( 00: Hand-painted wardrobes · Birmingham )
Hand-painted fitted wardrobes, in any colour you can name.
( 01: How we finish them )
Three reasons hand-painted lasts.
Hand-painted is not slower wallpaper. It is a finish system: paint type, prep, application, environment, and every step has to be right for the wardrobe to look like wardrobery, not like a primed door waiting for B&Q.
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Lime-based or eggshell paints
Soft-sheen, water-based, low-VOC. Holds colour for a decade indoors without yellowing. Farrow & Ball, Little Greene, Mylands, Paint & Paper Library or your own NCS / RAL spec.
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Sprayed in a dust-free booth
Spray-applied in multiple thin coats, hand-laid final pass. Carcases assembled, primed and finished off-site so your house never sees a tin of paint open.
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Finish references kept on file
Every paint, lacquer and oil reference is logged against your project. If you knock a corner in year seven, the studio can match the exact spec rather than guess at the colour.
( 02: Four door styles )
Pick the wardrobe front. We pick the rest.
The door style sets the room. Hardware, paint, lighting and bed wall all follow it. Below are the four we build most often; anything else is on the table at your consultation.
In-frame Shaker
Five-piece doors set inside a face frame. The most traditional and the most expensive, the joinery shows. Pairs with brass cup handles, leather pulls, and country palettes (Pigeon, Down Pipe, French Gray).
Flat-panel Shaker
Single-panel doors with a recessed centre. Less ornate than five-piece, still period-friendly. Pairs with brushed nickel knurled handles and quieter palettes (Strong White, Slipper Satin, Joa’s White).
Slab (modern)
Flat, handleless or finger-pull doors. Hand-painted matt or 2-pack lacquer. Pairs with monochrome palettes (Railings, Off-Black, Hague Blue) and architectural rooms.
Tongue-and-groove
Vertical board-and-batten fronts. Country bedrooms, panelled walls, Cotswolds-grade schemes. Pairs with bone tones (Wimborne White, Tallow, Dimity).
( 03: Hand-painted wardrobe FAQ )
Asked at every consultation.
How much do hand-painted fitted wardrobes cost?
A single Birmingham bedroom wardrobe wall, hand-painted in any premium colour, lands between £8,000 and £20,000 fitted and guaranteed. A full principal-suite scheme, hand-painted wardrobes plus panelled bed wall, bedside joinery and lighting, typically runs £20,000 to £40,000. Hand-painting carries a modest premium over a comparable veneered scheme; you’re paying for the prep, the multiple coats, the dust-free booth and the in-house spray team. Every quote is individually priced; the spread reflects the bespoke nature of the work.
Hand-painted vs sprayed : what is the difference?
Both are sprayed in our dust-free booth; the difference is the paint system, the prep and the finish. "Hand-painted" uses lime-based or eggshell paints applied in multiple thinned coats, with a hand-laid final pass, softer, more textured, ages beautifully. "Sprayed" usually means a 2-pack lacquer applied to gloss-grade or matt finish, flatter, harder-wearing, more contemporary. We recommend hand-painted for Shaker and in-frame schemes, lacquered for handleless and modern.
Can you colour-match any paint?
Yes. Standard colours come from Farrow & Ball, Little Greene, Mylands and Paint & Paper Library, bring a swatch or an existing wall sample. We also colour-match to NCS or RAL codes if you’re coordinating with an architect, or to a fabric/wallpaper if the bedroom palette comes from those. Custom mixes are batched once at the start of the build so the whole scheme is consistent.
How long does the hand-painted finish last?
10 years on cabinetry, finishes, soft-close runners and hinges (our standard guarantee). In practice, a well-cared-for hand-painted wardrobe holds its colour indefinitely indoors. The finish softens slightly over the first 18 months as the paint cures fully; after that it’s essentially stable. We keep every paint reference on file, so a later touch-up matches the original spec.
Do you paint the wardrobes on-site or in your workshop?
Always in the workshop. Carcases are dry-assembled, sanded, primed, sprayed and final-coated in our dust-free Birmingham paint booth, then quality-checked before they leave the building. Site work is install only, your bedroom never sees an open tin of paint, and the install schedule stays short because all the slow work is already done.
( 04: Bring a paint swatch )
Or just a wall colour you keep coming back to.
We pull the matching paint card, model the room around it, and price the wardrobe wall in the same meeting. Free design visit, 90 minutes, senior designer, no hard sell.