Shaker
Painted finish
Green
Verdant — Sage & Marble
a sage green shaker kitchen with marble worktops and brushed brass, hand-finished in London
The most requested colour in British kitchens, drawn properly: soft sage in-frame joinery, honed marble and brass warm enough to keep the green from turning cold. |
— Specification
- Collection
- XI — Verdant — Sage & Marble
- Style
- Shaker
- Door style
- In-frame English shaker, 3 mm reveal
- Paint
- Five-coat hand-sprayed eggshell, yellow-based sage
- Standard worktop
- 30 mm honed Carrara or Calacatta marble
- Hardware
- Brushed brass cup pulls and knurled knobs
- Flooring
- Warm mid-tone engineered oak
- Typical footprint
- 18–34 m² including island
- Lead time
- Four weeks from signed drawings
- Installation
- 3–5 working days, in-house fitting team
Getting sage right
Sage is deceptively difficult. Under north light it drifts towards grey; under warm bulbs it can turn khaki. Verdant Sage uses a green with a yellow rather than blue base, paired with brushed brass and warm oak so the room holds its colour from morning to evening.
We always sample on site. Two A3 sprayed boards are left in your room for a week before the colour is signed off — a step that costs us a fortnight and saves clients from a repaint.
In-frame shaker construction
Doors sit inside a solid tulipwood frame with a 3 mm reveal, which gives the elevation the shadow line that makes classic English cabinetry read as joinery rather than fitted units.
Carcasses are 18 mm moisture-resistant board; drawer boxes are solid oak, dovetailed and running on Blum soft-close motion rated for full pan loads. German cabinetry, |hand-finished in London| by one team.
Marble, and living with it
Honed Carrara or Calacatta with a 30 mm shark-nose edge is the standard specification. Marble against sage is the pairing that makes this scheme; the cool stone stops the green from feeling heavy.
For households who would rather not manage a marble worktop, quartzite and full-body porcelain are offered in near-identical veining with no sealing requirement.
Brass, floors and the finishing register
Hardware is brushed rather than polished brass: cup pulls on drawers, knurled knobs on doors, a bridge mixer at the sink. Brushed brass warms without shining, which suits a matte painted finish better than a mirror-polished metal.
Warm mid-tone oak flooring runs under the island. Where a client prefers stone flooring, we shift the brass slightly darker to compensate for the cooler floor.
— The kitchen in detail
What this kitchen is made of.
- Sage-painted tulipwoodYellow-based green that holds its tone in north-facing rooms.
- Honed marbleCool matte stone that keeps the green from reading heavy.
- Brushed brassWarm metal without shine; suits a matte painted finish.
- Warm oak flooringMid-tone board carried continuously under the island.
- Solid oak drawer boxesDovetailed and waxed, rated for full-depth pan loads.
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Bring the Verdant — Sage & Marble 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 modifications
Sage is the signature; the same joinery holds any painted colour.
- Any Farrow & Ball, Little Greene or Paint & Paper Library colour
- Deeper olive, muted eucalyptus or a near-black forest green
- Two-tone with a cream, bone or clay perimeter
- Painted interiors behind glazed wall cabinets
Worktop and surface options
Marble as standard, with practical alternatives in the same visual family.
- Honed or polished Carrara, Calacatta, Statuario or Arabescato
- Quartzite and full-body porcelain for zero-maintenance homes
- Oak butcher-block prep section
- Shark-nose, pencil-round or 100 mm mitred apron edges
Cabinetry and layout
Classic English planning drawn to your walls.
- Walk-in larder with internal drawers and spice racking
- Glazed dresser or plate rack in matching paint
- Belfast or undermount sink with a bridge mixer
- Boot room, utility and pantry in the same colour and hardware
- Range cooker recess with a stone or tiled surround
How a Verdant — Sage & Marble 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.
- Period homes and country properties across Hampstead, St John's Wood and the Home Counties
- Family kitchens where the joinery should feel traditional but not dated
- North-facing rooms that need a colour with warmth in its base
- Homes with garden views where the green ties the room to the outside
Asked often.
Which sage do you use?
We spray a yellow-based sage as standard, but we always sample two boards on site before signing off — the correct green depends entirely on the light in your room.
Brass or nickel with sage?
Brushed brass is our default because it warms the green. Polished nickel works if you want a crisper, cooler scheme, and aged bronze suits darker olives.
How much does a sage green kitchen cost in London?
Most projects fall between £34,000 and £82,000 fitted, including cabinetry, stone, hardware and installation. No middlemen, no showroom margin.
Can you repaint it in a few years?
Yes. Painted doors can be removed, re-sprayed and rehung without replacing a single carcass — one of the practical advantages of in-frame construction.
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