A champion's discipline, brought to decorating.
Family-owned and family-run in Middlesbrough since the early 2000s, delivering painting and decorating for some of the UK's best-known names.
From the Olympic ring to your building.
Peter Richardson started his career as a boxer in the 1980s, competing all over the world at both the Olympic and Commonwealth Games before turning professional.
In the early 2000s he started Olympian Decor. Since then he has built a leading decorating company, working across the UK on commercial, retail, public-sector and residential projects.
The name is no accident. The habits that carry a boxer through a career — preparation, discipline, showing up on time and never cutting corners — are exactly the habits that make a great decorating contractor. They run through every Olympian Decor site.
We're still a family-owned, family-run business. There's no job too big or too small, and every client deals with people who care about the result.
Work with us- 1980s
In the ring
Peter Richardson starts out as an amateur boxer, competing around the world at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games.
- Professional
Turning pro
Peter turns professional — learning the discipline, preparation and resilience that still shape how he works.
- Early 2000s
Olympian Decor is founded
Peter starts a painting and decorating business in Middlesbrough, building a loyal mix of private and commercial clients.
- Since then
National clients
The business grows into a trusted contractor for Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's, David Lloyd, Amazon, universities, schools and banks.
- Today
Still family-run
Olympian Decor remains family-owned and family-run, working nationwide across the UK from its Teesside base.
Four habits from the ring.
Discipline
Programmes planned and hit. If we say we'll be there at 6pm on Friday, we're there.
Preparation
Fights are won in training. Finishes are won in the prep: filling, sanding, priming.
Respect
For your building, your staff, your customers — and for the trades working alongside us.
The finish
We walk every job with you and don't leave until it's right.
Based in Middlesbrough. Working nationwide.
Our home is the North East, but our clients are everywhere. We run projects across England, Scotland and Wales, with crews that travel to the work and a single point of contact back at base.
- North East & Yorkshire
- North West
- Midlands
- London & the South
- Scotland
- Wales
Got a project coming up?
Tell us what you're planning. We'll survey, programme and price it properly — and give you a start date we'll keep.