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Case Study

Luxury Kitchen Cabinet Spray Respray

A large lateral apartment in a Knightsbridge mansion block on Beaufort Gardens had a £80,000 bespoke kitchen installation in aged oak and cream lacquer that the new owners wanted to refresh. Rather than replace the cabinetry — which would have cost significantly more — they commissioned us to respray all 47 cabinet doors and drawer fronts off-site, plus spray-finish all carcasses and frames in situ, transforming the kitchen colour scheme from cream to a sophisticated deep sage green in Farrow & Ball's Mizzle.

Duration

4 days

Team

3 painters (2 on-site, 1 spray facility)

The Challenge

The kitchen's aged oak grain elements required a different treatment from the lacquered sections — the new owners wanted to retain and highlight the oak grain on the island and tall cabinets while refreshing the painted sections. Achieving a factory-smooth spray finish in situ on the wall units required comprehensive masking of the kitchen's high-specification stone worktops, Sub-Zero appliances, and the open-plan living area beyond. Colour-matching between the on-site work and the off-site sprayed doors required meticulous colour calibration.

Our Approach

All 47 door and drawer fronts were removed, labelled, and transported to our spray facility, where each piece was prepared with denibbing and scuff-sanding, primed with Zinsser BIN, and sprayed with three coats of Renner two-pack polyurethane lacquer in Farrow & Ball Mizzle equivalent. In parallel, our on-site team masked the kitchen meticulously — stone surfaces protected with foam-backed masking, appliances wrapped in polythene, open-plan areas sealed with dust barriers. All carcasses, frames, and in-situ panels were sprayed using a fine-finish HVLP gun to match the off-site panel finish exactly. Doors were re-hung the following day to a complete, perfectly matched kitchen.

Before & After

After: Kitchen doors transformed from cream to Mizzle sage green
Before: Kitchen doors transformed from cream to Mizzle sage green
BeforeAfter

Kitchen doors transformed from cream to Mizzle sage green

The Result

The transformation was complete within four days, delivering a kitchen that looks entirely new at a fraction of replacement cost. The deep sage green has transformed the kitchen into a design statement rather than a standard cream backdrop. The client's interior designer confirmed that the spray finish quality was indistinguishable from a factory lacquered product, and the colour calibration between doors and frames was perfect throughout.

Products Used

Renner two-pack polyurethane lacquer (Farrow & Ball Mizzle equivalent)Zinsser BIN shellac-based primerMirka Abranet sanding systemDulux Trade Diamond Matt in Mizzle match (site touch-up)
We were quoted £120,000 to replace the kitchen. The respray cost a fraction of that and the result is more beautiful than the original. Our friends genuinely cannot tell it has been painted rather than replaced.

James & Clarissa Thornton

Homeowners

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