The Painting & Decorating Show

Are Decorators Charging Enough? Painting & Decorating Prices Rise 4.1%

Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel react to a new BCIS report showing that the cost of decorating work rose by 4.1% in the year to early 2026 — more than double the increase

The Jobs You Never Want To Do Again

Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel look back at the decorating jobs that went wrong, became a nightmare, or simply turned out to be far more trouble than they were worth. Th

The Paperwork Problem: How Decorators Can Get On Top of Business Admin

Todd Von Joel and Joel Bardall tackle the paperwork, admin and other jobs that come with running a trade business. Todd admits he’s been struggling with a mental block w

What Would You Do? Real-Life Scenarios Every Decorator & Tradesperson Faces

From dealing with customers who want to watch you work, colour-matching between different brands and damaged dust sheets, to awkward cancellations, cash payments, van dam

Growing A Decorating Business: Specialist Work, Building A Team & Winning Reviews | Jason Savage

Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel are joined by Jason Savage of Novitas Decorators, a successful South East London-based painting and decorating business. Jason talks about

Did You Know... About These Products, Materials & Tools!

Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel look into some new products, tools, workwear, materials and ideas that are on the market, that some in the trade might not be aware of. Wa

Getting Second Thoughts About A Job

Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel talk to fellow Decorators about what to do if you get second feelings about a job - either in the quoting phases or once you've taken it on

Help Todd With His Job

Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel are joined by two Decorators who have been invited on to help Todd with a tricky upcoming exterior project. Guests: Bryan Dennett & Steve T

Fellow Decorators On People Pleasing & 'While You're Here' Requests

Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel talk to fellow Painters & Decorators about how far you take the finish and dealing with those "while you're here" requests. Is it people pl

Approach To Using Ladders On Interior & Exterior Jobs

Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel talk about their use of ladders on exterior and interior projects. There's also some chat about trial and error with ladder set ups and pas

Job Overrun & "While You're There..." Requests

Todd Von Joel and Joel Bardall talk about going above and beyond for little reaction or the times where you work longer than you quoted for. Could you build that time int

Approach To Getting Materials & Products

Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel look into the approach to getting what we need for the work. They talk about shopping around, whether we get stuff ourselves or leave it to

The Worst Places We've Ever Worked

Joel and Todd talk to Ashley Woodcock (A Woodcock Decorators) & Andy Hamilton (AR Decor) about the worst places they've ever worked. There's stories about unhinged custom

Hazards Faced By Painters & Decorators

Todd Von Joel and Joel Bardall talk about the common and hidden hazards faced by decorators. They talk about breathing in bad stuff, working in grotty houses, working fro

Painting & Decorating In The USA!

Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel find out about the approach to taking on the trade in the US as well as some of the innovation and exciting products coming to the UK from

Community Projects and Making a Difference

In this episode, Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel chat with decorators who are using their skills to make a real difference through community projects. They catch up with J

Painting the Future: VR, Murals & Working Around the World

Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel are joined by travelling mural artist Kathleen Dieux to explore how she uses VR technology to design and deliver large-scale artwork around

Tools, products & materials - is there a lack of innovation?

In this episode, Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel discuss tools, materials and anything new they have been looking into. From improvements with existing tools, to VR - this

Three Game Changing Moves

Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel invite Chris Ordinaire and Peter Clark to join them and share three game changing/career defining changes they made to their business. Joel

Bespoke-Hand Painted Work With The Ugly Duckling Kitchens

Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel talk to Dan and Sarah from 'The Ugly Duckling Kitchens' talk about their story and journey with the business over the past 13 years. Dan ta