Kitchen Dresser

This is a kitchen dresser, not long ago delivered to a customer from our workshop. It is as simple as can be, with straight cut front legs and no moulding in the panels of the doors. The only bit of detailing is in the crown at the top.

It has been painted in a cool mid gray, Farrow & Ball No 5 Hardwick White (exterior) and a contrasting lighter colour,  Slipper Satin (interior).

It has an oiled oak top and the knobs and handles match the rest of the customer’s kitchen. It’s a very pretty piece.

Colourant Dispenser a year on

I was having a scan though some of the previous blogs and found one written a year ago about our new, though very used, colourant dispenser. At the time, I was pretty upset about the state it was in.

During the past year we’ve stripped it back, completely cleaned it out and rebuilt it, polished it up, and really given it some love (thanks Tim and Tom). And after much searching and researching, we’ve found a supplier of VOC free colourant. By-the-by the colourant is also absolutely beautiful in terms of intensity of colours and range of tints.

I’ve begun mixing some colours and feeling out the new system, an interesting and privileged place to be. So far the colours are at either end of the range; from very clear pillar box red to the most muddy umber brown colour. (I must remember to take the red out and check it against a pillar box.) The intention is to reformulate our existing colours and mix all new colours with the VOC free colourant. This is one step towards making our business practice environmentally friendly.