News from the world of hand painted kitchens & furniture
This kitchen was a bespoke build for a beautiful house in the Newington area of Edinburgh. It was designed and built by an Edinburgh based company. This was a major refurbishment of the unused basement area to create a stunning kitchen for this young family. I was commissioned to hand paint the new cabinetry, the base coats were applied off …
I painted this Edinburgh kitchen recently. The owners moved into this house, and decided it would be wasteful to replace the 14 year old kitchen even though they disliked the style. I painted it using Farrow & Ball’s Wimborne White and changed the handles on the units. The Edinburgh customer called it ‘a transformation’ and commented how fresh and modern …
First kitchen of 2020 finished today. My clients recently bought this house,the kitchen was only a few years old but didn’t suit their style. They chose this very unusual colour ‘Mercer’ from Craig & Rose. New white goods are still to be installed and new flooring and plinths.
The repaint of this stunning Clive Christian kitchen in the prestigious home in Edinburgh New town took a lot more time than previous jobs due to the amount of detail. The colours used were Farrow & Ball ‘purbeck stone’ on the island and larder furniture and ‘moles breath’ on the glass display cabinet and the Aga surrounding furniture. My client …
These photos are from a recent upgrade we did to a kitchen in rural Perthshire. The client was delighted with the kitchen, and wrote a glowing testimonial for us. ” We would like to thank you once again for doing such an excellent job of upgrading our kitchen.As a testimonial, we would say to anyone who asked, that your work …
It’s always a great feeling when a client takes the time to comment on your work. This was the message I received on completion of this bespoke kitchen. “Hi Ian, We are both delighted with our new bespoke kitchen. You have done a fantastic job. It’s a real pleasure when you can have major work done in your home and …
This kitchen in Stirling and is overlooked by the monument and has some beautiful views, no wonder we are so happy to go back for the third time! When Ian started painting kitchens full time (around 11 years ago) this was one of the very first ones that he painted. The client asked Ian back about 6 years ago to …
This is a 10 year old “standard” melamine kitchen. We were recommended to the client by her friends who had had us in to paint their kitchen. She loved the idea of being able to brighten the room without the cost of a whole new kitchen. As this was melamine it is not able to be sanded, so after a …
We love doing kitchens but sometimes its nice to do something a bit different. This client had a beautiful side board, small chest of drawers and coffee table that she was looking to be ‘modernised’ to fit in more with the decor in the room. as she liked the existing handles but felt that the brass look would not go …
Our client inherited this kitchen when they bought this prestigious house in Edinburgh. Although a very well made kitchen the previous painters hadn’t taken as much time or care over it as you might have expected or indeed should have. As you can see from the pictures the previous painter had even painted the hinges! And although they had done a …