Behind the Scenes: Crafting a Handpainted Shaker Kitchen

Every Touchwood kitchen begins as a conversation — an exchange of ideas, wishes, and the practicalities of daily life. In this post, we take you behind the scenes of one of our most recent projects: a handpainted shaker kitchen for a beautifully restored period farmhouse near Framlingham. Our cabinet makers started with sustainably sourced hardwood, carefully selecting each board for grain and colour consistency. The in-frame doors were constructed using traditional mortise and tenon joinery — a technique that ensures decades of reliable use. Once assembled, the entire kitchen was hand-finished in a warm sage green, with brushed brass hardware selected by the client to complement the original stone flags and exposed timber beams. The result is a kitchen that feels entirely at home in its setting — timeless, functional, and unmistakably Touchwood.