Mark Smith Decorator

26/10/2026

🎨✨ 2026 DIARY NOW CLOSED ✨🎨
💛 Thank you for your continued support 💛

My sincere thanks to all my clients for your continued trust, support and recommendations. Being invited into your homes and entrusted with your decorating projects is a privilege I never take for granted.

Your repeat bookings, thoughtful feedback and personal recommendations mean a great deal to me and remain at the heart of my business.

📩 For enquiries regarding projects in 2027, please contact me through the page.

With gratitude,
Mark Smith Decorators

03/10/2026

02/10/2026

Thank you, Leyland. We're lost for words. 💚

Yesterday we asked for your help. Within 24 hours:

👀 217,000 people saw our post
🔁 1,700 of you shared it
👍 1,100 of you liked it
🙌 400 new people followed us and counting ....

We didn't expect anything like this. Every share, comment and message has meant a huge amount to Dave, Mick and the whole team.

The best way to say thank you is to keep being the shop you want us to be.

So this month we'll keep doing what we said:
🏷️ Real price checks against B&Q, shared all October
🔧 Friendly advice from people who know the stock
🛒 Just the bits you need, no big packs you'll never finish

If you've been meaning to pop in, we'd love to see you. Whether it's a packet of screws or a tin of paint, every visit counts.

From all of us at Duxbury Park DIY, thank you for backing your local shop. 🙏

📍 330–332 Leyland Lane, PR25 1UQ
📞 01772 433823

15/09/2026

WHERE YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY MATTERS. ❤️

Before handing it to another huge corporation, give a local business a chance.
Your custom supports local families, local jobs and people who genuinely care about their work and reputation.
To a big corporation, you’re a number.
To a local business, you matter.
Shop local. Hire local. Recommend local!

🖤✨ PRICELIST 🖤✨

24/08/2026

One of the most frustrating things about being a professional decorator… 🤦‍♂️🎨

I get it — when you want your house decorated, you want it doing NOW.
But here’s the thing…
If you contact me and I’m booked up, there’s a reason for it.
I’ve been doing this for over 30 years, and I’ve built my business on proper preparation, attention to detail and a finish I’m proud to put my name to.
I’m not interested in rushing through a job just to say I’ve done it.
Yet I regularly have new customers contact me, get a quote, then decide they can’t wait a few weeks and find someone who can start tomorrow.
And that’s absolutely their choice.
But ask yourself why one decorator is available immediately while another is booked months ahead.
There will always be someone cheaper.
There will always be someone available sooner.
And there will always be someone willing to cut corners to get the job done.
Preparation? “Not in the budget.”
Filling? “You’ll never see it.”
Straight lines? “That’ll cost extra.” 😂
Then six months later you’re looking at the walls thinking… “FFS, why didn’t I just wait?”
I completely appreciate that waiting isn’t always convenient, but if you’ve chosen a professional because you like their work, sometimes the best thing you can do is book them and wait.
You wouldn’t book a top restaurant and complain because they don’t have a table tonight.

Good work takes time. Good decorators are busy.
I’m not the cheapest, and I’m certainly not the quickest.
But I’ll do it properly.

🎨 Mark Smith Decorators

Diary is open for December so get booked in guys!

20/06/2026

Wow 🤩

09/05/2026

Just a polite message to all potential new customers 👋

Please remember that when tradespeople travel out to your home to look at work, measure up and provide quotations, we are giving up both time and fuel to do so.

Nobody is ever under any obligation to accept a quote, and i completely understand people shop around or change their minds. However, a quick reply either way is always appreciated out of courtesy — even if it’s simply to say you’ve decided not to go ahead.

Small businesses run on time, communication and respect, and most genuine tradespeople will appreciate the honesty.

Thank you 😊

07/05/2026

29/04/2026

🚨 We’re hiring! Do you want to be part of an award-winning team👀 🚨

Due to a strong pipeline of exciting projects, we’re expanding both our workshop and onsite teams across Preston and beyond.

We’re currently looking for:

🔨 Site Foreman
🪚 Site Joiner
⚙️ CNC Machinist / Programmer

We’re looking for skilled, motivated people who take pride in what they do.

📍 Find out more and apply via our website: https://jsjuk.co/careers/

📣 Or share this post with someone who might be a great fit!

18/04/2026

Take a look guys 😊