Restaurant refit repainted out-of-hours in Camden
The transformation
Before
AfterAn 80-cover Camden restaurant refit that couldn't afford to close for the paintwork. Full interior refresh with deep, saturated colours, wallpaper accents and sprayed ceilings — completed across seven consecutive overnight shifts with the restaurant trading normally every evening.
What the client wanted
- Zero closed days — restaurant trading every night through the refit
- Complex two-tone dining-room scheme with a deep green feature wall
- Sprayed ceilings for a clean, textured finish without visible roller marks
- Wallpaper hung on the back wall of the bar as a design feature
- Handover clean and cured before service each evening
Work completed
- RAMS, PLI documentation and site induction agreed with the operations manager
- Overnight shifts 11pm–7am for 7 consecutive nights, fully sheeted every night
- Sprayed ceilings in Zinsser Ceiling Paint using low-overspray airless setup
- Feature wall in Farrow & Ball 'Studio Green' — 3 hand-cut coats for depth
- Wallpaper hung on 6m bar wall — pattern-matched across two joins
- Kitchen-safe washable coating on all back-of-house walls
- Fully cleaned and ventilated by 9am each morning — zero impact on lunch service
Paints & materials used
| Product | Where / how |
|---|---|
| Farrow & Ball Modern Emulsion | Feature wall — 'Studio Green', 3 coats |
| Dulux Trade Diamond Eggshell | Main dining walls — hard-wearing washable |
| Zinsser Ceiling Paint | Ceilings — sprayed for even coverage |
| Cole & Son 'Woods' | Bar back wall wallpaper |
| Blackfriar Water-Based Trim | All woodwork — zero-solvent, food-safe cured |
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"We didn't lose a single cover. They were out of the building every morning by 8am, ceiling sprayed, walls cured, ready for staff briefing at 10. Genuinely impressive operation."
— Marco T., Head of Operations
Questions we got on this project
Can you really repaint a restaurant without closing it?
Yes — with proper planning. Overnight shifts, low-VOC paints that cure fast, careful sequencing of wet zones away from prep areas, and a rigorous morning clean-down. We do it regularly across Camden, Shoreditch and the West End.
Do you charge extra for overnight commercial work?
There's a night uplift but it's transparent — priced honestly, not padded. Most operators find the cost of closing for a week far outweighs the uplift.
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