Jacks & Stripes Signmakers

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The-Ring-of-Bells-pub-signThis Taunton based husband and wife team create the most brilliant signs. Using Thorndown Wood Paint for the base coat Mandi then hand paints the lettering and details on using a specialist enamel paint.

Their signs adorn pubs, businesses and look great in the home and garden.

Read more about them here.

Create an Entrance

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Paint your Front Door with Thorndown Wood Paint

Thorndown-Wood-Paint-Bishop-Blue-and-LimestoneThorndown Wood Paint is a brilliant exterior wood treatment that will colour and protect for years.

It’s the perfect choice for front doors creating a hard-wearing, highly water-repellent coating that will stand up to all types of weather.

We use architectural exterior-grade VOC free colour pigments that perform at the highest levels in lightfast and weather-resistance tests, so you know that the colour you paint on will be the colour you see for years and years.

Read more here and see our tips on painting a front door.

New Christmas & Floral Stencil Craft Packs

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Thorndown-Peelable-Glass-Paint-Christmas-Craft-Pack-scenes-and-makesIt is with great delight that we announce the launch of our NEW Stencil Craft Packs.

The Christmas Stencil Craft Pack contains 6 seasonal stencils, 4x40ml pots of Peelable Glass Paint in Dragon Red, Goblin Green, Griffin Gold and Swan White.

Floral packs provide all you need for all year round decoration and crafting. The Golden Floral pack has 3 floral stencils based on warm colours including a daffodil, sunflower and floral sprig.

The Summer Floral Stencil Craft Pack is based on pretty country cottage flowers from a rose to an anemone and campanula with paint colours to suit.

More information on all Stencil Craft Packs can be found here.

Window Clings with Thorndown Peelable Glass Paint

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Christmas-Peelable-Glass-Paint-window-clingsMaking Window Clings with Peelable Glass Paint is so easy to do and strangely satisfying!

All you have to do is find a glass or plastic tray or plate, pour Peelable Glass Paint into it, drop cookie cutters into the wet paint, then set aside to dry.

The drying process will take a few days depending on how thickly you’ve poured it, but once it’s done you free the shapes from the cutter moulds, then stick them on windows, mirrors and even painted walls.

These great window clings can be used time and time again. Peel them off and stick them back on!

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Find out more by following this link where you’ll find advice, inspiration and how to videos.

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The Bike Shed Co

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the-bike-shed-coWe are lucky enough to work with and supply many brilliant companies, one of which being The Bike Shed Co based down the road from us in Bristol.

Their innovative designs and high quality builds have earned them a great reputation for creating attractive and secure bike sheds. In addition they also offer a bespoke design and build service, and make bin stores to keep your frontage looking great.

Find out more about them by following this link.

Seasonal Windows and Decor with Peelable Glass Paint

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Thorndown-Peelable-Glass-Paint-Halloween-makesThorndown’s Peelable Glass Paint makes transforming your home for the season enjoyable and easy to do. Paint windows and objects on your own or with the kids, creating a Halloween Haven or Christmas Grotto.

It’s so easy to use Peelable Glass Paint and a great way of reusing lots of old household objects like jam jars.

Peelable Glass Paint is made using a 100% recycled plastic resin, is non-toxic, low in odour and virtually VOC free so great to use for everyone including the environment and kids.

Using stencils is an easy way to get great results and you can paint on with a brush or using a sponge, like an old washing up sponge.

You can paint it on glass windows and items, plastic, tiles and any shiny surface, then peel it off when you no longer want or need it. Old coatings can be sent back to our factory in Glastonbury where they will be processed for recycling.

Read more for tips, inspiration and how to videos.

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Autumn Giveaway competition with Hutton Garden and Landscaping Products

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AUTUMN GIVEAWAY

Thorndown and Hutton Ascot-Bird-Table-Comp-Oct-19As the days get shorter and darker, now is the perfect time to cheer yourself up and start looking after those garden birds.

We are very happy to announce details of our Autumn Thorndown Giveaway in association with Hutton Garden Products worth over £120! The competition opens on Thursday 31st October and runs until midnight on Thursday 14th November 2019.

You can win a stylish and attractive Ascot Bird Table made by Hutton Garden Products, a 2.5 litre tin of our gorgeous Wood Paint in the colour of your choice, and a pair of Harris T-Class Delta 1″ and 3″ brushes, perfect for a great paint job.

If you don’t already have a bird table then the Ascot Bird Table will be the perfect addition to your garden. It’s a beautiful design and as with all Hutton products is made with joinery grade timber and put together with skill and care.

Painting it with our wood paint will not only make it look lovely, but will also protect it from damaging effects of the weather, and make it a lot easier to clean. If you’re lucky enough to have a nice bird table then you can always give it away as a Christmas present and look really thoughtful and generous. Good luck!!

