Hand Painted Kitchens and Solid Wood Kitchens in Ireland by Abbeywood Furniture

MANUFACTURE:

We design and make all the wood components of the furniture in our workshop

Materials

By using solid natural timbers we can ensure that our furniture maintains its integrity under the rigours of a lifetime of wear and tear.
All man-made composite materials such as melamine or veneered chipboard, MDF or ply once damaged become very vulnerable to damp and prone to swelling and delaminating. The use of these materials limits the life span of the cabinet.
Abbeywood Furniture commissions a wide variety of timbers e.g. Walnut, elm, oak, beech, chestnut, to name but a few. For painted cabinets, Abbeywood Furniture makes the frames, doors and drawer fronts from solid hardwoods, which are stable, durable and knot free. This ensures a smooth surface, crisp edges and moreover that the paint finish does not suffer from resinous knot stains. The interior carcassing is made from cabinetry grade red deal and the work surfaces from granite, Corian, glass or solid hardwoods.
Despite the high cost of these natural timbers we resist using cheaper materials that only appear good value in the short term.

Construction

We take great pride in the quality of our cabinetry. Each piece of furniture is built by a qualified experienced cabinetmaker using time-honoured cabinet making techniques, in our workshop in Mourneabbey.
In particular the furniture is built from solid timber frames, panels, carcassing, doors, drawers and work tops which are constructed using the following methods.
· The frames are mortice and tenoned
· The doors hang on solid brass butt hinges
· The doors and drawers are flush fitting within the frame and have a consistently even gap all round
· The drawers are of solid box construction with traditional dovetails
or metal box if the client prefers
· The solid hardwood worktops are made from the widest timber boards
In short, we have adopted every technique that could possibly improve the quality of construction.

Finishing

The secret to the highest quality finishing is in the base material, preparation and expert application.
We offer lacquered, oiled (for our worktops) or painted finishes. An oiled finish adds certain lustre to beautifully grained hardwoods worktops. It does require regular re-oilings by the owner so we also offer a lacquered finish. The lacquer has a soft sheen, is non-yellowing and provides durable long lasting protection. Cabinets to be painted are built from knot free hardwood and are meticulously prepared, primed and lacquer painted or hand painted with even brush strokes following the grain by experienced furniture finishers.