Interior painting and frames
Townhouse in Leiden
The salon had too much sheen and a yellow undertone. We flattened the walls, repaired the reveals and lacquered the sliding doors in a quieter green.
Clay · matte emulsion, timber in deep olive
VLAK
Give your space a new surface.
Painting and renovation with care for colour, material and every edge.
Interior and exterior painting · Wall finishing · Renovation
Before
After
Compare the room before and after the painting. The same living room in a muted, tired state: yellowed walls, little contrast. The same living room after a clean finish: quiet walls, clear light and a composed edge.
A new colour changes more than a wall.
Light falls differently. Wood settles or steps forward. VLAK treats preparation, colour advice, execution and handover as one controlled process — so the plane still holds, even at the skirting.
Work
Rooms that have found their tone.
Wall finishing and ceilings
Apartment in Rotterdam
The existing latex was failing at the outer wall. That coat was taken off, the wall repaired, then built up again — including the niche in a deeper tone.
Chalk · off-white with a cool grey-green niche
Kitchen, beams and repair
Farmhouse in Woerden
The kitchen asked for quiet, not another colour plane. We kept the walls still, repaired the joints at the timber and let marble and oak do the work.
Stone-white emulsion · timber and enamel in the same family
Studio, doors and an acoustic plane
Office studio in Utrecht
One wall carries the room. The rest stays light so drawings and materials can breathe. Doors and skirtings in the same stone white, without a break in sheen.
Cobalt on one end wall · the rest in stone white
Services
Four planes, one method.
Approach
The edge first, then the colour.
01
First conversation
A short conversation about the room, what you want to see, and when it can happen. We do not promise a date we cannot keep.
02
Survey & colour advice
We come by, look at light, substrate and existing coats, and set a colour proposal on the actual plane — not only on a swatch.
03
Preparation
Masking, sanding, filling, dusting. The slow part. The part that later keeps the finish still.
04
Execution
Coats in the right order, drying time respected, edges cut in. No hurry over a still-wet primer.
05
Handover
Details together, touch-ups where needed, the workplace clean. Then a clear close, without loose ends.
Colour
A wall is a plane, not a sample pot.
Choose a family. The wall takes the tone — as a starting point, not an order. Light, substrate and sheen decide how the colour later falls in the room.
Chalk
Light, mineral, a little cool in the morning.
Screen colours differ from physical paint. This is an inspiration tool, not a precise mixer.
Working agreement
What you may expect in advance.
A clear quote first
A written estimate of work, material and planning. No surprise on the last day.
Careful preparation
Sanding, degreasing, priming, repairing. The finish coat is only as clean as this part.
Professional materials
Paints and primers that belong to the substrate. We name brands in the quote, not as decoration here.
A tidy, protected workplace
Floors, furniture and ironmongery are covered. Dust is managed, not apologised for afterwards.
Clear planning
You know which days we are there, and what happens that day. Changes are reported.
Check at handover
We walk the edges, coverage and junctions. What is not right is corrected before we leave.
Voices
Three rooms, three voices.
The green salon was a gamble on paper. On the wall it holds. Especially the frames: no runs, no sloppy junction into the plaster.
M. de Vries
Leiden — townhouse
They took the old latex off instead of going over it. That saved us a second round in two years.
S. Hassan
Rotterdam — apartment
A short update every morning, and the kitchen was dust-free by the end of the day. The terracotta wall is quieter than I dared hope.
A. Veldkamp
Woerden — farmhouse
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About VLAK
A small studio, a clean plane.
VLAK is set up as a compact painting studio: small enough to see the edges ourselves, large enough to put a whole house on a controlled plan. The copy here is deliberately interchangeable — for one painter or a small team.
We work for residents, architects and small commercial rooms. The standard is the same: the substrate first, then the colour, then the quiet of a well-cut line.
There are no invented certificates here, no founding years and no review score. What counts is in the quote and on the wall.
Quote
Tell us what the room needs.
No off-the-shelf price. After this request a tailored proposal follows, once we have been able to judge the work.
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