CLASSIC KITCHENS
Classic kitchens have a timeless appeal and will become the heart of your home for many years to come. A classic kitchen doesn’t have to mean ‘old fashioned’, think of the clean lines of a classic oak shaker kitchen or a kitchen painted in the colours of your choice.
If you see any style in the gallery below that you like but prefer an alternative style of colour, remember, always ask us, as we may be able to produce the style with the colour and finish your require. We can offer you an unrivalled choice of styles and designs, the only limitation being your imagination!!!! Below are just a few examples of what can be achieved with a little imagination, click on any small image to zoom in and get a closer look.
CLASSIC KITCHENS – Timber
CLASSIC KITCHENS – Painted
CLASSIC KITCHENS – Vinyl
MORE ABOUT KITCHEN DOORS
VINYL WRAPPED KITCHEN DOORS
All of our vinyl wrapped kitchen (and bedroom) doors and accessories are made to the highest standard using the most upto date CNC technology and manufacturing processes. Having to adhere to regulations such as; BS 6222 : part3, BS EN 312, BS EN 622, FIRA standard 041, FIRA standard 048, FIRA standard 6250 and also FIRA Gold, vinyl wrapped doors are also one of the safest types of doors to have in your kitchen.
Choose from hundreds of different door designs from the flat slab ‘Avant’, ‘Venice’ or Roma’ door styles right through to the more detailed designs such as ‘Verona’, ‘Tullymore’ or even ‘Gothic’.
There are far too many colour options to list, but here are a few as a small example;
Matt Options – Alabaster, Olive, Buttermilk, Matt Dakar, Cream, Lime, Stone Grey, Ivory, Satin White, Matt Mussel and many more High Gloss options – Black, White, Cappuccino, Paprika, Alabaster, Ivory, Red and many more Woodgrain Options – Pippy Oak, Dar Walnut, Canadian Maple, Honey Birch, Lissa Oak, Light Walnut, Portofino Cherry and many more.
With many of our suppliers you can mix and match the colour with the door style of your choice to create to perfect kitchen for you, also making sure that you are not got to be buying the same kitchen as your neighbour did last year!!
If you see any style in the gallery that you like but prefer an colour, remember, always ask us, as we may be able to produce the style with the colour and finish you require. We can offer you an unrivalled choice of styles and designs, the only limitation being your imagination!!!!
VINYL PAINTED KITCHEN DOORS
Our designers can create a truly unique kitchen for your home where you can have any combination of finish and style you require.
Painted kitchen doors can manufactured in any of three ways:
- By using a timber and finishing it to the required colour, this method generally is used to accentuate the existing grain of the wood below
- By using a paintable vinyl wrapped door and finishing it to the required colour, this will reduce the cost slightly as vinyl wrapped doors are more cost effective to produce, however, the grain effect will no longer be apparent
- By using an MDF door (patterned as required) and finishing it to the required colour, this is the most cost effective way, however, the grain effect will no longer be apparent and there are added risks involved as the MDF panel used for the door must be prepared correctly before the final colour is applied. I would only recommend this method if it is being carried out by a professional manufacturing/finishing company and not by the retailer or by the customer.
Kitchens with painted doors can be designed in a number of styles from contemporary living to traditional country cottage. The flat slab styles lend themselves towards to the modern design, whereas the more detailed designs with raised centre panels and profiled frames are more suited towards the traditional market. The shaker design (square with a recessed centre panel) is probably the most versatile of all of the timber door styles as this can be accommodating towards either a modern or traditional kitchen design, as long as the appropriate accessories are used to compliment the kitchen.
TIMBER KITCHEN DOORS
Timber kitchen doors can manufactured in any of three ways, either by using solid timber for the complete door, by using solid timber for the frame and utilising a veneer for the centre panel or by solely as a veneered door.
The cost of a timber door is determined by three parameters, the first being the amount of natural timber used in the construction of the door therefore, the solid timber door is usually the more expensive than the veneered option, and secondly by the type of timber used, as timbers such as Walnut and Oak are more expensive than those such as Ash or Pine.
Kitchens with timber doors can be designed in a number of styles from contemporary living to traditional country cottage. The flat slab styles lend themselves towards to the modern design, whereas the more detailed designs with raised centre panels and profiled frames are more suited towards the traditional market. The shaker design (square with a recessed centre panel) is probably the most versatile of all of the timber door styles as this can be accommodating towards either a modern or traditional kitchen design, as long as the appropriate accessories are used to compliment the kitchen.
Always remember that timber doors are made from a natural product, and therefore are subject to changing colour with age. This means that dependant on the type of timber used, the amount of daylight that your kitchen receives and, of course, the type and colour of finishing that the door has received, your kitchen will change colour over a period of time. This cannot be stopped, however, some timbers are more prone to changing colour than others. Normally lighter coloured woods darken and the darker coloured woods tend to lighten.
