After alot of preparation and sanding out the original heavily distressed and painted Chalon kitchen, I have finally finished repainting it. I pretty well matched the original colours but my client didn’t want the same level of distressing. It hadn’t been touched since it was installed 25 years ago. I’ve included some photos of the level of sanding required. The …
Rescuing a badly painted kitchen: back to basics
Yet another kitchen that I painted five years ago. The client asked me to change the colour three years later and at the time I was so busy that the client decided to use someone else. Two years on, the client contacted me again to ask if I could change the colour again as the paint the last company put …
Third coat of paint for this kitchen over 14 years!
Great start to this year. I first painted this kitchen when it was newly fitted 14 years ago, I then gave it a maintenance coat 7 years later in the original colour. My client contacted me a few months ago to ask me to repaint it in a new colour they decided on Farrow&Ball ‘Inchyra Blue’. A lovely way to …
Repainting and restoring a kitchen .. for the 3rd time!
We revisited this kitchen for the 3rd time this week. It’s now on its 3rd change of colour over a number of years. Repainting is a great way to give your kitchen a new lease of life without the expense, fuss and waste of installing a new kitchen. The colour this time is matched to Farrow & Ball ‘pavilion grey’. …
Hand painted funiture and a painting a bespoke kitchen
It’s been a busy Autumn so far, with a variety of jobs to keep me busy. Firstly I hand painted a couple of pine bedside cabinets to give them a new lease of life. You can see the before and after photos below. Next up was a bespoke kitchen. I have the privilege to be able to work on some …
Hand painted kitchens in April – two very different styles
Here’s some photos from a couple of kitchens I hand painted this month. The first is a kitchen I painted a few years ago. The house was recently sold and the new owner changed the layout slightly and added some additional cabinets. I was called in to paint the new cabinets to match the existing. The colour is ‘Hicks Blue’ …
Back Again!
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 …
Less Is More
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 …
A bit of a change
This one was a bit of a change from our regular colours and we love it. This existing kitchen was factory painted, so as usual there is no need for us to take the doors to our workshop. All the doors were removed and worked on on-site with the help of our new rack. The whole kitchen was given a …
Change of colour
This job was a lovely kitchen that just needed a freshen up. The client decided to change the colour to give a new feel to the room. She chose Farrow and Ball ‘Light blue’. As it was already painted we do not need to sand them as much as we would with a wooden kitchen. It means that we can …