The paint professionals trust could be the secret to a better DIY finish

Let’s be honest: painting a room sounds easy enough. Pick a colour, buy the paint, roll it onto the walls… job done, right?

Well, anyone who’s ever tackled a decorating project will know it doesn’t always go quite that smoothly. Uneven coverage, endless coats and a finish that looks very different from the tin can quickly turn a simple refresh into a weekend-long project.

So, when it comes to choosing paint, there’s something rather reassuring about picking a brand that professional decorators already know and trust.

Albany has been part of the decorating world since 1920. For more than 100 years, the brand has been listening to professional painters and decorators and developing products with the things that matter on the job in mind: reliable performance, good coverage and a finish you can be proud of.

And now Albany is entering a new chapter, with a refreshed look and newly reformulated range designed to deliver improved opacity, coverage, colour accuracy and overall performance.

It’s not just professional decorators putting it to the test

We all know that ‘professional quality’ sounds good on a tin, but what does it actually mean?

For Albany, it means putting the paint through some pretty rigorous testing. The new range went through three stages, including blind application testing, real-world trials with 64 professional decorators from across the UK, and independent assessment by a specialist testing house.

In other words, it hasn’t just been developed to look good on the shelf – it’s been put through its paces by people who spend their working lives painting.

The range also has something for pretty much every decorating job. Vinyl Matt is designed to give excellent coverage and a consistent matt finish, while Scrubbable Matt has a Class 1 scrub rating and added mould resistance, making it a particularly useful choice for busy hallways, kitchens and bathrooms.

For a little more sheen, Acrylic Eggshell, which can be used on interior woodwork from doors to skirting boards, offers a durable mid-sheen finish with Class 1 scrub and mould resistance. While AF1 Ceiling Paint has a super-flat matt finish designed to help disguise those all-too-familiar ceiling imperfections and roller marks.

Get creative with colours

And then there’s the fun bit: choosing the colour. The Albany Design Collection features 128 carefully selected shades, so there’s plenty of scope to get creative.

The best part? You don’t need to be a professional decorator to get professional credentials on your side. Whether you’re giving one wall a weekend makeover or finally tackling that room you’ve been putting off, Albany offers the experience, testing and performance to help you feel a little more confident about the finished result.

Shop the Albany range at Brewers, explore the 128 shades in the Albany Design Collection or find your nearest Brewers Decorator Centre.