Display Cabinet with Drawers in Carved Teak and Painted Panels

Carving and painting on the same door have to be kept apart, and the reason is that each ruins the other where they meet.

Paint a carved surface and the colour runs into the recesses. Wherever the carving is deep, the paint pools and dries darker, so the hollows read as shadows that are not shadows and the modelling turns muddy. From a distance it looks like the carving needs cleaning, which it never will again.

Carve through a painted surface and the opposite happens: every cut breaks the paint film and exposes bare timber at the arris, so the crisp edges - the whole point of carving - show as pale lines.

So our master Indian artisans divide the door before either is begun. Carving takes the perimeter, where relief and shadow do the work; painting takes the flat field in the middle, where a brush can be laid down cleanly and lifted without touching an edge. The two never occupy the same square inch.

On this cabinet you can see the rule applied twice: lattice carving at the outer doors, a painted spray on the flat centre panel of the middle one. Neither has been asked to be the other.

Material: solid teak carcass, doors, drawers and frame, hand-carved. No veneer, no engineered board.

Configuration: four glazed bays with curved glazed ends; full-width band of drawers; cupboards below with lattice-carved outer doors and a hand painted centre panel.

Decoration rule: carving confined to the perimeter of a door, painting to the flat field, so neither degrades the other.

Interior: glass shelves with spacing to your requirement; adjustable supports available; drawer count and cupboard fitting planned with you; interior lighting available.

Finish: pale grey-cream ground with carving picked out in a paler tone and hand painted decoration, sealed for durability.

Sizes: custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production, including access dimensions.

Warranty: 20 years on the solid teak carcass and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage.

Glass shelves travel out of the cabinet, laid flat, interleaved and edge-guarded.

The glazed doors are secured closed, braced and protected across each pane; the curved end panes stay in their housings under shaped formers.

Every drawer is secured shut and blocked so it cannot move inside the crate - a loose drawer is the commonest cause of transit damage in cabinet furniture.

A soft, clean non-abrasive layer goes against the painted panels and the pale ground first, since both show a rub immediately. Foam is shaped around the lattice carving rather than pressed onto it.

The carved crest, cornice and shaped feet each receive individually shaped protection.

The carcass enters a rigid outer crate with cushioning on every face, corner protection and strapping. This is why dent-free arrival is guaranteed.

Delivery is free across India - no freight charge, no distance surcharge, and no difference between a metro address and a smaller town.

Because every cabinet is made to order, we confirm your finished dimensions, your shelf, drawer and cupboard layout, the painted design and your access dimensions - doorway widths, stair turns, lift size - in writing before production begins. Where access requires it, the cabinet is built to separate into sections that assemble in the room, and the drawers travel out of the carcass.

Once complete it is packed as described and dispatched with a carrier used to handling carved furniture and glass. You are contacted ahead of delivery so someone can be present.

Arrival is guaranteed dent-free. If any transit damage has occurred, photograph it while the delivery team is present and contact us - we will resolve it. On site the cabinet is levelled, the drawers refitted and the shelves fitted.

The solid teak carcass and its joinery carry a 20-year warranty from the day the cabinet reaches you - the frame, the glazed door construction and hinging, the glazing housings, the shelf supports, the drawer runners, the cupboard doors, and the cornice and crest joints.

Lifetime cover against termite damage applies for the life of the furniture rather than a fixed number of years. Because the piece is seasoned solid teak throughout - carcass, doors, drawers, back and internal fittings - there is no board core anywhere for insects to reach.

If a warranty issue arises, send us photographs and we will assess and repair or replace. Painted panels are repainted by hand in the original sequence if ever needed, so the decoration lies within the finish exactly as it did originally. Glazed door alignment and drawer running are covered too. Both warranties apply anywhere in India.