Kitchens · Cabinetry
Sprayed kitchen refinishing
Doors and drawers taken off-site and sprayed in a filtered booth; frames finished in place. A factory-smooth result on the cabinets you already have.
- Semi-gloss
- Alkyd enamel
- 7–10 days
Fine finishing for kitchens, millwork and walls. A visual system built to feel the way a hand-rubbed lacquer feels: quiet, deep, and obviously done properly.
Three rules govern every decision below. When a layout, colour or line of copy is in doubt, check it against these.
A good coat has depth, not ornament. Surfaces are flat and matte; the only shine lives on the things you can press. No gradients for their own sake, no drop shadows on text, no filigree.
Our clients read spec sheets and hire architects. We name products, sheens and processes plainly. Precision reads as luxury; adjectives read as marketing.
Generous margins and one idea per screen. The eye should rest the way it rests in a well-painted room: nothing pulling at it, everything resolved.
Every colour is one we would actually put on a wall or a cabinet door. Chalk and Putty do the quiet work. Bottle is the brand. Brass and Setting Plaster are used the way hardware is used: sparingly, and only where a hand will land.
Instead of a shadow scale, the interface uses the five paint sheens we specify on site. Flatter surfaces sit further back; glossier ones come forward and invite touch. Every component maps to one sheen, and each sheen has a fixed highlight overlay.
Fraunces carries the voice: an old-style serif with a soft, slightly wonky optical range that echoes hand-cut millwork. Instrument Sans handles reading. JetBrains Mono is our spec-sheet voice for labels, sheens and measurements.
Display and headings. Use weight 300 at large sizes, 400 below 40px. Italic for a single emphasised word, never a full line.
Body, buttons, forms. Weight 400 for reading, 500 for controls. Never above 20px; that's the serif's job.
Eyebrows, labels, hex codes, sheen values, measurements. Always uppercase and tracked. Never for sentences.
Content sits in a 1180px container with 24px gutters. Sections take the largest step. Corners are almost square (2px): a crisp cut-in line, not a rounded pill.
Built from the tokens above. Every pressable thing is semi-gloss Bottle; everything at rest is matte or eggshell.
Doors and drawers taken off-site and sprayed in a filtered booth; frames finished in place. A factory-smooth result on the cabinets you already have.
Skirting, architraves, wainscot, built-ins and doors, sanded back, filled, caulked and brushed with an enamel that levels to glass.
Skim-level preparation, then flat or eggshell finishes, limewash and specialist paints. Cut-in lines you could set a ruler against.
Send a few details and we'll come by to look, measure and talk finishes. Written estimates within three working days.
“The kitchen looks like it came out of a workshop, not like it was painted in my house. I keep running my hand along the doors.”
Private client · Kitchen refinish
| Surface | Oak cabinetry, previously varnished |
|---|---|
| Preparation | Degrease, scuff-sand 220, two coats bonding primer |
| Finish | Waterborne alkyd enamel, two coats sprayed |
| Colour | Bottle · custom match |
| Sheen | Semi-gloss · 30 GU @ 60° |
The wordmark is Fraunces at weight 300 with an italic ampersand: the same voice as the headings, so brand and page never disagree. The monogram is an ampersand on a drawdown chip.
Copy names products, sheens and steps. Photographs are natural light, tight crops of edges, corners and reflections. Wide room shots are for context only and never the hero.