The Little Greene Blog

We are delighted to welcome Jane Cumberbatch to the Little Greene blog.

An interior designer with a number of best-selling books to her name, including Pure Style and Decorating Easy, Jane is an authority on simple, accessible, natural styling and what she calls “A blueprint for 21st century living”.

Jane’s website – Pure Style Online – is a must for inspiring ideas and budding stylists, with a wealth of knowledge, tips and over two decades worth of first-hand design experience.

Jane will be passing on a few trade secrets along with some advice on how to use colours in your home – look out for more posts in the coming weeks and months…

We are pleased to announce a new shop – almost on our doorstep – in Wilmslow, Cheshire.

Chapel Lane's Steve Pool with Little Greene's David Mottershead in Wilmslow, Cheshire

Chapel Interiors is a family-run business that has recently made the sideways step from trade paints to a ‘designer paint and wallpaper studio’, making choosing colours easy for retail customers, interior designers and decorators alike.

Here you can browse our full range of nearly a thousand paint colours and over a hundred Little Greene wallpapers (and if you ask nicely Steve, shop manager Andrew or Mark will make you a cup of coffee too).

Owner Steve Pool (pictured, left) is delighted to be selling Little Greene paints and we wish him all the best.

Chapel Lane Interiors is located at 33 Chapel Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5HW, tel 01625 524113

How much do you know about your home? Are you curious to delve into its past and discover the history behind its walls? Ever wanted to be on television?

If you’re about to restore a room, or even the entire house, to its former glory – whether it’s a Tudor cottage, a Georgian townhouse or a 1970s duplex – we know some people who’d like to hear from you..

A new BBC show called Home Truths is on the hunt for all kinds of restoration projects in the UK, and the social and design history of YOUR HOUSE could be featured.

Email hometruths@bbc.co.uk if you, or someone you know, is undertaking a renovation or restoration project in the next 6 months, and don’t forget to let us know how you get on too.

We’re thrilled that the guys at PushON have won an a prestigious Big Chip Award award for their work on thelittlegreene.com, beating off stiff competition from big-bra builders “Bravissimo” and furry fashionistas “Lakeland Leather”

Special thanks to Katrina and Simon pictured below with Terry Christian, who hosted the award ceremony with Bill Bailey

Search Engine whizzkids PushON win with Little Greene at Big Chip Awards 2009

We’ve worked closely with PushON over the last year or so and we’ve got lots of exciting projects on the go so watch out for more awards!

It’s a shame you don’t get to start every day with a nice surprise like this:

Another legendary painting tip from Little Greene MD David Mottershead

Holland is one of our strongest export markets and our list of supporters grows and grows. New stockist Mr Robert Lentelink is mad about paint, mad about everything English and mad about Little Greene. His beautiful new shop, “Lentelink de verf & behangspecialist” in Hengevelde is full of bright ideas and neutral solutions – a great place to choose colours.

MD David was so delighted to be picked up in this rather nice old Hackney carriage in Mid Bronze Greene and complementary Little Greene livery that he gave an uncustomary extra tip – “remember to drive on the left when we get through the tunnel”

Here’s our latest advert which hits the shelves today

“VOC’s – from minimal to zero”.

On a technical level; whilst ‘zero VOCs’ is a scientific impossibility (there are traces of VOCs in the air we breath), Little Greene waterbased paints now contain less than 0.1% ‘volatile organic compound’, which is three times better than the industry’s lowest eco rating.

On a user level; there are no harmful solvents in Little Greene waterbased paints so using them won’t contribute to atmospheric pollution. Not one little bit…

This makes our range of Water Based paints as close to ‘Zero VOC’ as you can get, meaning they are excellent for painting Children’s rooms, for asthma sufferers, or if like us you value the environment.

Our lowest VOC water based paint is Waterbased Limewash Paint, which is great for traditional exterior walls, and Acrylic Satin Emulsion Paint, which gives a lovely finish on walls, ceilings and painting over wallpaper.