Kitchen Painter, Huntington, York
Kitchen Painter, Huntington, York As a kitchen painter I travel quite a bit around Yorkshire. This particular hand painted kitchen project was in Huntington, York. The kitchen was solid oak and had been made by Chapel Kitchens around 13 years ago. I have worked on a lot of kitchens over the years and the quality of the cabinetry work on this kitchen was second to none. To give their new painted kitchen a truly bespoke look the clients wanted to introduce a secondary colour to accent certain...
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Painted Console Table with ‘Shabby Chic’ Paint Effect – Near Skipton, North Yorkshire This was a great little project for a client in Gargrave, Yorkshire. She bought this little console table loving the shape and style of it but not the finish. As you can see from the ‘before’ photos below, the paint effect it had been given wasn’t particularly sympathetic to the delicacy of the design. It was very dark and heavy and we both felt that it would...
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Kitchen Painter, Ilkley, West Yorkshire – Blog Project Details – Location: Ilkley, West Yorkshire Project Type: Hand Painted Kitchen Type of Doors: Vinyl wrap with mdf substrate (slightly textured) Colour Choice: Farrow & Ball’s ‘Railings’ (tinted accurately to the equivalent colour in my specialist paint from Finland) Number of Coats: 4 (2 coats of primer, 2 top coats) Main Paint Products Used: Tikkurila paint system, Otex...
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Kitchen Painter, Collingham, Leeds – Blog This hand painting kitchen project was commissioned by a couple in Collingham, near Leeds. They had inherited the kitchen when they bought the house and were keen to update it, feeling that the large amount of wood was dominating the room, making it feel rather dark and dated. The cabinetry work was second to none, with each section having been beautifully hand made. The wood itself was ‘pip’ oak – a wild hedgerow tree that...
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Marble Effect Paint for Slate Fire Surround – Blog by Lee Simone The marble effect painting on this fireplace was the second commission from a couple near Milton Keynes. The first fire surround I painted for them was in their lounge, this one was in the dining room. This too was in pretty poor condition and needed a fair bit of preparation before I could actually paint the marble effect. The clients wanted to change the original red...
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Imitation Painted Marble Fireplace – Blog by Lee Simone For this ‘imitation marble’ painting project I traveled down to near Milton Keynes. The couple who commissioned me were doing extensive renovations to their home and wanted a specialist painter to faux marble two of their fireplaces and bring them back to their former Victorian glory. I absolutely love creating the illusion of marble with paint and these projects were no exception, in fact they were...
read morePainted Ikea Kitchen Restoration, York – Blog
Painted Ikea Kitchen Restoration, York – Blog by Lee Simone For this kitchen painting project I travelled to the lovely city of York. The project was undertaken whilst the clients were, at least in part, on holiday, which allowed for the minimum of disruption and gave them the joy of coming home to a hassle free brand ‘new’ kitchen 🙂 The kitchen itself wasn’t in the best condition but having had various kitchen design companies taking a look the layout...
read moreSome New Painty Transformations and Testimonials
Some New Painty Transformations and Testimonials With a super busy first half of the year it’s been a while since I’ve Blogged but after a rejuvenating holiday in The Lakes I thought I’d share with you some more recent projects and their lovely client testimonials. More Blogs, pics and info will be weaning their way to your eyeballs in the coming months, but in the mean time please enjoy these fabulous painty transformations and some lovely words from very happy clients 🙂...
read morePippy Oak Kitchen Cupboard Restoration, Thirsk – Blog
Oak Kitchen Cupboard Restoration – Nr. Thirsk, North Yorkshire – Blog by Lee Simone This hand painted kitchen restoration is one that I am very proud of and one that brought this beautifully made ‘pippy’ oak kitchen back to the 21st century. It was a real labour of love with the project having many a stage and a lot of prep and intricacies. The original cost of this kitchen would have been many 10’s of thousands of pounds so the painty solution was by far and away...
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Hand Painted Kitchen Tiles – Blog by Lee Simone, Specialist Painter This particular project was primarily a kitchen repaint commission in the lovely village of Goldsborough, nr. York. The clients contacted me wanting to update the look of their kitchen by repainting the kitchen units in a more contemporary colour. Over the years I have written various pieces about repainting kitchens – the do’s, the don’ts, the stages, the materials, so...
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