Lacquered
Sprayed colour, in any shade you can name. The finish that does what the others cannot: match something you already own.
The only finish where the colour is not chosen from a range.
A lacquered front is board or timber sprayed and cured in coats. Everything else on this page arrives as a manufactured surface in a fixed palette; lacquer is mixed, which is why it is the answer whenever a colour has to match a paint chart, a tile, a fabric or the rest of the house.
Sachsenküchen quote eighteen neutrals and fifteen brights as standard, and over three thousand more from Sikkens, RAL, NCS and Farrow & Ball. Stoneham spray to order in Kent on solid timber. The range is not really a range at all.
It is also the only finish here that can be brought back. A lacquered kitchen can be re-sprayed in fifteen years, which no laminate or glass front can — sound carcasses, a different colour, and a fraction of the cost of replacing it.
Matt or gloss is a separate decision
Lacquer is how the colour is applied, not how much light it returns — the same colour is available either way. If the sheen is what you are choosing, start at Matt or Gloss and come back here for the colour.
Any colour, genuinely
Bring in the tile, the fabric or the paint tin. Both our manufacturers will match to it, and on a two-tone kitchen that is what lets the island relate to the room rather than to a brochure.
It can be brought back
A lacquered kitchen is re-sprayable. Fifteen years on, a tired kitchen with sound carcasses can be a different colour for a fraction of a replacement — the single strongest argument for it.
Timber underneath, or board
Stoneham spray solid timber, which can be sanded and repainted down the years; sprayed MDF gives a flatter, more uniform face that suits a contemporary slab door. We will tell you which is right for the kitchen you are planning.
Looking after it
A damp cloth is the whole routine. Keep the cream cleaners and scouring pads for the sink and a lacquered kitchen will still look sprayed a decade later.
Deep colours, done properly
A dark matt lacquer is one of the most striking things we fit. Pair it with warm metal handles and a pale worktop and it holds a room together in a way no other finish manages.
