Decorating Baker Street

Baker Street is one of London's most famous thoroughfares, running north–south through the heart of Marylebone from Oxford Street to Regent's Park. Its Victorian and Edwardian commercial terraces are punctuated by handsome mansion blocks and purpose-built residential properties, many of which rise to six or more storeys above busy ground-floor retail and restaurant uses. The street's fame as the fictional home of Sherlock Holmes adds to its enduring appeal as one of London's most recognisable addresses.

Properties on Baker Street present a wide variety of painting requirements given the mix of uses and building ages along the street. Upper-floor residential flats in mansion blocks benefit from interior decorating with high-specification finishes, while the commercial lower floors require hardwearing, professionally applied exterior coatings. Period buildings with original terracotta and brick dressings require careful colour matching and masonry sealing.