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Cabinet wall in the living room
Around the television or the fireplace, with an open niche in the middle so the wall doesn't close up.
- Cables and equipment concealed
- Open niche at eye level
- Depth 40 to 50 cm
Country cabinetry
Cabinets that disappear into the room.
A bespoke cabinet isn't a piece of furniture you push against a wall. It follows the wall, the skirting and the ceiling, and makes the room look larger rather than fuller.
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Bespoke or off the shelf
The difference is in the centimetres.
A shop cabinet comes in fixed sizes: 60, 80, 100 cm wide, 220 high. In a real house that never quite works out. There's a gap beside the cabinet, a forgotten strip above it, and a skirting board that doesn't carry through. That is exactly where the difference starts.
We draw the cabinet to the room: into the corner, up to the ceiling, with a continuous skirting and a cornice that meets the panelling beside it. What you end up with is not a cabinet in a room, but a wall with storage in it.
- Up to the ceiling, no dust ledge above
- Continuous skirting and cornice, as on the wall
- Depth per room: 35 cm for books, 60 for clothing
- Out-of-true walls taken up with a scribe fillet
- Lighting and sockets drawn in from the start
The fronts
Four fronts, four kinds of cabinet.
The front decides whether a cabinet reads country, classic or contemporary. We make all four in the same workshop.
Everything that is possible
From melamine to solid oak.
Every cabinet, kitchen, dressing room, panelling run and piece of furniture we draw can be made in nine different front materials: from easy-care melamine to solid timber. For lacquered fronts you also pick from the full NCS range, over 1,900 colours. So your choice isn t limited to whatever happens to be in stock.
The same cabinet door turns almost white or almost black without losing its grain. Always on the same frame-and-panel front, so you can compare fairly. In the showroom you lay them next to your own floor.
The types
Six cabinets we draw most often.
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Display cabinet
Glazed doors with bars, lit from within. For china, glassware and whatever deserves to be seen.
- Lighting in the side panel
- Glass with genuine bars
- Shelves in glass or timber
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Bookcase
Shallow and tall, with fixed uprights so the shelves don't sag.
- Depth 30 to 35 cm
- An upright every 80 cm
- Ladder or step possible
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Dressing room
Behind doors or open, with the layout set to your clothing rather than the other way round.
- Hanging, shelving and drawers in proportion
- Lighting per compartment
- Mirror in one door
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Cabinets under a sloping roof
The space that otherwise goes to waste. Panelled doors follow the pitch of the roof.
- Knee wall becomes storage
- Doors made to the pitch
- Desk in between possible
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Study and library
Worktop between the cabinets, with cabling and lighting kept out of sight.
- Top at 74-76 cm
- Cable tray in the top
- Closed cabinets for paperwork
Material and interior
The difference is inside too.
For the visible parts you choose between solid timber, veneer, melamine and lacquered MDF. Solid for grain and relief, veneer for the same look on large stable surfaces, melamine where durability and price count, lacquer where it has to stay flat. We draw all four.
What you don't see decides how long a cabinet stays a pleasure: full-extension drawers with soft close, hinges that don't drop, and 19 mm shelves that don't sag under books.
Everything comes from our own workshop. That is why the cabinet profile matches the panelling and the door surround in the same room.
Country house The cabinet has become the wall. Skirting, doors and cornice run on across the full width. That makes the room read more calmly, even though it holds more storage than before.
From our projects
Cabinetry up close.
From our web shop
Solid oak cabinets, adjustable to the millimetre.
These cabinets are in our web shop and are made entirely from solid oak, in the same workshops as our bespoke work.
Beaumont library cabinet
Brushed brown oak, 310 x 240 cm
Wexford display cabinet
Three glass doors, solid natural oak
Loire Double bookcase
Open niches with four doors, solid oak
Vincester display cabinet
Two glass doors, solid oak
Wexford sideboard
Four doors, solid oak
Navarre display cabinet
Glass display, solid natural oak
Loire Triple bookcase
Four doors and three drawers, solid oak
Mezor display cabinet
Asymmetric layout, natural oak
Navarre Small display cabinet
Narrow display for an alcove, solid oak
Vincester Triple display cabinet
Six glass doors, white oiled oak
Wexford display cabinet, brown oak
The same cabinet, a different stain
Wexford sideboard, black
Oak top on a black body
What can change
A model from the range, entirely on your terms.
To the millimetre
Height, width, depth and length are drawn to your room. The interior layout follows.
Free-standing or built in
The same model as a loose piece or fully into the wall, with a continuous plinth and a frame that takes up leaning walls.
Any colour
From natural oil to almost black, or a shade from the full NCS range: over 1,900 colours.
Any texture
Sanded smooth, brushed with a grain you can feel, or sawn.
