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

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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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Paul Barber

Hand Painted Kitchen Demonstration by Traditional Painter.com – Home counties – Shires – UK

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This video is of a hand painted kitchen demonstration showing an overview of the whole process I go through when refurbishing a well made but dated oak kitchen. We specialise in this type of project, and it is not standard decorating work by any means. When you balance the relatively minor inconvenience and cost of Read More

Chalon kitchen in Northampton

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Paul Barber is our longstanding Traditional Painter member for Northants, Herts, Beds and Bucks. His client had inherited a Chalon kitchen in Northampton. Paul delivered a showroom quality finish as usual, but not without a great deal of hard extra work. Unfortunately the previous painter from years ago was not too keen on attention to Read More

hand painting a kitchen coated in Danish oil

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Earlier, Paul Barber explained about hand painting a kitchen coated in Danish oil. After 20 years of oiling, the kitchen in Northampton was a bit of a mess and the clients weren’t sure it could be salvaged. All’s well that ends well. Here is a reminder of the result of Paul transforming that particular kitchen. Read More

hand painted kitchen in Northampton – 20 years old

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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. The brief Paul Barber, Traditional Painter for Northampton, was approached earlier this year to find out if it was even Read More

Paul Barber Traditional Painter Q&A

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I asked Paul Barber Traditional Painter, a few questions in order to provide some background to how he arrived at this point in his career. What part of the UK do you cover for Traditional Painter? Northampton, Bedfordshire, Bucks and Hertfordshire. No more than an hour from our base. At what age did you first Read More

Clean down and paint a waxed wooden kitchen in Ecton- Northamptonshire

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Paul Barber, Traditional Painter in Northampton had quite a challenge to paint a waxed wooden kitchen in Ecton. There was 15 years of wax build-up to clean down, prior to painting. Contact Paul C Barber if you are in Northamptonshire www.paulcbarber.co.uk Tel: 01604 767506  M: 07989 025212 Ease the way The addition of paint to Read More

An oak kitchen in Northampton renovated and hand painted

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Traditional Painter, Paul Barber, hand paints kitchens for amongst others, A Bell & Co Ltd of Kingsthorpe. He knows his craft, and this oak kitchen in Northampton needed rather more than a clean down, before getting to the finishing line. It came out well though. Photos from the client. Repair first I recently undertook the Read More

Oak painted kitchen in Stoke Poges-Buckinghamshire

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Paul Barber explains how he went about transforming a clear-lacquered oak kitchen into a stunning oak painted kitchen in Stoke Poges. Post updated December 2022 Contact Traditional Painter Paul C Barber for Buckinghamshire enquiries Tel: 07989 025212 My second job of the year was in Stoke Poges, meaning “stockaded place“, was also used for filming Read More

Fired Earth Hand Painted Kitchens in Silverstone

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Marnie Kitchens of Monmouth have been commissioned by Fired Earth to design and install hand painted kitchens in 14 luxury homes in Silverstone Northants. Traditional Painter Paul Barber was asked to paint them. I recently undertook a contract for Marnie Kitchens of Wales to paint bespoke kitchen furniture on a new housing development in Silverstone Read More

Wallpapering Staircase in a Period Property in Northamptonshire

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Some more information about wallpapering a staircase in a period property in Northamptonshire, from Traditional Painter’s Paul Barber who is a master wallpaper hanger. Preparing the walls The walls had some quite bad cracks, which where cut out by scraping the cracks through with a shave hook. I seal the cracks with PVA and once 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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