Build Your Kitchen
The best rooms are assembled, not bought.
Most kitchens are sold as a finished thing. We think the good ones are put together — one finish, chosen once, then the right piece for each job. Knobs on the small doors. Cup pulls on the drawers. A longer handle on the pan drawer. Hinges and backplates that match rather than merely coexist.
Everything below belongs to The Windsor Collection — our first solid brass range, one design language across every shape, drawn in England and cast by our artisan partners. A knob bought today matches a cup pull bought next year.
1 · Choose your finish
Pick the finish first. It is the decision everything else follows from, and it is the one thing that cannot be mixed later without it looking accidental.
- Aged Brass — warm and softly antiqued, already dark on arrival. A living finish: bare metal, so it continues to deepen with handling.
- Polished Brass — bright golden shine, left bare. Also a living finish: it will patina over time unless you polish it.
- Satin Brass — an even brushed sheen, sealed under a clear lacquer. A lacquered finish: it stays as it arrives.
Which finish will change, and which will stay the same →
2 · How many do you need?
This is the question nobody answers, so here it is plainly. Count doors and drawers, not cupboards.
| What you are doing | Pieces, roughly |
|---|---|
| A single cupboard run | 6 |
| A bathroom or utility | 6–10 |
| A bedroom of fitted wardrobes | 8–14 |
| A whole kitchen | 22 |
| A whole kitchen, with a backplate behind every knob | 22 + 22 |
| A whole kitchen, with cup pulls on the drawers and hinges on show | 34 |
A typical 22-piece kitchen might be 12 knobs on the doors, 6 cup pulls on the drawers and 4 longer pull handles on the deep drawers — about £343 in one finish.
3 · The pieces
Seven knob shapes, ten cup pull shapes, handles in three lengths, hinges, hooks and backplates. Every one available in each of the three finishes. See the whole Windsor Collection →
Cabinet knobs — from £12.95
Bun, Bloxwich, Flat, Victorian, Beehive, Ball and Mushroom. 32mm for most doors, 38mm where you want more presence. See the knobs →
Cup pulls — £17.95
Ten shapes, from the plain Classic to the Fluted and Scalloped shells. The traditional choice for drawers. See the cup pulls →
Card frame cup pull — £22.95
A cup pull with a label window above it. Turns a bank of identical drawers into a pantry you can read. See the card frames →
Pull handles — from £9.95
D handles at 4in, 5in and 6in for everyday drawers; longer cupboard pulls at 6¼in and 8¼in for the deep pan drawers. See the handles →
Backplates — £3.95
Four shapes, sized to sit behind a knob: Oval, Rounded Square, Four Leaf and plain Round. The quiet piece that makes a plain door look considered — and the easiest way to cover the marks left by whatever was there before. A knob and a backplate together is the whole idea of this page: you choose the pairing, not us. See the backplates →
Hinges — from £4.25
Cupboard butt hinges in 2in and 2.5in, and a backflap hinge. Supplied with solid brass screws — most hinges at this price arrive with steel ones, which rust, and a bright steel head undoes the whole thing. See the hinges →
Hooks — from £7.49
The piece that carries the same finish out of the kitchen and into the hallway, the utility and the back of the door. See the hooks →
4 · Buying a whole kitchen
The more of one finish you take, the better the price. It applies automatically at checkout across the brass range — knobs, cup pulls, handles, hinges and backplates all count towards the total.
| Pieces in your basket | You save |
|---|---|
| 6 or more | 5% |
| 12 or more | 10% |
| 20 or more | 15% |
No code needed. Twelve pieces also clears our free UK delivery threshold, which is deliberate — most kitchens need more than twelve.
A note on the finishes
Start with one question: do you want it to change?
- Living (Aged Brass, Polished Brass) — bare metal. It will darken and patina with handling. Some people polish it back; most let it go.
- Lacquered (Satin Brass) — sealed under a clear coat. It stays as it arrived.
Neither is better. They are different decisions, and it is worth making it once, at the start, for the whole room.
Designed in England. Solid brass throughout.