Traditional
Painted finish
Green
Deep Green — Refectory
a dark green traditional kitchen with brass hardware, hand-finished in London
The confident version of a green kitchen: deep forest joinery, pale stone above it and brass throughout. Traditional in proportion, |contemporary in weight|.
— Specification
- Collection
- XXIV — Deep Green — Refectory
- Style
- Traditional
- Door style
- In-frame shaker, narrow rail, 3 mm reveal
- Paint
- Deep forest green, five-coat hand-sprayed eggshell
- Standard worktop
- 30 mm pale honed limestone or marble
- Hardware
- Aged brass cup pulls and knurled knobs
- Feature
- Range recess with full-height stone surround
- Typical footprint
- 18–36 m²
- Lead time
- Four weeks from signed drawings
- Installation
- 3–5 working days, in-house fitting team
Weight without gloom
Deep green carries the same visual weight as charcoal but keeps a natural reference — which is why it works in period rooms where black would look imported. Pale stone worktops and a light ceiling stop the depth from closing the room in. German cabinetry, |hand-finished in London| by one team.
Refectory proportions
The joinery is drawn traditionally: in-frame doors, a plate rack, a full-height larder and a long central island or table. Rails are kept narrow so the elevation stays elegant at this colour depth.
Stone and contrast
Pale honed stone — limestone, Carrara or a light quartzite — is carried across the worktops and up behind the range. The contrast ratio is the whole design: too dark a stone and the room becomes a cave.
Brass and the range
Aged brass hardware and a range cooker in the recess anchor the traditional register. Brass against deep green is the pairing that dates least; nickel reads cooler and suits greyer greens.
— The kitchen in detail
What this kitchen is made of.
- Deep green joineryDark tone with a natural reference; suits period rooms.
- Pale honed stoneEssential contrast that keeps the room open.
- Aged brassWarms the green and darkens honestly with handling.
- Warm oak flooringMid-tone board carried under the island.
Bring the Deep Green — Refectory kitchen into your home.
Request a QuoteNothing here is fixed.
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
Green depth is adjustable, and the perimeter can be lightened.
- Forest, olive, bronze-green or near-black green
- Two-tone with a cream, bone or putty perimeter
- Any Farrow & Ball, Little Greene or Paint & Paper Library colour
- Painted interiors behind glazed dresser doors
Stone and range
Contrast and cooking are the two decisions that shape the room.
- Pale limestone, Carrara, Calacatta or light quartzite
- Full-height slab or hand-glazed tile behind the range
- Lacanche, La Cornue, AGA, Everhot or Wolf range cookers
- Joinery-concealed or mantel-style extraction
Traditional joinery
Country planning drawn to your walls.
- Walk-in larder with internal drawers and spice racking
- Plate rack, glazed dresser and open shelving
- Belfast sink with hand-grooved drainer
- Boot room, utility and pantry in matching paint
How a Deep Green — Refectory 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.
- Farmhouses, rectories and larger period homes in Hampstead and Highgate
- Rooms with good daylight that can carry a dark colour
- Clients wanting a traditional kitchen with contemporary weight
- Homes with garden views the green can echo
Asked often.
Is deep green too dark for a north-facing room?
It can be. In low light we lift the wall units to a paler tone, keep the stone very pale and take the ceiling in an off-white — that combination keeps the depth without gloom.
Brass or nickel?
Aged brass with warmer greens, polished nickel with greyer ones. We sample both against the sprayed colour board before you decide.
How much does a deep green kitchen cost in London?
Most projects fall between £34,000 and £86,000 fitted, excluding the range cooker. No middlemen.
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