We would normally recommend an experience cabinet painter to achieve the best finishes for our products
However, you can definitely paint the fitted furniture yourself as a DIY project. We fit our cabinets in a ready to paint board so no need to prime. Painting your fitted furniture can be a creative and cost-effective way to finish off your pieces and match them to your decor. Here are some general steps to guide you through the process: Materials and Tools Needed:
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We install a lot of wardrobes and fitted furniture that is to end up painted. We don't pre paint any of our furniture in the workshop as the environment for it is not ideal.
We offer 2 options with our fitted wardrobes. Our most common option is we fit the furniture in a primed ready to paint board, when we leave you are left with a white finished piece that would need a cabinet painter or quality decorator to finish it with a top coat. They would seal and fill any joins or holes and then apply the top coat. Usually 2 coats, but some colours can require 3 or 4 coats. The second option, which does usually cost a little more is we send all the items to be painted to a specialist joinery spray paint shop, then once we fit your items they are in and finished. The sprayers can match the colours to any well known brands of paint, such as farrow and ball or little green. There is consideration for both options, one being price but also the type of furniture being fitted. We always suggest a traditional fitted wardrobe or alcove cabinet is more suitable to a hand painted finish, in keeping with the aesthetic of the item and often being fitted in a Victorian or Georgian home, this type of finish is more in keeping with the style of the home also. Chipboard had a really bad rep from the 'MFI' and 80s flat pack furniture days, these boards were thin, poorly produced and had a thin cheap laminate on the face and edge, often resulting on peeling laminates and loose joins.
Todays chipboard and MFC is superior to these boards from that era. They are thicker and denser at the core, the laminates are really good quality with strong aesthetics. It really is a different product. Lets delve a little deeper... MFC, or Melamine Faced Chipboard, is a type of engineered wood product that is commonly used in the manufacturing of furniture, including fitted wardrobes. It consists of particleboard or chipboard covered with a layer of melamine resin-impregnated paper. This layer can have various patterns and colors to simulate the appearance of wood or other materials. Whether MFC is considered "bad" depends on the context and your specific needs. Here are some aspects to consider:
We are doing a series of blog posts with some of our most commonly asked questions.
This is the first in the series with more to follow We often get asked 'what are your wardrobes made from?' We use a range of materials for our London fitted wardrobes and bespoke cabinets. Fitted wardrobes can be made from a variety of materials, and the choice often depends on personal preference, budget, and the overall style of the room. Here are some common materials we use in the construction of our fitted wardrobes:
We will be always happy to assist in any queries Before the painting. We install the units primed ready to paint. Some customers choose to have decorated themselves or use one of our cabinet painters for a truly beautiful finish
Stunning Ash veneer wardrobe fitted in Walthamstow.
#joinery #carpentry #fittedfurniture #architecture #london #londonhome #bespoke #houzz #dezeen #valchromat #birchply #interiors #interiordesign #designer #customfurniture #wardrobes #cabinetmaker #wallpaper #interiordesigner #furniture #home #furnituredesign #furnituremaker #floatingshelf #bedroomdesign #wallpapermagazine #design #architect #fittedwardrobe #customwardrobes We designed, made and fitted these Beautiful Fluted cabinet with a paint finish installed in Hackney, London
Another project for the wonderful Lauren Caisley interiors, here we did the interior joinery for a London home. We created a range of beautiful bespoke storage and media solutions all finished off in a stunning colour palette.
We work with you from concept to completion across all interior furniture projects. We can make to any style and finish and deliver truly stunning pieces just like this project here... We recently completed a fit out of the interior joinery for a Georgian villa, and were commissioned by the fabulous Lauren Caisley interiors. We had the whole team on this project and were able to turn it around quickly for the tight deadline the client hoped for.
When E5 were asked to quote for the Sarah Beeny renovation show to provide contemporary fitted wardrobes in Bow East London. We developed some unique design concepts for the clients to sort their busy lives and arrange their belongings in a more suitable way that helped them with their storage issues.
We made bespoke wardrobes with floor to ceiling spray finished doors, these included recessed handles and a range of internal storage solutions. As with all our bespoke wardrobes London we use the highest quality fittings and build to the space, providing a fully flush unit that looks part of the house |
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