{"id":276,"date":"2010-12-17T09:17:06","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T09:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/?p=276"},"modified":"2010-12-17T09:17:06","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T09:17:06","slug":"property-decorating-in-tradexpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/?p=276","title":{"rendered":"Property Decorating in TradeXpress"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Adrian&#8217;s Horror Story<\/h1>\n<h2>Extra Extra Read All About It<\/h2>\n<p>Adrian&#8217;s horror story has been published in the ICI Dulux Trade&#8217;s newsletter (issue 10 Winter 2010), TradeXpress.<\/p>\n<p>TradeXpress is the trade newsletter for professional decorators with the latest news from the trade, reviews of latest products and a round up of what is going on within the trade, as well as features and stories from decorators.<\/p>\n<p>I received the TradeXpress newsletter and read it with interest, I twitter as <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/propertydecor\">@propertydecor<\/a> and follow @DuluxTrade which is how this came about, @DuluxTrade asked if I had any horror stories I could submit. 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