There are dozens of different DIY items on sale in stores but none of them is as versatile as the good old paintbrush. It’s been around for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years and is still a firm favourite of decorators and designers all over the world.

Nobody really knows who first invented the paint brush. Ever since the dawn of mankind people have been etching or painting on surfaces in caves all over the world. At some stage, somewhere in our evolutionary history, an early man (or woman perhaps?) gathered together some hairs or plant strands and painted with powdered stone and water on a wall and the paint brush was born.

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