Swatches, then the room
Colour, chosen in the light it will live in.
True Coat is a painter and decorator for Islington homes that want a quieter finish. We edit the palette, do the dull preparation properly, and leave the lines straight.
- Clay 04
- Plaster 01
- Chalk 00
- homes finished nearby
- 120
- studio opened
- 2014
- for most rooms
- 2–5 days
- Chapel Market Mews
- N1
Services
Room by room
Each room has its own sheen, its own prep, and its own kind of light. The full scope is on the services page.
Living room
One deeper wall, warm plaster everywhere else.Guides from £1,150Three to five days
Bedroom
Quieter colour and fewer joins, even by lamplight.Guides from £780Two to four days
Kitchen
Wipeable walls and a harder sheen on the doors.Guides from £1,480Four to six days
Hall & stairs
A colour break at dado height for a narrow hall.Guides from £980Three to five days
Bathroom
Moisture-minded prep. We do not paint tile.Guides from £640Two to three days
Dining room
Deep colour that holds a table in evening light.Guides from £920Three to four days
Nursery
Low-odour paints and a simple palette.Guides from £690Two to three days, plus cure time
Exterior
Masonry, joinery and the front door, timed to the weather.Guides from £2,400Often a week, weather allowing
Guides are starting points for a straightforward room. A walk-through confirms the figure.
Free estimate
Tell us the room. We will come and look.
A note is enough to book a walk-through. We reply with times, not a brochure. Your details stay in this browser’s studio desk — this preview does not send them to a server.
- InsuredPublic liability in place, certificate with the estimate.
- Written scopeRooms, repairs, sheen, and what is not included.
- Samples left with youColour stays on the wall until you have seen an evening.
- Dust-minded sandingExtraction where it matters, floors covered, a sweep before we leave.
Note received.
See it in the studio deskColour library
A short deck, not a department store
These are the colours we actually specify. Hex is a label. The sample on the wall is the decision.
Plaster 01
#E7E0D6The house neutral.
Almost every room · MatteChalk 00
#F7F3ECA soft white for ceilings and upper halls.
Ceilings, halls · MatteClay 04
#C45C26One wall, a door, or inside a bookcase.
Living, dining · MatteClay dust
#E7C3B2Clay diluted by plaster.
Bedrooms, nurseries · MatteSage 02
#5E6E4CA garden green that stays civil in north light.
Bedrooms, baths · MatteMist 05
#D5DDD4The pale partner to sage.
Bedrooms, studies · Matte
Room references
Room ideas, without the wide angle trick
Photographs from jobs around the studio. Filter by room, palette, or finish.
Timber kitchen
Warm cream walls with timber cabinets. Doors and trim near the hob want a harder sheen than the walls.
Sage bedroom
Brick and leather living room
Images on this preview are library photographs from Wikimedia Commons, credited on the credits page.
How we work
Five steps, most of them unglamorous
The colour is step four. Everything before it is why the room still looks right next year.
- Walk-throughWe look at the rooms with you and write what is actually in the way.
- Colour editSamples go on the wall, in the light the room really has.
- Protect & prepFloors covered, fittings masked, surfaces made ready.
- Paint & paperThin coats, cut in by hand, sheen chosen room by room.
- Snag & careWe walk it with you, then leave a short note on washing and touch-up.
Reviews
Notes from finished houses
Asked after snagging, not on the day the last tin is closed.
They talked us out of a fashionable grey and into a plaster that makes the evening lamp look warm. The stairs are the straightest they have been in twenty years.
The estimate listed the caulk, the crack over the window, and the door that sticks. Nothing vague, and the flat was left sweepable every night.
We had a sample on the wall for a weekend before anyone opened a tin. The harbour blue is deep at supper and still readable at breakfast.
