Kitchen Painter Munster — The Blog of a Specialist Hand Painter of Kitchens and Bespoke Furniture — Lee Reeve

Tikkurila, the Finest Paint for Your Kitchen

I’ve asked The Paint Hub in Carlow for some help with this month’s blog post.

I’ve been buying my paint from them for many years now. Even though I’m based in Cloyne, Co. Cork—which is the same distance from Carlow as the Earth is to the Moon. The service, expertise and the range of paint they stock makes it very worthwhile for me to deal with them over that distance. They are simply out of this world. (Did you see what I did there?)

Bespoke Paint, Hand-painted Kitchen, Kitchen Painter Ireland, Kitchen Painter Munster, Kitchen Painter Cork, Paint & ColoursLee ReeveJune 17, 2021Tikkurila, The Paint Hub, Reeve Blue

A Thank You as Big as a Wrestling Elephant

At the end of the year, I like to:

Look back on the year that’s been
Look forward to the year ahead

Doing so fills me with a great sense of gratitude. This year in particular.

Looking back, I think 2020 is best described as …

Kitchen Painter Cork, Kitchen Painter Ireland, Kitchen Painter MunsterLee ReeveDecember 17, 20202020, covid

Vinyl Kitchen Transformation

When people say the word ‘vinyl’, it usually means one of two things:

They are old and about to bore you witless with stories of how music was better when Led Zeppelin were still performing back in medieval times.

Or:

Hand-painted Kitchen, Kitchen Painter Ireland, Kitchen Painter Cork, Kitchen Painter Munster, Renovation & Restoration, Vinyl KitchenLee ReeveJuly 22, 2020Vinyl, Repair, Restoration, Fixing

Other People's Reputations Matter

I know two things about reputations.

One, they take a lifetime to build, but only a second to ruin.

Two, your reputation is what other people say about you behind your back.

Cork Kitchen, Hand-painted Kitchen, Kitchen Painter Cork, Kitchen Painter MunsterLee ReeveAugust 16, 2019Nicholas Moody Luxury Kitchens

I Was Furious at the Mess Left by the Person Who Sanded this Kitchen

I couldn’t believe it. There was dust everywhere—spewed about the place by the heavy-duty sander that was being used to prep the kitchen.

Cork Kitchen, Hand-painted Kitchen, Kitchen Painter Cork, Kitchen Painter Munster, PreparationLee ReeveJune 18, 2019Dust, Care, Protection, Dedication, Hand-Painted Kitchen, Kitchen Painter, Kitchen Renovation

Asian Bugs Help Revive a Kitchen

Have you heard of the lac bug? It lives in India and parts of southeast Asia. As a larva, it crawls along branches, excreting a waxy substance. If you paint your nails, you might be wearing some lac bug excretion on your hands right now. It’s the main ingredient in shellac nail polish.

Cork Kitchen, Kitchen Painter Cork, Kitchen Painter Munster, Renovation & Restoration, PreparationLee ReeveMay 24, 2019Shellac, Undercoat, Preparation, Pinewood Kitchen, Pine, Kitchen

Handling Changes After Work Has Started

There are several things a kitchen painter doesn’t want to hear after they’ve started work.

“Was that scratch always there?” is one.

Cork Kitchen, Hand-painted Kitchen, Kitchen Painter Cork, Kitchen Painter MunsterLee ReeveJanuary 17, 2019

A Kitchen Rescue Paint Job—Before and After

Anyone can hand paint a kitchen cabinet. But not everyone can do it properly. Even people who say they are professional kitchen painters. Here’s a story about how I was able to rescue a kitchen in Cork after the original painter did a terrible job.

Hand-painted Kitchen, Kitchen Painter Cork, Kitchen Painter Munster, Cork Kitchen, Renovation & RestorationLee ReeveJune 29, 2018Kitchen, Cork, Munster, Ireland, Hand-Painted Kitchen, Kitchen Painter

Mixing & Matching Paint Colours for a Kitchen

It’s important to know for sure that once your kitchen is painted it is the colour you were expecting. Here is a story about how I made sure a client in Cork got the colour kitchen she wanted.

Cork Kitchen, Hand-painted Kitchen, Kitchen Painter Munster, Paint & ColoursLee ReeveJune 22, 2018Kitchen, Kitchen Painter, Cork, Hand-painted Kitchens, Ireland, Munster

Avoiding Paint Splatters and Other Disasters in Your Kitchen

Working in someone else’s house brings with it a lot of care. Quite often, the kitchen floor will be new. The last thing I want to do is leave behind paint drops on a freshly laid tile or wooden floor. Here is how I protect my clients’ floors when I paint their kitchens.

Cork Kitchen, Kitchen Painter Cork, Kitchen Painter Munster, Floor ProtectionLee ReeveJune 14, 2018Kitchen Painter, Cork, Hand-painted Kitchens, Painter, Kitchen

A Pressure & Pleasure Kitchen

The story of a hand-painted kitchen in Cork and how I went about the job from start to finish, making sure all of my client’s requests were met.

Cork Kitchen, Hand-painted Kitchen, Kitchen Painter Cork, Kitchen Painter MunsterLee ReeveJune 6, 2018Cork, Ireland, Kitchen, Kitchen Painter, Hand-painted Kitchens

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