hand painted kitchens, painted furniture, period property decorating throughout UK

We are Traditional Painter - the UK’s leading Hand Painted Kitchen and Furniture specialist painters.

We are an invitation-only, nationwide network of independent businesses, each with decades of professional experience. Every member of our team guarantees a showroom-quality, hand painted finish for your kitchen, with exceptional customer service at every stage.

Our transparent pricing structure ensures unwavering quality and service for kitchens of every style or size. Browse our case studies for a selection of the thousands of kitchens we have transformed since 2009.

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Hand painted kitchen Staffordshire

Blog, hand-painted kitchen, Little Greene, Mac Devereux Batchelor, Owatrol, preparation

Professional decorating specialist and Traditional Painter, Mac Devereux, explains how he tackled this hand painted kitchen in Great Wyrley, Staffs. Contact Mac Devereux For Hand Painted Kitchens In Staffordshire Email Mac Direct for information Tel: 07860 430651 Preparing a wooden kitchen for painting On my advice, all handles had been replaced (2 hole handles instead Read More

Hand painted kitchen in Spixworth

Blog, hand-painted kitchen, Owatrol, Richard Willott

This is a case study of a Hand painted kitchen in Spixworth by Traditional Painter Richard Willott. In true Richard tradition, this article has a subtitle which should become clear as you read through! STUART, ROGER, PETER & BILL? A brief introduction to Spixworth East Anglia is full of historic villages that have seen many Read More

Renovating a vinyl wrap kitchen in Belton

Blog, hand-painted kitchen, Owatrol, Richard Willott

Richard Willott, Traditional Painter for E Anglia, was contacted about Renovating a vinyl wrap kitchen in Belton. Believe it or not this contemporary hand painted kitchen used to look like this Belton has quite the history, and after some minor modifications and a thorough paint job, this kitchen will have a few more stories to Read More

What is the best colour for a kitchen in Kent?

Blog, colour advice, Emma Brown, Little Greene, Owatrol

What is the best colour for a kitchen in Kent? Good question! In our experience, colour picking tends to be the most problematic aspect of the kitchen painting process for clients.  Emma Brown, Traditional Painter for Kent, has a background in interior design and was able to draw on her extensive experience to help her Read More

Professional decorators like Owatrol, so should you!

Blog, mark-roberts, Owatrol

Professional decorators like Owatrol. Especially in hot weather, Owatrol paint conditioners are suitable for adding to water based and oil based paint, to improve their finish. (Updated original from Dec 2012) Owatrol oil We add Owatrol to oil based paints to reduce brushmarks and also to cope with awkward ambient temperatures. Owatrol is also a Read More

Owatrol Deks Olje d1 saturating oil and D2

Blog, Owatrol

Owatrol are an associate of the Traditional Painter Trade Corner and the core ingredient to their range is a mysterious product, Owatrol oil. Suffice to say Owatrol oil ensures that the exotic sounding Deks Olje D1 saturating oil does what it says on the tin Don’t ask what Owatrol oil is, exactly, as you won’t Read More

Owatrol ESP prize draw on reaching 400+ subscribers

Blog, competition, Owatrol

The Traditional Painter blog hit the 400 subscriber mark on Tuesday April 30th, 410 in fact. Consequently, we ran a prize draw, and Philip B. has won a 1 litre can of ESP from Owatrol UK. ESP is a reliable user-friendly product for cleaning and priming laminate surfaces ahead of painting. How come Owatrol UK Read More

Hand painted kitchen Hampshire

Blog, hand-painted kitchen, Little Greene, Mirka, Neil Callender, Owatrol

Neil Callender is a traditional painter specialising in hand painted kitchens. For a client in Hampshire he prepared and painted new MDF and tulipwood cabinets using tried and tested techniques, finishing with Little Greene oil eggshell paint. To prepare and prime this kitchen, Neil used Mirka dustless sanding, Abranet abrasives, and Zinsser Coverstain. Owatrol paint Read More

Hand Painted Kitchens for DIY Enthusiasts

Adam Bermingham, Blog, brushes, hand-painted furniture, hand-painted kitchen, krudkutter, Little Greene, Owatrol

As a proud member of Traditional Painter, Adam Bermingham of My Hand Painted Furniture is more than happy to help with advice and guidance about hand painted kitchens for DIY enthusiasts. Last week he received this e-mail from Des about Hand Painted Kitchens… Hi Adam, I understand you cover Ireland for Traditional Painter, so thank Read More

Round up of forum decorating questions and tips

Annie Sloan, Blog, hand-painted furniture, hand-painted kitchen, Owatrol, Polyvine

Another week of painting and decorating questions on the forum, as well as a few articles on the blog, and a couple of contrasting remarks about the blog content from 2 new subscribers. Forum round up Varnish over Annie Sloan chalk paint. A reader asked about how to protect a colour-washed ash table top. She Read More
Professional Traditional Painters

Traditional Painter is an invitation-only, nationwide network of independent businesses, with years of professional experience. Every member of our team guarantees a showroom-quality, hand painted finish for your kitchen, with exceptional customer service at every stage.

Our transparent pricing structure ensures unwavering quality and service for kitchens of every style or size.

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Since day one we have been committed to sharing our hard earned knowledge with readers. In our case studies we openly explain how we prepare and paint kitchens and furniture. We also share decades of specialist decorating experience in TP blog articles in the hope that all DIY and trade decorators can take away and use our ideas to achieve better, more professional results.

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