Photo credits
Photos marked “Example photo” are licensed stock images that show the kind of work on offer. They are not Blade’s work. Photos marked “Blade Decor photo” are.
Finished rooms 6
- Living room with deep navy walls, white shutters and a black fireplacePhoto by Sand Atkinson, Pexels License (free)
- Bedroom with dark panelled walls and warm bedside lightPhoto by Adamowicz Adamsky, Pexels License (free)
- Hallway with deep green walls and a white painted staircasePhoto by hello aesthe, Pexels License (free)
- Light sage living room with tall windows and panelled wallsPhoto by Lisa Anna, Pexels License (free)
- Kitchen colour-drenched in deep teal, with a sash window and herringbone floorPhoto by 43 Clicks North, Unsplash License (free; not Unsplash+)
- Bedroom with olive panelled walls and brass wall lightsPhoto by iKshana Productions, Unsplash License (free; not Unsplash+)
Outside 3
- Terraced house painted black with crisp white window frames and doorPhoto by Kate Strilchuk, Pexels License (free)
- White stucco townhouse with ironwork balconiesPhoto by Olga Lioncat, Pexels License (free)
- Georgian brick house with a freshly painted pale blue front doorPhoto by Viktor Forgacs, Unsplash License (free; not Unsplash+)
Wallpaper 2
- Botanical leaf wallpaper around a white windowPhoto by Julia, Unsplash License (free; not Unsplash+)
- Bedroom with striped floral wallpaper above green panellingPhoto by Neda Kekil, Pexels License (free)
Commercial spaces 2
- Corridor with steel blue walls above white wall panellingPhoto by Max Vakhtbovych, Pexels License (free)
- Corridor painted two-tone: dark teal below, white abovePhoto by Robert | Visual Diary, Unsplash License (free; not Unsplash+)
Preparation, tools and detail 9
- Decorator rolling white paint beside a masked blue tape linePhoto by Blue Bird, Pexels License (free)
- Decorator painting a ceiling with an extension rollerPhoto by Ksenia Chernaya, Pexels License (free)
- Hands filling a wall with a filling knife and hawkPhoto by Ksenia Chernaya, Pexels License (free)
- Hand sanding a filled wall smoothPhoto by Ksenia Chernaya, Pexels License (free)
- Masking tape along a freshly painted skirting boardPhoto by La Miko, Pexels License (free)
- Paint tin lids from above in navy, white, grey and redPhoto by Anshu A, Unsplash License (free; not Unsplash+)
- Roller laying a fresh coat of white paint with a crisp wet edgePhoto by Andrew Itaga, Unsplash License (free; not Unsplash+)
- Brush beside colour swatches painted on a wallPhoto by Sergey Meshkov, Pexels License (free)
- Empty room with old wallpaper peeling off and dust sheets on the floorPhoto by Lutz Stallknecht, Unsplash License (free; not Unsplash+)
Before-and-after demonstration 1
- Demonstration: the same living room wall painted deep olivePhoto by Martin Lang, Pexels License (free)























