December 04, 2023

Wrapping up 2023: It’s Been a Busy Year for Frenchic

As we wrap up a whirlwind 2023, we’d like to extend a warm and heartfelt thank you to all our fantastic Frenchic fans and customers. As always, your support and enthusiasm has meant the world to us.

This year has been an exciting journey, filled with lots of news and events. Join us as we take a stroll through our favourite highlights from 2023. From expanding our community to launching new products, it’s been a year to remember!

Frenchic Fan Forum going from strength to strength

The Frenchic Fan Forum Facebook group has reached an incredible milestone with over 625,000 members, showcasing a vibrant community of Frenchic enthusiasts! This thriving group is home to a growing number of devoted Frenchic fans who provide inspiration, advice and an audience for your proudest painting projects!

If you are already an active member of this amazing community, we thank you for your input. If not, now is the perfect time to join in!

Painting a brighter future: Our partnership with Samaritans

As 2023 wraps up, Frenchic Paint is celebrating not just a year of vibrant colours, but also an exciting development in our social responsibility journey. This year marked the beginning of an inspiring partnership between Frenchic Paint and Samaritans – a leading mental health and suicide prevention charity.

This collaboration is a testament to Frenchic's firm belief in the power of paint to not only beautify spaces but also to promote mindfulness and positivity.

Through our product donation program, Frenchic is proudly supporting Samaritans' important work. While we love painting and upcycling, enhancing community well-plays a key role in what we do.

Learn more about Frenchic’s partnership with Samaritans

You asked, we delivered!

At Frenchic, we're dedicated to helping you maximise the potential of our paint collection, ensuring your homes and upcycling projects dazzle with style. We understand you may have questions, and we're always happy to help. That's why we've introduced a new FAQ section on our website.

It's a treasure trove of information, designed to answer your queries and guide your painting adventures. We invite you to explore it and discover the tips and tricks that can transform your projects. Here are a few FAQs that you might find helpful:

• How to Store Paint 
• How to Paint New Plaster
• How Do I Avoid Brushmarks?
• How to Prevent & Fix Paint Drips

Discover Frenchic’s new Chalk Wall Paint colours for 2023

Our newly expanded Chalk Wall Paint range offer 150 colours, catering to diverse tastes and design needs.

The year saw an emphasis on whites and off-whites, which remained popular for their calming effect and adaptability to various interior styles. Shades like Cloud 9, Ghost, Moon Whispers and Marshmellow exemplified this trend, blending subtlety with nuanced tones to create serene and stylish spaces​​.

The standout shade of the year was Silver Birch – a light greige that captured the public's imagination for its calming, understated elegance. This colour perfectly encapsulated the year's trend with a move towards shades that offer tranquillity, sophistication and versatility.

Read more about Frenchic chalk wall paint shades

New additions to the Al Fresco range

In 2023, Frenchic's Al Fresco paint range saw an exciting expansion too, reflecting our commitment to meeting customer demand and trends in outdoor decor.

The addition of five new colours – Hornblower, Little Duckle, Olivia, Steaming Green, and Wedding Cake – brought fresh energy and choices to the collection. Each colour was carefully selected based on customer feedback and existing popularity within other Frenchic ranges. These additions not only expanded the permanent Al Fresco range palette to a total of 26 colours but also enhanced its versatility.

In addition to the five new Al Fresco colours, 2023 also brought an exciting twist with the introduction of Limited Edition Colours to our Al Fresco range. Celebrating the summer vibes, we introduced four ice-cream inspired pastel paints: Matcha, Pistache, Poppet and Yes please!

These colours captured the warmth and brightness of summer while invoking nostalgia with their playful, ice-cream-like tones. As winter approaches, it might be a tad late for those summer vibes. In this case, you can't go wrong with Hot Lips. This stunning scarlet-red will warm you up in the colder months ahead.

Find out more about the new additions to our Al Fresco range

Don’t forget about Frenchic TV

This year at Frenchic, we've expanded our how-to video guides, offering more comprehensive tutorials to support your painting projects. Our new guides cover a variety of topics to help you enhance your home and garden. You'll find detailed instructions on How to Prep and Paint Terracotta Pots, How to Paint Wooden Garage Doors and How to Prepare and Paint Decking.

We're always looking to cater to our community's needs. So, we'd love to hear what video tutorials you'd like us to create in 2024. Whether it's a specific technique, a unique project idea or tips on using a particular product, let us know your suggestions for our next series of how-to guides!

Check out Frenchic TV for more how-to videos

Have you done your Christmas shopping yet?

With the festive season just around the corner, it's the perfect time to sort out those last-minute Christmas gifts. If you're still on the hunt for presents, especially for the Frenchic fans in your life, we've got you covered.

Here are 17 Christmas Gift Ideas for Frenchic Fans – a sackful of Christmas gift ideas that are sure to delight any Frenchic enthusiast.

Merry Christmas from all the team at Frenchic

And that’s a wrap – 2023 in a nutshell. We’d like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our supporters throughout 2023. We wish you a very Merry Christmas and hope you are painting the town red for the festive season!

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