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This is a transformation and a half. A hand painted kitchen in Northampton – 20 years old – bespoke pine kitchen – previously finished in very sticky Danish Oil – a bit of a mess. Re-edited 23rd March 2024 0798 902 5212 enquiries@traditionalpainter.com The brief Paul Barber, Traditional Painter for Northampton, was approached earlier this Read More

This is a recent Painted Oak Kitchen project I undertook in a beautiful home near Wetherby, Yorkshire. The house was a barn conversion with stunning oversized windows running almost the entire length of the house. The client had always wanted a hand painted kitchen and had been waiting years for the opportunity. With this kitchen Read More

CONTACT PAUL AT TRADITIONAL PAINTER FOR GENERAL ENQUIRIES Tel:07989 02 52 12 Check out this before and after of an oak painted kitchen in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire from Traditional Painter. As any Traditional Painter member will attest, the most common reaction on completion of this sort of transformation is, I never thought it would look that Read More

If you are looking for a kitchen painter in Wingfield, this case study should interest you. Traditional Painter for Suffolk, Richard Willott, explains a project he undertook before Christmas 2019. The short story, this is the oak kitchen once Richard had finished working on it. Before Richard worked his magic, this was the orangey scene Read More

Traditional Painter, Richard Willott, penned an alternative title to Hand painted kitchen Exning Suffolk. This account will otherwise be known as “Queens and thoroughbreds.” Before the kitchen painting, a brief history of Exning Suffolk. Queens and thoroughbreds is a very apt title. Exning lies just outside Newmarket, the home of racing. Saint Ethelreda, he of Read More

Richard Willott, Traditional Painter for Norfolk, shares this case study of a Kitchen renovation near Stoke Holy Cross Watermill. If you know the area, you will understand the sub title – Some like it Hot! Stoke Holy Cross Watermill I like to find out a little bit about the history of the places where I Read More

Traditional Painter member, Richard Willott, has uncovered many interesting factoids and stories during his travels hand painting kitchens around E Anglia. Vikings, Shug Monkeys and hand painted kitchens is one such example. This particular project finds me towards the Cambridgeshire / Essex borders, just outside the small village of Balsham. The Vikings are coming Back Read More

Richard Willott, Traditional Painter for Suffolk and Norfolk, was asked to repaint a wooden kitchen in Shotesham All Saints Norfolk, near Caistor St Edmund. Alternative title! What have the Romans ever done for us? There is a rich Roman and Anglo-Saxon history in East Anglia. St Edmund features on the Antonine Itinerary, a Roman “road Read More

Lee Simone, Traditional Painter Yorkshire, sheds some light on hand painting tiles. It was part of a commission to update the look of a kitchen in the village of Goldsborough, located between Harrogate and York. Before updating the kitchen After updating the kitchen and hand painting tiles Over the years I have written various pieces about Read More

When Lee Simone decided to write about Fluxaf Power Clean and cleaners and degreasers for paint it was mainly because, at the time, Krud Kutter Original was unavailable and it was unclear if and when it would ever come back to the UK market. As it happens it did come back (and seems unaltered in Read More