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The new Lockdown in force on 4 January 2021 will NOT affect our operation and we will continue to provide our full service and supply you with products, despatching on a daily basis. Online orders can be placed 24 hours a day and 7 days a week or our telephone lines are open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm...

Look no further Wrights of Lymm have a number of starter kits available from gilding to pinstriping to canal boat art. All kits come in a metal tin making them an ideal gift for somebody wanting to try something new !! Visit our website to view our Starter Kit range https://www.stonehouses.co.uk/starter-kits.html

Another great piece...re gilding of the lettering of a National Time Recorder done by the talented C G Graphics @c.a.godfrey

We just love seeing such amazing products using our products....especially when they turn out like this !!!! In the words of @madebymurphy1 her masterpiece -- “Libby” Libby is here to make a statement. There’s absolutely no denying her bold colour and punchy geometric design. She’s been transformed from an unwanted cabinet to desirable and funky cocktail bar. The colour is...

These amazing pieces are called ‘Auri’ (pronounced or-eye) were finished with precious metal leaf by the talented Anthony Scala. Each sphere contains a different precious metal leaf and they range in size from smaller than a ping pong ball, to large than a bowling ball! The overall effect is a gentle gradation of colour through the lighter lemon golds, through...

Wrights of Lymm has been a household name amongst the signwriting trade for many years, and we've seen customers coming to us as young apprentices and returning year after year as they become such talented traditional signwriters for all their gold leaf, paints, brushes etc. This photo shows the loyalty we are so proud of with our customers with his...

  This room known as the Chamber Room was created in the 1540s as part of a palatial mansion built from the ruins of a Carthusian monastery. It was embellished around 1570 by the Duke of Norfolk, who inserted a grand fireplace and a lavishly decorated ceiling. The Great Chamber was intended as a room of splendour and prestige. Elizabeth...

‘Siege’, incense burnt kozuke paper and gold leaf, 76 x 76 cm . Looking at live current maps around Antarctic, gilding Antarctica in gold and burning the contours of currents around it, and “The New Gold Cyclone” consisting of 6 layers of burnt gilded kozuke paper, 60 x 80 x 18 cm. The most fantastic and unusual work of one...

  We have been supplying Sarah with Gold Leaf and gilding products for some time now and seen many beautiful pieces of work that she has created. We wanted to share this with you. Formally designed by Christopher Borch (1817-1896) for the Parliament House in Oslo, Norway, this coat of arms has been recreated and beautifully gilded by Sarah using...

Wrights have been going since 1840 and it was a delight to see one of our good friend Scott Telfer posting this photo and video of some of Wrights memorabilia that he had come across from a lady whose Grandfather had been a keen painter and signwriter.  The brush and Gold leaf booklet is way before our time but so...