Practicalities of a painted wooden kitchen

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I would like to hear from anyone who has a wooden painted kitchen please.

We live in an old cottage and the house would suit an in frame kitchen. The room is quite dark so a painted kitchen would help brighten it.

If money was no option I would happily have a Harvey Jones kitchen. Painted. But I have a D's who loves lego, cars and trains and travels them about on any surface he can find and a dd who walks about with a pen and notepad writing writing writing.

Dh is swaying towards an oak kitchen but I'm still not wanting to give up on a painted kitchen. Shaker style. Belfast sink. Pantry cupboards. But I want the kitchen to be the heart of the home. Not a room I'll be sending the kids out of.

When I've been in show rooms some of the painted cabinets mark so easily. But look and feel lovely. The more lacquered cupboards don't mark so easily but don't feel as nice/have metal drawers.

Is it crazy to have a painted WORKABLE FAMILY kitchen with a 4 and 6 year old/messy dh??

Our kitchen is painted and seems pretty resilient. It's painted in a vanilla colour and was fitted last summer. I have spotted a couple of tiny chips on the edge of two of the drawers, bug the kitchen company supplied me with some paint in a little pot and I have touched it up successfully. I love it but my DC are s bit older - 13 and 11.

Ours is solid wood and painted. We repaint when it gets tatty. Last kitchen was painted too (Harvey Jones simple range). We are horrible to our kitchens but both have coped.

I have always wondered how they stand up to use and thorough cleaning. Mind you my choice for cleaning kitchen cupboards is sugar soap, so I guess that would be fine.

Mine is rustic painted pine from Poynton Pine and I love it. I don't expect it to look shiny and perfect so minor scuffs wouldn't matter (there aren't any yet though anyway) and you can always repaint if needed.

I don't think I will ever have anything other than solid wood now, especially the insides of the cupboards are so lovely when they are so well made. And my huge larder cupboard makes me feel like I would survive an apocalypse as long as I keep it well stocked up.

I've had two painted kitchens, since the DC were little.
The only chipping has come from where I've bashed the kick boards with the hoover & it's not really noticeable.
They're fairly straightforward to repaint if you get bore of the colour.

Sounds like it would suit your cottage perfectly.

It's all down to the quality of the kitchen you end up choosing. Ie how well it's made, materials and paint chosen.

My painted shaker kitchen has been in for 2.5 years now. Not a scratch or a chip or a mark. And I have a 3.5 yo DS and 5.5 yo old DD.

We spend huge amounts of time in the kitchen diner. The DC run around and bash into it but it's fine and doesn't show.

Spillages are easily wiped off.

Best thing is that if I wish to change the colour scheme in a few years time, I can have it all repainted.

Have a look at these: www.higham.co.uk
This is where my kitchen is from. Much better quality than Harvey Jones and much cheaper.

Also have a look at Yew Tree Designs in East Sussex. Very pocket friendly and very good.

I obv can't speak for shaker kitchen made by Howdens etc but no doubt someone else can help.

We've had three painted kitchens (and about to fit another in our latest house) and these have stood up well, although DS was eight when we had our first which was cream......

That first one was an ex-display bought when we were renovating a huge project house and couldn't afford an in frame kitchen. Not sure of the make, but that's irrelevant.

Last two houses we've had inframe kitchens (mist recent I've was cream) from a company in Essex, but I have to say we weren't as impressed with the second one. As DH is an ex designer and I trained in fashion we tend to customise so are happy to spend less £££ and add our own touches and painted both kitchens ourselves.

Both inframe kitchens have survived well with the rigours of everyday life with two bouncy dogs and three cats, but no DC.......

I get Steve the painter in to re paint mine when I fancy a change - first was white - then blue - then white top and miles breath bottom - it's like getting a new kitchen without the cost !! Love it !!

Now re-painting every few years was not something I had considered!

My sis has a Tom Howley kitchen and she marked one end panel, her H tried to paint it with the touch up paint supplied but the finish wasn't quite the same. Got the company out again to do it professionally.

So I think it comes down to how you'll want it - pristine? Or lived in? Are you fairly good at painting so could paint yourself?

Thanks for the comments. I know painting is an option for when it gets tatty but we have a whole house to renovate so I wouldn't want to put more money in to the kitchen when it would need to go on to something else. I wouldn't want my kitchen marked or chipped a few months after having it installed. Plus, I'm ok at painting but I think there is a skill to painting a kitchen as I've seen all sorts of painting styles in the showrooms we've visited. So it would be an expense to have someone paint it for us.

And yes, I do want a pristine kitchen all the time. I don't want to spend all that money and not have it looking as good as it should. But I want the quality. I still haven't found a lacquered door/drawer that Doesn't feel cheap :-(

We put in our painted kitchen in 2011 when the DC were 6 and 8. It's painted in the oilbased Little Greene eggshell. So far I have not needed to get the spare paint out. I clean off drips and marks with CIF if they don't just wipe away. It has stood up fine to normal use.

It's not an inframe, just a plain Shaker oak door on a standard melamine face chipboard carcase. I did paint it myself - it was laborious but not exactly difficult IYSWIM. We had an old larder and some extra bits we wanted to match in so elected to get one tin of paint and do the lot.

Hi - I am on my second painted kitchen and love them. We were in an Edwardian house before and now in a smaller victorian cottage and it looks really good. Most painted ones are done with MDF as this gives a better finish than wood and doesn't move and crack which wood will do. However wood probably looks better if you want to end up with a shabby chic look when it does get knocked. We got ours from Unfitted Kitchens - you can buy bits separately - some of it comes ready built such as island units but kitchen runs etc. would need to be finally put in on site - but they are a lot cheaper than some of the in-frame ones on the market. I bought as little as possible and then added using antique pine cupboards which give a lovely eclectic look. They do a great island with a 'butchers block' look top as well which is fab.

Can I ask a question a couple of years down the line? I'm wondering how the drawers fared. I am fitting the oak unfinished drawers from Hand Made Kitchens at the moment and love the powdery finish that they come with but someone has scared me by saying they will get badly marked with fingerprint stains. Did anyone finish them with anything?
I'm looking for something to finish them with that doesn't change the appearance

revitalised you may be best off asking a wooden floor company, I think some sort of hard wax is a good option but it’s not my area...

Mine is still perfect after over 12 years. When we were selling our house people thought the kitchen was new! It is painted in Farrow and Ball Estate Eggshell.

I love my kitchen. I am moving and the first thing I'm doing is having a painted solid wood kitchen put in.