Parkes Decor Shoppe has been a cornerstone of design in Parkes
that has spanned four decades after it was established at the southern
end of Clarinda Street in 1975. Originally a wallpaper and lighting
centre, the business moved with the times, beginning to sell curtains,
blinds and awnings after wallpaper began to go out of fashion. Nowadays,
window furnishings consist of a major part of the shops operations.
Parkes Décor Shoppe is the brainchild of Barry and Margaret
Robinson and although Barry sadly passed away ten years ago the
business is still going strong with Margaret at the helm of an excellent
team of four casual staff.
For 20 years she has regularly covered areas like Peak Hill, Cudal,
Orange, Grenfell, Young, Eugowra, Forbes, Condobolin and smaller
outlying areas. “We pride ourselves on our solid customer service
and attention to detail,” says Margaret. “It’s what we are best at, we
follow up on everything and I have great staff.”
“The service we offer is great as we’ve been here for 40 years, and
over many years we’ve completed a large number of commercial and
domestic jobs.”
Big changes are coming in July, as the business rebrands itself. It
has already been repainted, and has a new website. The inside of
the store will be re-fitted as well. Parkes Décor is a member of Lighting
Network, and supply lots of local electricians. They have a deal
with ceiling fans at present, with a good warranty for them.
For more information head over and have a chat with Margaret and
her team at 202-204 Clarinda Street Parkes.

For windows you won’t want to stop gazing out of, Glassplace have
a custom made range of aluminium and timber windows in sliding,
double hung, awning and casement configurations. Doors are
available in sliding, French, stacker or corner entry designs to suit
all home styles. The professional team have installed three door
units to demonstrate the expanse of product for entrance doors, alfresco access doors and commercial doors which can be viewed in
store.
Their new shower screen display is also on show and comes complete
with five new products which include framed, semi-frameless and frameless
showers in attractive designs. Glassplace mirrors are made to order,
ensuring you get the perfect one for you and can be framed, square or
bevelled edged. Glassplace also build and supply insect screen doors
with standard fibreglass or paw proof gauze along with decorative, security
and privacy screen doors.
The team offer complete shopfront supply and maintenance service for
the business community and are the only local member of the Australian
Window Association (AWA) which guarantees that they meet quality
requirements and provides assurance for all customers through their
compliance to an annual audit on products Glassplace make and sell.

While most of us focus on colour for our home’s exterior, in many ways it is more important to choose the right paint for the job. Basically you can choose between water based acrylic paints and oil based paints, with each being appropriate in different applications. Oil based paints can be used to give a high gloss finish to exterior trim work and they are a good choice when repainting over many layers of oil based paint on weather boards.

Otherwise most people use water based acrylic paints on exteriors. Here’s some tips on achieving the best painting job:
• Ideal painting conditions are between 15- 30 degrees celcius, low to moderate
humidity and little or no wind.
• Avoid painting in hot, direct sun light because the surface temperature can be higher than air temperature.
• Never paint below 10 degrees celcius because it’s too cold for the paint film
to form properly, and don’t take short cuts on surface preparation. Remove
all flakey, loose and peeling paint with a scraper and sand surface.
• Repair cracks, gaps and fill holes, and clean the surface down with soapy water.
• After all surfaces have been cleaned, sanded and repaired, you can now start
painting.
Happy Easter!