Any material
Solid oak, veneer, melamine or lacquered MDF, on the same model.
Light inside
Lighting per compartment or per shelf, with cabling and sockets drawn into the plan.
Dimensions that work
The figures we start from.
These dimensions come from practice. They are not laws, but anyone who departs from them without reason notices it later.
| For what | Dimension | Why |
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| Books | 30 to 35 cm deep | With an upright every 80 cm, otherwise the shelves sag. |
| Hanging clothes | 60 cm deep | 100 cm high for shirts, 150 cm for coats and dresses. |
| China | 35 to 40 cm deep | Any deeper and the back becomes unreachable. |
| Television | centre at 100 to 110 cm | Eye level when seated, not measured standing up. |
| Desk top | 74 to 76 cm high | At least 60 cm deep, with a cable tray in the top. |
| Wall units | underside at 145 to 150 cm | So you can still reach without a step. |
Where it goes wrong
Four mistakes you feel every day.
Too deep
A 60 cm deep cabinet for china or books: everything at the back disappears.
35 to 40 cm for china, 30 to 35 cm for books. Depth follows the contents.
No plinth
The cabinet sits flat on the floor and reads like furniture left there by accident.
A set-back plinth, running on with the one along the wall. The cabinet becomes part of the room.
Everything closed in a small room
Closing off a wall completely in a narrow room: the cabinetry presses down and the room looks smaller than it is.
In small rooms, one or two open niches at eye level. In a generous room the wall may stay fully closed.
Lighting forgotten
Without light inside you can't see the contents and a display cabinet loses its purpose.
Lighting per compartment, with the cabling drawn into the design from the start.
A good cabinet doesn't stand out. It just makes sure the rest of the room stays tidy.
What it costs
What determines the price.
Two cabinet walls of the same width can differ considerably. This is what weighs heaviest, from most to least.
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biggest difference
Material
Melamine and lacquered MDF cost less than brushed solid oak. Veneer sits in between.
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considerable
Front
A flat front is made faster than frame and panel or glass with bars.
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considerable
Interior fittings
Soft-close drawers and lighting per compartment weigh more than plain shelves.
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moderate
Height and junctions
Up to the ceiling, around a sloping roof or a chimney breast: bespoke piece by piece.
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limited
Technology
Lighting, sockets and cable trays that disappear into the cabinetry.
How it works
From survey to fitted cabinetry.
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Survey
We measure up ourselves, including how far walls and floors run out of true. The scribe fillet is calculated from that.
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Design in 3D
Layout, fronts and lighting visible before anything is made.
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Choosing the finish
Stain, oil or lacquer, next to your floor and seen in daylight.
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Our own workshop
We build the cabinet to size, with the grain running on across the fronts.
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Fitting
Our own team fits, adjusts and finishes the junctions.
Why Marcottestyle
Why cabinetry works with us.
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We think along with you
We don't just carry out orders. We question your layout, measure up and find the solution you hadn't seen.
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A complete plan
You don't get a sketch but a dossier: survey drawing, layout plan, bespoke drawings, electrical and lighting plan, material schedule and a detailed quotation per item.
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Everything in 3D first
Changing a drawing costs nothing; changing during installation always costs money.
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Our own workshop
Cabinet, panelling and door surround get the same profile, from the same batch of timber.
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Our own fitters
Whoever fits it also adjusts and finishes it. No arguments between supplier and fitter.
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First meeting free
Survey and an honest guide price cost you nothing.
Often together with
What cabinetry usually goes with.
Frequently asked questions
About bespoke cabinetry.
What does bespoke cabinetry cost?
That depends on material, front, interior fittings and height. A full cabinet wall usually costs more than loose furniture, but you gain storage and the cabinetry lasts for decades. At the first meeting we survey the space and you receive a guide price free of charge.
Solid timber or MDF?
For visible parts, solid oak, oiled or stained. For large flat fronts and damp rooms, lacquered MDF, because it stays flat. We also work with veneer and melamine, and often combine.
Can it go against an out-of-true wall?
Yes. We work with a scribe fillet that takes up the deviation, so the cabinet stands straight and the joint still closes.
Can cabinets go under a sloping roof?
Certainly, that is often where most space is lost. We draw the doors to the pitch of the roof, with drawers or hanging space behind.
How long does it take?
Production in the workshop takes longer than the fitting. We only give a deadline once the design and the materials are settled.
Can lighting be built in?
Yes. Lighting per compartment, in the side panel or under the shelf, with the cabling drawn in advance.
Do you also do a single cabinet?
Yes. Many clients start with one cabinet wall and extend later. Because we keep the design, a second phase still matches.
Can I see it somewhere?
Our showrooms hold cabinet settings with different fronts, finishes and interior fittings.
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