Solid timber kitchens
Oak, walnut or ash, finished with oil rather than paint so you can see what it is made of. The one where the material does the work and nothing is hidden under a sprayed coat.
Painted kitchens are easier to sell because a colour is easy to picture. Timber asks more of you: every door is different, the grain runs where it runs, and two boards off the same tree will take oil slightly differently.
That is also the point. An oak door has depth that a sprayed panel cannot fake, and it takes forty years of knocks and comes back with a rub of oil rather than a respray. Walnut is darker and considerably dearer. Ash sits between the two and is underrated.
We build these the same way we build the painted ones, in-frame or lay-on, so the construction decision and the material decision are separate. A solid oak in-frame kitchen is the most expensive thing we make and it is also the one we most like making.
| Timbers | European oak, American black walnut, ash. Others to order |
|---|---|
| Finish | Hardwax oil, matt or satin. Re-oilable at home |
| Movement | Panels float in their frames so the timber can move with the seasons |
| Matching | Doors cut from adjacent boards where we can, so a run reads together |
| Worktop | Often a contrast: stone against timber rather than timber on timber |
| Adds | roughly 40 to 60% over a painted kitchen of the same size |
In other people’s houses
The same construction, in three different rooms.
See one in the workshop before you decide
The difference between these constructions is much easier to feel than to read about. Ring 01302 350055 and come and open a few doors.
Or book a design visit and we will bring samples to you.
The workshop
Unit 1 & 2, Bootham Lane Industrial Estate, Bootham LaneDunscroft, Doncaster
South Yorkshire DN7 4JU
Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm
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