{"id":263,"date":"2010-11-27T11:28:33","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T11:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/?p=263"},"modified":"2010-11-27T11:28:33","modified_gmt":"2010-11-27T11:28:33","slug":"quick-tip-painting-skirting-boards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/?p=263","title":{"rendered":"Quick tip: Painting skirting boards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quick tip for when your painting skirting boards, when decorating  a room and you are having a new carpet fitted, but not for a few days after you have decorated, a quick tip is to cut the carpet around the room about three inches away from the skirting boards, removing the carpet, but leaving the gripper rods (mind your fingers on these) and the underlay. 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