Any one else still doing their own decorating?

I do nearly all our decorating, I find it very satisfying when I've finished a room. I started on our first flat many years ago with a DIY book, a pot of paint and a brush, followed by a variety of brushes, rollers, paint pads, paint types, glazes, mistakes and the odd disaster. And more recently many hours on YouTube, learning from the pros.

We had a painter in when we refitted our bathroom a few years ago, and I don't touch electrics or plumbing, but otherwise we do it all. I expect the day will come when I will want to do other things and we'll pay a decorator, but not yet.

Painters now are just silly expensive

I need my bedroom wallpapered and painted and was coated £250 Now I don't know if I am stingy or not but I thought that was alot.

I have decided to do it my self or wait til I muster up the courage to part with the money

That £250 was cheap, my decorator did not stop working hard all day and he spent the equivalent of 3 days over a week on the last bedroom, first the prep, then two coats of paint with the correct drying time between coats. He lightly sanded between coats and did a superb job. I had the whole interior done, started last september. A proper craftsman will charge between 160 to 200 a day. He was very worth it and the reason it took 6 months for the whole house, was that he was greatly in demand

TheodoraP What do you think would be an appropriate cost for a days work / hourly rate from a skilled worker?
They have the same bills to.pay as anyone else.