Contemporary
Lacquer finish
Warm Neutral
Oxblood — Salon Kitchen
a deep burgundy lacquer kitchen with walnut and marble, hand-finished in London
A kitchen with the register of a private members' room: deep oxblood lacquer, warm walnut shelving and marble cool enough to hold the whole thing in |balance|.
— Specification
- Collection
- XIV — Oxblood — Salon Kitchen
- Style
- Contemporary
- Door style
- Flat or slim-shaker lacquer with machined pulls
- Colour
- Deep oxblood, five-coat two-pack matte
- Shelving
- Solid warm walnut, oiled
- Standard worktop
- 20–30 mm pale marble
- Fittings
- Blackened bronze or gunmetal
- Typical footprint
- 12–28 m²
- Lead time
- Four weeks from signed drawings
- Installation
- 3–5 working days, in-house fitting team
A room, not a kitchen
Oxblood Salon was drawn for clients who wanted their kitchen to feel like the most interesting room in the house rather than the most functional. The colour does most of that work — a deep, slightly brown burgundy that behaves like a dark neutral under artificial light.
The scheme is at its strongest in rooms with some architectural presence: high ceilings, a chimney breast, tall sash windows or a corridor plan that reveals the kitchen gradually.
Lacquer, and how the colour is built
Fronts are two-pack lacquer sprayed over a sealed MDF substrate: primer, two build coats, a de-nib sand and a final matte topcoat. Saturated colours need more coats than pale ones to reach depth, which is why volume manufacturers rarely offer them well.
The finish is repairable — a damaged front is re-sprayed rather than replaced, and the colour is recorded so it can be matched years later. German cabinetry, |hand-finished in London|.
Walnut and marble as counterweights
Warm walnut open shelving breaks the mass of colour and gives the eye somewhere to rest. Pale marble on the worktop and island cools it. Without both, a saturated scheme becomes claustrophobic.
The proportion matters: roughly 70 per cent colour, 20 per cent stone, 10 per cent timber is the balance we work to.
Blackened fittings and lighting
Hardware is blackened bronze or gunmetal rather than brass, which would push the burgundy towards warmth it does not need. Fittings are kept small and machined.
Lighting is warm and low-level: cabinet interiors, shelf-washing strips and dimmable pendants, all on separate circuits so the room can be bright for cooking and low for a dinner.
— The kitchen in detail
What this kitchen is made of.
- Oxblood lacquerDeep brown-based burgundy that reads as a dark neutral at night.
- Solid walnutOiled open shelving that warms and breaks the colour mass.
- Pale marbleCool counterweight; keeps the saturated colour from closing in.
- Blackened bronze fittingsSmall, machined hardware that does not warm the burgundy.
- Herringbone oak floorOptional patterned floor suited to the salon register.
The same kitchen, in a different register.
Bring the Oxblood — Salon Kitchen kitchen into your home.
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Every kitchen we build is drawn to a specific room and a specific way of cooking. These are the modifications clients most often make to this model — the list is not exhaustive.
Colour direction
Oxblood is the signature; three related directions hold the same composition.
- Oxblood, damson, deep terracotta or bronze-green
- Ink navy or near-black forest for a cooler version
- Two-tone with a pale bone or stone perimeter
- Matte, satin or high-gloss lacquer finish
Timber and metal
The two counterweights that keep a saturated scheme balanced.
- Walnut, smoked oak or olive ash shelving
- Blackened bronze, gunmetal, pewter or aged brass fittings
- Fluted timber panels on the island or tall doors
- Antiqued mirror or fluted glass cabinet fronts
Salon detailing
Features that push the room away from a conventional kitchen.
- Lit drinks cabinet or full wine wall
- Bar-height island or a marble-topped serving console
- Concealed pantry and appliance wall behind flush doors
- Integrated coffee machine, ice maker and undercounter cooler
How a Oxblood — Salon Kitchen kitchen gets built.
- 01Consultation & surveyWeek 1On-site measure, brief, lifestyle and cooking audit.
- 02Design & technical drawingsWeek 2Elevations, renders, samples, services and appliance schedule signed off.
- 03Workshop buildWeek 3German cabinetry, hand-finished in our London workshop. Dry-assembled before it leaves us.
- 04Installation & stoneWeek 4Our own fitters — |never subcontracted| — set the kitchen, then worktops are templated, fitted and calibrated.
- Townhouses and mansion flats with architectural character in Mayfair and Belgravia
- Corridor and galley kitchens where drama beats brightness
- Clients who entertain and want the kitchen to be part of it
- Rooms with high ceilings that can carry a saturated colour
Asked often.
Is a burgundy kitchen risky?
Only if it is unbalanced. We work to roughly 70 per cent colour, 20 per cent pale stone and 10 per cent timber — that proportion is what keeps a saturated scheme comfortable to live in.
Can the colour be changed later?
Yes. Lacquered fronts can be removed, re-sprayed and rehung without touching the carcasses or the stone.
How much does a burgundy lacquer kitchen cost in London?
Most projects fall between £36,000 and £90,000 fitted. Saturated lacquer requires more coats and more curing time than a pale scheme, which is reflected in the cabinetry cost. No middlemen.
Brass or black hardware?
We specify blackened bronze or gunmetal as standard — brass warms the burgundy in a way most clients find too much. Brass is available if you want a softer, more traditional result.
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