A refreshed kitchen in Box with sage green Shaker-style cabinets, a pale marble-effect quartz worktop, oak floor and built-in ovens under a window with a striped roman blind

Kitchen Refresh · Box

A kitchen refresh in Box

Soft green replacement doors, quartz worktops and a new sink, with the sound carcasses and layout retained.

Photographed after fitting in Box.

What stayed, what changed

What stayed

The layout
The cabinetry

What changed

22 doors and panels, replaced and sprayed soft green in the workshop
Quartz worktops
A new undermount sink
A new dishwasher

The existing layout suited the owners and the carcasses were in good condition. The aim was a fresh look in keeping with the property’s age. Replacement doors, worktops and appliances renewed the kitchen without replacing it in full.

Refreshing the kitchen without starting again

Retaining what worked: The existing cabinetry and layout were kept. The home visit confirmed that both still suited the owners, so there was no need to replace or move the cabinets.
Soft green doors and panels: The owners chose soft green for the replacement doors and panels, custom sprayed in the workshop. The project included 22 doors, with several weeks spent spraying the doors in the workshop's dedicated spray booth.
Quartz worktops and an undermount sink: The worktops were changed to quartz, and a new undermount sink was fitted for a clean, rimless look.
Time and project figures: Following the workshop spraying, the work took a week on site. The project cost range was £15,000 to £20,000.

A new look, with the familiar layout

Soft green doors and panels refreshed the kitchen's appearance without replacing the solid cabinetry.
Quartz worktops and the undermount sink completed the facelift with a clean, rimless finish around the sink.
The owners retained the layout that already worked for them, with the changes focused on the kitchen's appearance and surfaces.

This Box kitchen shows how a considered refresh can transform the look of a room when the cabinets and layout are already worth keeping.

“Thanks for all your hard work, Nick, the kitchen is looking amazing!”
Mrs Wilkins

Before and after

The same kitchen, carefully renewed

The Box kitchen before the refresh, with cream tongue-and-groove cabinet doors, wooden knobs, a wood-effect laminate worktop and dark floor tiles — Before: a sound kitchen that had lost its spark.

The same run of cabinets after the refresh, repainted in sage green with chrome cup pulls, a new marble-effect quartz worktop and splashback, and an induction hob — After: the same cabinets, completely transformed.

The project

In pictures

Tall cabinet housing the built-in ovens beside a wine rack and wall cabinets, all repainted in sage green with a pale marble-effect quartz worktop — A simple Shaker style was chosen.

A bank of three drawers with chrome cup pulls in the sage green Shaker kitchen, beneath a pale marble-effect quartz worktop with an oak floor — Simple lines and cup pulls suit this period property.

Close view of the sprayed sage green satin finish on the Shaker drawer fronts and chrome cup pulls, with the marble-effect quartz worktop above — Soft green in a satin finish, sprayed at the workshop.

Two new unpainted ash Shaker wall cabinet doors made in the workshop, test-fitted between the existing painted cabinets to check the match — Bespoke doors, made in the workshop and test fitted.

The same corner after painting, with the new bespoke ash doors now indistinguishable from the original cabinets — The finished bespoke doors: a perfect match.

A white ceramic one-and-a-half bowl undermounted sink set into the marble-effect quartz worktop, with drainer grooves and a twin-lever tap — The undermounted sink, with drainer grooves cut into the worktop.

Workshop process

See how the finish is applied

A short clip from the spray booth at the Corsham workshop, and the full explanation of how a sprayed kitchen is prepared, coated and cured.

See the spraying process

The service behind this project

WHAT THIS KIND OF PROJECT INVOLVES

Every project like this one starts the same way: a free Home Design Visit in your own kitchen, then a written, itemised quotation before anything is booked.

See how a kitchen refresh works

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