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Non Painted Shaker Doors DIY Kitchens
dave18
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Hi,
Currently going around the usual places (Wren, Howdens, Wickes etc.) + a few local companies to get quotes for our upcoming Kitchen refit (Next February!)
As we have a dog and young kids we are not so keen on painted finish doors due to the potential for these to become scratched, which we have seen on friends kitchens. Howdens and Wren have plenty of non painted door colours to choose from, in the midrange (e.g. Howdens Fairford & Chelford) but I am struggling to work out what, if any non painted shaker doors DIY kitchens do?
Any help is much appreciated.
Currently going around the usual places (Wren, Howdens, Wickes etc.) + a few local companies to get quotes for our upcoming Kitchen refit (Next February!)
As we have a dog and young kids we are not so keen on painted finish doors due to the potential for these to become scratched, which we have seen on friends kitchens. Howdens and Wren have plenty of non painted door colours to choose from, in the midrange (e.g. Howdens Fairford & Chelford) but I am struggling to work out what, if any non painted shaker doors DIY kitchens do?
Any help is much appreciated.
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Linwood and Norton are both available in an oak finish.
"Cheap", "Fast", "Right" -- pick two.0 -
Surely these too would fall victim to a pet's claws?ka7e said:Linwood and Norton are both available in an oak finish.No man is worth crawling on this earth.
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Re DIY's painted finish - I have 2 excitable dogs and they have made no impression on the paintwork! Mud and dirt just wipe off with a damp cloth.
"Cheap", "Fast", "Right" -- pick two.0 -
This page explains all the different options in shaker doors from DIY-kitchens.
https://advice.diy-kitchens.com/customer-questions/shaker-kitchen-door-differences/
They all look to be painted apart from the unpainted solid oak wood doors and the Malton ones which are foil-wrapped MDF in an oak effect finish. I'm not at all sure that they'd be more durable than the painted ones though: the paint finish on the sample we had seems very robust.
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