South Hampstead Kitchen & Bathroom Transformation

A homeowner in South Hampstead had a structurally sound but aesthetically dated kitchen with oak-effect thermofoil cabinet doors that looked tired after 12 years. The matching bathroom vanity unit was equally dated. A full kitchen replacement had been quoted at £35,000, which was well beyond the client's budget. They wanted a dramatic transformation to a contemporary dark kitchen aesthetic, plus a refreshed bathroom, without the disruption and cost of ripping everything out. The kitchen remained in daily use by a busy household, so the work needed to proceed in stages with the kitchen functional each evening.

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We used our professional HVLP (high velocity, low pressure) spray system to deliver a factory-smooth finish on all cabinet doors and drawer fronts. Each door was carefully removed, labelled, and taken to our on-site spray station set up in the client's garage with full extraction and dust filtration. The thermofoil surfaces were prepared with specialist adhesion primer designed for non-porous substrates, then spray-applied with two coats of premium 2-pack polyurethane lacquer in Farrow & Ball Railings — a sophisticated dark blue-black that transformed the kitchen from dated oak-effect to a striking contemporary aesthetic. While doors were being sprayed, we hand-painted the visible carcass edges and plinths in situ using the same colour in brush-applied format. The bathroom vanity received identical treatment. All existing hardware was replaced with new brushed brass handles and knobs selected by the client. Each evening, we temporarily refitted enough doors to make the kitchen usable, removing them again the following morning for the next coat.

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