Ryan, can

We’re painters — we’ll never consider all graffiti an eyesore. In some cases, it’s an art form and can transform even a humble public staircase into a neighbourhood feature. But when your walls

A coastal property has to hold up against far harsher elements than its countryside counterparts. The maintenance needed on any home takes on a grittier edge when contending with the warping,

If you’re thinking repainting your home or office, you’ve probably stumbled across blogs that share tropes like “red conveys power” and “blue helps you think”. By the time the commercial painters

Dipping into the world of painting easily conjures images of slapping paint up on the walls with your family on a breezy Sunday afternoon. What doesn’t often come to mind are the many little