How long does a bespoke kitchen take?

Design usually takes a few weeks depending on how quickly decisions are made, followed by manufacture in our workshop and installation. We give you a realistic programme in writing before anything is ordered.

Do you supply appliances and worktops?

We can specify and coordinate worktops, sinks, taps and appliances alongside the cabinetry, drawing on suppliers we trust and building the units to their exact dimensions. Equally, if you have already chosen appliances or a particular worktop, we will design around those items, confirming sizes and clearances during survey so the cabinetry is built to suit rather than adjusted on site.

Can you work with our architect or builder?

We regularly work alongside architects, interior designers and main contractors, issuing drawings and service requirements in whatever format suits their programme. This includes confirming electrical, plumbing and ventilation positions ahead of first fix, and adjusting our own manufacture and installation dates around the wider build so the kitchen arrives at the right point in the project.

Designed. Built. Installed.

Bespoke Kitchens

Name: Chester Thomas Bespoke
Address: Unit 2A, Mansditch Farm, Coton in the Elms, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 8LW, GB
Telephone: 07542 822456

A Chester Thomas kitchen begins with the room you already have: its light, its awkward corners, the way you move through it in the morning. Every cabinet is drawn for that room and built in our Derbyshire workshop, so the finished kitchen sits properly against walls that are rarely square.

We take the project from first measured survey through design, manufacture and installation, with one point of contact throughout. You will know who is coming, what is happening next, and how the details are being resolved.

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Hand-painted shaker kitchen with a navy island, marble-effect worktops and tall pale grey cabinetry housing built-in ovens

What the service includes

Measured design

Full survey and drawings showing cabinet heights, appliance positions, sightlines and how each run of furniture meets the walls, floor and ceiling.

Built-to-measure cabinetry

Base units, tall runs, islands and pantries built to the millimetre rather than adapted from stock sizes, with internal fittings arranged around what you store.

Finishes and ironmongery

Hand-painted or timber finishes, worktop selection and handle detailing chosen together so the kitchen reads as one considered piece.

Installation

Fitted by the team who built it, with scribing, panelling and final adjustment carried out on site.

Explore bespoke kitchens

Kitchen Cabinetry
The cupboards, drawers and worktop runs that make up a kitchen, built to your walls rather than a modular system.
Kitchen Islands
A freestanding centrepiece built for the room it stands in, from proportion and seating through to storage and appliances.
Pantry Cupboards
A dedicated food store built into the kitchen, with shelving, drawers and lighting planned around what you actually keep in it.
Larder Cupboards
One purpose-built cupboard, doors and all, fitted out for the mix of cold and dry storage you actually keep in it.
Breakfast Cupboards
A working station for the coffee machine, kettle and toaster, closed away behind doors when it isn't in use.
Kitchen Storage
The everyday detail of kitchen storage, from drawer internals and corners to bins, cutlery and appliance garages.
Shaker Kitchens
A framed, recessed-panel door built to genuine cabinet proportions rather than a stock size dressed up to look the part.
Handleless Kitchens
Clean, unbroken door and drawer fronts with the opening mechanism built into the cabinetry rather than screwed onto it.
Painted Kitchens
Cabinetry sprayed in a colour matched to your specification, from a single quiet neutral to a contrasting island.
Timber Kitchens
Natural grain, stained or left bare, built into cabinetry that shows the timber rather than covering it in paint.
Kitchen Dressers
Display cabinetry built into the kitchen for crockery and glassware, glazed above and closed storage below.
Appliance Housing
Cabinetry built around confirmed appliance dimensions, with ventilation, alignment and access considered from the outset.
Kitchen Banquette Seating
Built-in seating for a kitchen dining or breakfast corner, with storage beneath and a table sized to fit.

Materials & finishes

Finishes are chosen with you and sampled before anything is built, so the colour, grain and hardware are agreed while the design is still on paper.

Hand-painted tulipwood and hardwood frames
Oak, walnut and ash veneers
Solid timber worktops
Stone and composite worktops
Solid brass, bronze and blackened steel ironmongery
Soft-close drawer boxes and internal storage fittings