Timber and paint Supplies was founded in 1976 by Don Hunt, a builder that rented a small office in Muswell Hill to get extra business for building work and general DIY supplies.

The demand was very high and after a few months business was booming. The place up the road came up for sale, Don jumped at the opportunity for a bigger shop and expanded Timber and Paint Supplies to a larger location, in 1985.

The two buildings used to be stables for the London buses. Don then turned the old Timber and Paint Supplies into a picture framing shop, which was very popular, and serves to some of the most popular celebrities like Tim Pigott-Smith, an actor, and one of the singers from Spandau Ballet.

Don used one of the larger buildings as Timber and Paint, and rented the other building to a piano company. The piano shop relocated, and later the piano shop was converted into a show room for Tim Moss Interiors, currently ran by Tim Moss, and Les Hunt, who are specialists in making bespoke kitchen furniture.

After many successful years of running Timber and Paint Supplies, and the picture framing shop, Don retired in 2002 and sold the picture framing shop to Graham Sterling and Perter Wermal, and gave Timber and Paint Supplies to his son Paul Hunt, who now runs Timber and Paint Supplies today.


Timber and Paint Supplies is a well known family run business in the North London area, and has always been dedicated to giving customers the best possible service, and value for money.