Paint Cabinetry & Woodwork With Durable Architects’ Finishes
Household woodwork is an excellent place to introduce colours that will elevate your scheme. Surfaces such as kitchen cabinets, skirting boards, dado rails, panelling and wooden furniture experience lots of everyday wear and tear. As such, it is equally important to choose a hardwearing paint finish that will withstand regular cleaning.
Multi-surface finishes for cabinetry and woodwork
The Architects’ finishes from Paint & Paper Library combine superior choice of colour with unparalleled toughness and durability. These innovative water-based formulations offer true multi-surface adhesion on virtually any surface. Use these paint finishes for wood, metal, tiles, and even Formica and plastics, without the need for a separate primer.
Ceiling: Stone I
Upper Wall: Desert Rose
Panelling/Architrave: Caddie
Dado Rail: Acqua Viva
Durable paint finishes in every colour
Available in the complete Paint & Paper Library colour palette, these revolutionary finishes enable you to create coherent design schemes. The Architects’ range offers the best paint finish for kitchen cabinets, woodwork and every other surface in the home.
Choose a related colour to your walls for a coordinated feel, or a contrasting colour highlight for a bolder scheme. Alternatively, consider painting your woodwork and cabinetry in the same colour as your walls to create a wraparound effect. You can also use varying sheen levels to introduce an element of textural contrast.
Read our guide to choosing complementary shades from our Architectural Colours.
Walls: Ruse
Shutters: Topi
Window: Stone III
Available from low sheen to high gloss finish
Select from Architects’ Eggshell, Satin and Gloss, which provide long-lasting protection with a quick drying time of four hours. Choose freely from these paint finishes for cabinets and woodwork depending on your desired sheen level.
For a low sheen finish, opt for Architects’ Eggshell (10-20%). If you prefer a subtle mid-sheen, consider Architects’ Satin (30-35%). For a high sheen look, Architects’ Gloss (80%) is an excellent choice.
Walls: Soumak
Woodwork: Salt III
Ceiling: Salt I
Hard-wearing finishes for kitchen cabinetry
Architects’ Satin offers the ideal finish for painting wood kitchen cabinets and cupboards. As kitchen cabinets experience very high usage, it is important to find a finish with superior durability. With an elegant satin sheen, Architects’ Satin effortlessly combines beauty with practicality. The robust, fast-drying, water-based paint formula allows for a swift, sophisticated kitchen transformation that lasts.
Browse our inspiration gallery to help define your next kitchen project.
Walls: The Long Room
Cabinets: Roben’s Honour
High-gloss paint finishes for added contrast
For a highly contrasting finish, consider painting your cabinets in Architects’ Gloss. This gloss paint is tough, protective and delivers real impact with its reflective 80% sheen.
Architects’ Gloss works especially well with dark and sumptuous shades such as the rich crimson, Scarlet ‘N’ Rust. Accompany with soft Mink walls painted in the matt finish, Architects’ Matt, to create beautiful textural contrast that will enhance your kitchen scheme.
Learn more about each paint finish in our detailed guide.
Walls: Mink
Cabinets: Scarlet ‘N’ Rust
Ceiling: Clean White
Low-sheen paint finishes for subtle contrast
If you prefer a low sheen finish, Architects’ Eggshell is suitable for painting all interior woodwork. Use this paint finish in different areas of the home including skirting boards, dado rails, furniture and bannisters.
This self-priming paint dries to a smooth low sheen of 10-20%. The result is a subtle yet protective finish on household woodwork and cabinetry. Architects’ Eggshell can complement walls in Architects’ Matt or Pure Flat Emulsion to achieve an all-over, colour-drenched scheme with a subtle contrast in texture.
For further information, read our guide to selecting the ideal finish for any surface.
Wallpaper: Hardy Palm - Perse Grey
Panelling: Blue Gum
Unit: Moleskin
Painting cabinets & woodwork
The Architects’ Finishes are self-priming on cabinetry and woodwork and require just two coats to complete your project. Before applying the paint, it is important to prepare the surface to ensure you achieve an exquisite finish with beautiful depth of colour.
Lightly sand the surface to create a key, then apply two coats of your chosen paint finish tinted to your selected Paint & Paper Library colour. Unlike oil-based alternatives, the water-based Architects’ formulas are simple to apply, quick to dry and they can be recoated in just four hours.
For more information, download the relevant technical data sheets for your chosen finish before embarking on your woodwork project.
