September 2016 - Premium Door Stripping

Studley Royal Water Gardens paint restoration project see the return of marble effect coating

Fountains Abbey Neptune statue, before paint restoration.

Studley Royal Water Gardens: as seen facing The Temple of Piety, Neptune is in its post-1980s unpainted look. With paint restoration work, Neptune will be back to its Georgian glory. Image by Chris2766 (via Shutterstock).

The Studley Royal Water Gardens in the grounds of Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire, is a most photographed and visited part of England. On the banks of the River Skell, the Abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It attracts thousands of visitors from around the world. The water gardens are flanked with four lead statues: Neptune, Bacchus, the Wrestlers, and Galen. They originally had a coat of white paint. This year shall see the quartet being given a paint restoration job. How and why, may you ask? Continue reading

How Edward Felix Foglia changed his career from one kind of stripping to another

Chippendale Settee Loveseat (Stripping blog post image by James Marvin Phelps) — **From Exhibitionism to Restoration:** Edward Felix Foglia may have come across this kind of Chippendale as well as the stripping act. The Chippendale Settee Loveseat is photographed by James Marvin Phelps (via Shutterstock).

Imagine you have registered with a privately-owned employment agency or had a meeting with your Work Coach at your nearest Job Centre Plus branch. You may have come across the phrase “transferable skills”, the idea that a skill learned in one industrial sector could be useful in another environment. Customer service is a common one, where any interpretation of the said skill varies by sector. For example, stripping an antique dresser as well as making a good pizza is due to one common factor: quality. The end product? One satisfied customer, possibly a returning customer at that.

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