Can You Spray Fitted Wardrobes?

Replacing fitted wardrobes is expensive (£3,500–£10,000), disruptive (1–2 weeks of mess), and ironically often delivers a worse finish than respraying — because off-the-shelf fitted bedroom firms use the same cheap paint as their cheap kitchens. Yes, we can spray fitted wardrobes. And the result is usually better than what you'd get new.

Quick answer

Yes — we spray fitted wardrobes in Plymouth bedrooms regularly. Typical price £600–£1,400 depending on size. We remove the doors to the workshop, spray the carcasses in situ, refit, and you have a brand-new-looking bedroom in 3–4 days.

How it works

The process is almost identical to a kitchen respray, just in a bedroom:

1. Day 1 (morning) — Mask the bedroom: floor, bed, walls, ceiling, sockets. Remove all doors and drawer fronts, label them, take to workshop.
2. Day 1 (afternoon) — Spray carcasses, end panels, plinths and internal frames in situ with water-based acrylic enamel. Safe for kids and pets, low odour, dries in 4 hours.
3. Day 2 — Workshop day. Doors and drawer fronts are primed and sprayed in our dust-free Plympton workshop. No work at your house.
4. Day 3 — Refit doors, adjust hinges, refit handles, walk through.

You sleep in the room every night. There is no chemical smell. The bed stays in the room.

What we can spray

• Built-in wardrobes (alcove or wall-to-wall)
• Sliding-door wardrobe systems (we remove the doors, but the tracks stay in)
• Built-in drawer banks, shelving and shoe racks
• Built-in dressing tables and vanity units
• Bedroom desks and home-office built-ins
• Original 1980s/90s fitted bedrooms — yes, even those
• Modern Sharps, Hammonds, Strachan, Neville Johnson, Sliderobes systems
• IKEA PAX systems (Komplement doors come off easily for workshop spray)

What we can't spray (or shouldn't)

• Mirrored sliding doors — the mirror panel itself can't be painted. We can spray the frame around the mirror, or remove the mirror panel and replace with a sprayable insert.
• Glass-front cabinet doors — frame yes, glass stays clear.
• Damaged carcass with structural failure — water-damaged or collapsing units need rebuilding before paint.

Will it look like a new fit-out?

In most cases, yes — and often better. The reason is paint quality. Off-the-shelf fitted bedroom firms (Sharps, Hammonds) use spray paint, but at a relatively standard spec. We use the same 2K topcoat we use on kitchens — premium 2K automotive-grade chemistry. Once the handles are back on, you genuinely can't tell.

What about changing the layout while you're at it?

We don't reconfigure the carcasses — that's a fitter's job, not a sprayer's. But we work with two fitters in Plymouth who can change drawer banks, internal shelving and racks before we spray. The combined cost of "tweak the layout + respray" is usually 30–50% of buying new.

Colour ideas for fitted bedrooms in 2026

Bedroom colours are quieter than kitchen colours. The 2026 favourites we are spraying most:

• Pavilion Gray (F&B 242) — warm mid-grey, restful
• Skimming Stone (F&B 241) — warm white, makes small bedrooms feel bigger
• Sulking Room Pink (F&B 295) — dusty pink, surprisingly mature
• Sage (F&B 18) — calming greyed-green
• Mole's Breath (F&B 276) — sophisticated mid-grey-brown
• Inchyra Blue (F&B 289) — for a moodier master bedroom

Can you spray inside the wardrobes too?

Yes, but it's an optional extra. Most customers leave the inside as-is — clothes hide it, and the inside doesn't take colour-related abuse. We charge a small extra to spray interior carcass panels if you want them done.

Can sliding-door wardrobes be sprayed?

Yes. We remove the sliding doors, take them to workshop, spray them flat (much better finish than vertical), then refit on the existing tracks. The tracks themselves usually don't need painting but can be if visible.

Cost vs replacement

Typical Plymouth fitted bedroom replacement: £4,500–£10,000. Respray: £600–£1,400. Saving: 80–90%.

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