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Ty Pennington, window dressing & real estate

Ty Pennington on RadioLIVE this Sunday

This Sunday on Design & Build Alex & Hamish talk to Ty Pennington (international superstar of Extreme Makeover Home Edition), we look at window dressings with Annette and Chris from Weathermaster and take a look at the real estate market too with Keith from Custom Residential.

Also We will caht to Benjamin from The Lighting Centre and update you on the Facebook page too.

http://www.facebook.com/DesignandBuildShow

All from 6am Sunday on RadioLIVE

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By Mike Symonds

Good Morning,

I want to paint over a horrendos existing interior wall color. It looks like it is painted over the gib. Do I have to sand it before painting or can I just paint straight over? It's not peelig or anything but I cant be bothered with the admin of sanding if I dont have to?

Thanks alot.

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