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Bright ideas: colours to revive our hard-working homes Fresh and fashionable thinking in paint from colours to covet to textures worth trying Thu, Feb 4, 2021, 06:00 Updated: Thu, Feb 4, 2021, 15:24
Paint sales soared last March when Covid-19 struck, with increases ranging from between 40 and 200 per cent, depending on which supplier you talk to. There was a novelty to being at home and the weather was getting warmer. “While spring is the traditional time to celebrate new trends in paint colour it’s a little different now because everyone is still indoors,” says Declan McCarthy, owner of Stillorgan Decor which has had to close its curtain and lighting sections but is still selling paint via click and collect or home delivery. ....