Giveaway Prizes

• A beautiful hand-crafted Ascot Bird Table

• A 2.5 litre tin of Thorndown Wood Paint in the colour of your choice

• A pair of Harris T-Class Delta paint brushes in the 1″ and 3″ size options

Competition Instructions

  1. If you don’t already follow us then follow @ThorndownPaints on Instagram, Facebook or both
  2. Like the competition post
  3. Tag a friend in comments and say what colour you’d choose to paint your Ascot Bird Table

Alternatively you can enter by signing up to the Thorndown monthly newsletter where all new subscribers within the competition period will be entered into the competition.

Competition Terms

  • Competition run by Thorndown Ltd.
  • The competition runs from Thursday 31st October to Thursday 14th November 2019
  • Competition closes at midnight on Thursday 14th November
  • You must be 18 years old or above and live in the UK
  • Winner will be chosen at random and announced on Friday 15th November
  • Prizes will be delivered FREE to 1 UK mainland address
  • This competition is not affiliated with Instagram or Facebook

Hutton-logoHutton Garden Products manufacture a wonderful range of timber garden products. They are available from garden centres and timber merchants nationwide. You can view their full range on their website and call them on 01452 760994 to find out where your nearest stockist is.

We teamed up with them this summer on a shoot at The Bishop’s Palace in Wells to showcase their new products for the 2019/20 season, painted up with Thorndown Wood Paint. A selection of the photos below show just how beautiful they are!

Made By Michele

Made-By-Michele-Christmas-crateMichele started making gift crates for friends and family before word got out and a hobby became a new business.

These beautiful gift crates are painted with Thorndown Wood Paint with a local printer making the lettering.

We absolutely love her creations and are delighted that she loves our wood paints so much.

You can find out more about Made By Michele by clicking here or visiting her Facebook and Instagram pages.

 

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Sheds Collection

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Harris-Timber-Adonis-Blue-and-Chantry-Cream-wood-paintAll external timber needs protecting from damage caused by weather and especially rain. Applying a high-performing wood paint such as ours is essential in order to keep your timber product looking great and stopping it from falling apart over the course of time.

Choosing the colour or wood tone to paint your timber shed or garden building in can be a tricky decision so we have some pages full of simple tips and images to inspire.

Read more . . . 

All at Sea

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This beautiful seaside retreat has been painted entirely with Thorndown Bishop Blue Wood Paint on the cladding, fencing and exterior plastic fixtures. The decking looking out to the sea is painted with UV Clear.

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Love Your Garden – Oxford 1/10

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The 2019 series of Love Your Garden starts on ITV1 at 8pm, Tuesday 27th August. Although we’re going to have to wait to October to see the first garden we worked on. Worth the wait and well worth watching.

Episode 4, 2019 – Oxford

The build in this episode was epic so I loaded the truck with paint tins, brushes, donned my painting clothes and drove down to help for a couple of days. It was great to see the team again and get stuck in with the transformation.

Icolyn Smith set-up a charitable foundation to help and serve food to homeless people. At 88 she still serves food in the soup kitchen she set-up and this episode gives back to an amazing lady.

Tune in on Tuesday 1st October to see another fabulous garden design delivered by the Love Your Garden team.

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Late Summer Giveaway

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*Competition now closed *

Thank you to everyone who entered and best of luck! Winner will be announced later today.

We are very excited to launch our Late Summer Thorndown Giveaway worth over £200!

You can win a beautiful Cotswold Garden Arch made by Hutton Garden Products, a 2.5 litre tin of our gorgeous Wood Paint in the colour of your choice, and a pair of Harris T-Class Delta 1″ and 3″ brushes, perfect for painting this fabulous product and giving it the finish it deserves.

As summer growth starts to wane and the garden is nicely settled, this is the perfect time of year to get creative and install this wonderful feature in your garden or terrace. Good luck!!

Giveaway Prizes

Competition Instructions

  1. Follow @ThorndownPaints on Instagram, Facebook or both
  2. Like the competition post
  3. Tag a friend in comments and say what colour you’d choose to paint your Cotswold Arch

Alternatively you can enter by signing up to the Thorndown monthly newsletter where all new subscribers within the competition period will be entered into the competition.

Competition Terms

  • Competition run by Thorndown Ltd.
  • The competition runs from Thursday 22nd August to Thursday 5th September 2019
  • Competition closes at midnight on Thursday 5th September
  • You must be 18 years old or above and live in the UK
  • Winner will be chosen at random and announced on Friday 6th September
  • Prizes will be delivered FREE to 1 UK mainland address
  • This competition is not affiliated with Instagram or Facebook

Hutton-logoHutton Garden Products manufacture a wonderful range of timber garden products. They are available from garden centres and timber merchants nationwide. You can view their full range on their website and call them on 01452 760994 to find out where your nearest stockist is.

We teamed up with them this summer on a shoot at The Bishop’s Palace in Wells to showcase their new products for the 2019/20 season, painted up with Thorndown Wood Paint. A selection of the photos below show just how beautiful they are!