ShopFront: It's spring and time to refresh everything in the home. If you want to tackle your bathroom, the really big job is replacing a tired bath, sink and toilet.

But help is at hand -a small company called Renew will strip, re-enamel and glaze your cast-iron bath in almost any colour you fancy - and it will do this in situ for about €195.

For a long-lasting finish and deeper stripdown, another outfit, The Victorian Salvage Company, will sandblast your bath down to its metal base in its own workshop.

Its service costs between €900 and €1,000 but you must remove the bath, deliver it to them and have it refitted.

Renew: tel 01 4500433

The Victorian Salvage Company: tel 01 6727000