Refined interior decoration with hand‑painted kitchens & furniture
Meticulous preparation, flawless finishes
Private commissions across the UK, and overseas for existing clients
The Craft
Every piece begins with preparation, not paint. Surfaces are prepared, primed and built up in multiple top coats — the work that makes a hand-painted finish last decades, not seasons.
Kitchens and furniture remain the heart of the work — hand-finished on site to a semi-matt or satin finish, in colours chosen with each client from Farrow & Ball, Little Greene, Zoffany and beyond. The same hand extends to hallways, staircases and sitting rooms, so a home reads as one considered scheme.
A Martin Moore kitchen, meticulously prepared and hand-painted in Tikkurila Feelings Furniture paint with a semi-matt finish — completed with a flat-matt white emulsion ceiling, Farrow & Ball matt emulsion walls, and Farrow & Ball Antique White satin skirting and door frames.
Left: an oak farmhouse kitchen — flat-matt white ceiling, Osmo Polyx-Oil matt cabinetry, waterborne wood preserver to the listed beams and Osmo Polyx-Oil satin to the ceiling beams. Right: a contemporary townhouse kitchen — white wall units in Tikkurila white satin with metallic gold back panels, and cabinetry in Tikkurila dark grey satin.
A fifteenth-century timber-framed hall house with a nineteenth-century oast, set in sixteen acres.
Flat-matt white ceiling, Zoffany painted walls and Farrow & Ball satin woodwork paint.Flat-matt white ceiling, Zoffany painted walls and waterborne wood preserver to the timber beams.Zoffany painted ceiling and walls, with satin black paint to the staircase and beams.The original arched oak doorway and ragstone wall, retained throughout.
A Contemporary Townhouse, London
A four-bedroom townhouse arranged over five floors, open-plan and light-filled, finished throughout to a crisp contemporary standard.
Kitchen/diner: flat-matt white ceiling, Farrow & Ball emulsion walls, cabinetry finished in a dark grey satin paint, and satin white woodwork.
A Classical Terraced Townhouse
Six bedrooms over three floors, within a handsome classical terrace. The house is outlined below.
Drawing room: flat-matt white ceiling, Farrow & Ball wallpaper and paints.Drawing room: flat-matt white ceiling, Farrow & Ball wallpaper and paints.Bedroom: flat-matt white ceiling, Laura Ashley English-country-style wallpaper and Farrow & Ball paints.
The Martin Moore kitchen shown at the top of this page — see it here ↑ — is within this property.
A Private Country House, Kent
An eight-bedroom, seven-bathroom country house for a private family, decorated throughout in a scheme of pale blue, cream and satin woodwork.
Drawing room in Lewis & Wood wallpaper, with the master bedroom, master bathroom, nursery and two linking hallways decorated to match. Interior photographs are kept private at the family's request.
Rooms decorated by Lee James — period and contemporary homes, treated with equal care, from listed timber-framed interiors to modern townhouses.
Lee James specialises in the meticulous preparation and finish of refined interior decoration with hand painted kitchens and furniture, with over three decades of experience.
We work with discerning homeowners who value exceptional attention to detail and refined, lasting results. Our work runs throughout the home, delivering a cohesive and elegant finish.
Our work is built on a long-standing private client base in the UK. For existing clients who move abroad or keep a second home overseas, we continue that same relationship — travelling to bring the same standard of craftsmanship to their homes further afield.
Enquiries are welcomed directly, and from interior designers and architects working on private commissions.
