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Dusty Blue Slim Shaker Kitchen — A Chalky Mid-Blue Behind a 45mm Frame

Most blue kitchens are specified either too dark or too sweet. Navy goes almost black in a north-facing room and swallows the detail of a door profile; a pale sky blue reads as a nursery and shows every fingerprint. This run sits between the two: a dusty blue at mid value, roughly RAL 5024 or NCS S 6010-R90B, mixed with enough grey that it stays calm under both warm and cool light, and applied as a two-coat polyurethane lacquer at 5 gloss units — chalky to the eye, but sealed, so it does not absorb cooking grease the way an untreated matt paint does. The door is a slim shaker, not a full shaker: a 45mm flat frame with a 6mm recessed centre panel, which keeps the profile visible at 3 metres where a 70mm frame turns into a heavy grid in a small kitchen. Fronts are 19mm MDF, grain-filled and sanded flat before spraying, with all four edges lacquered to the same sheen so no ABS line runs around the door. Gaps are a uniform 3mm, held by the hinge and runner drilling rather than by site adjustment. Hardware is a slim brushed brass bar pull — 128mm on drawers, 160mm on doors — in a PVD finish, and the brass is the only warm element in the scheme. Behind the face it is an 18mm plywood carcass on 32mm system drilling with Blum soft-close throughout, 720mm base boxes on a 100mm plinth for a 900mm finished worktop height, 330mm deep wall units, and a 20mm white quartz top with a fine light speckle. It is a 20-piece OEM/ODM programme for importers, kitchen studios and project specifiers who want a colour with some life in it that still photographs as a neutral.

Dusty blue at mid value — roughly RAL 5024 or NCS S 6010-R90B — mixed with grey so it holds under both 3000K and 4000K lighting instead of turning lilac or mint, and matched to a supplied sample on request
Two-coat polyurethane lacquer at 5 gloss units: chalky in appearance but sealed, so it resists cooking grease and wipe-down cleaners in a way an untreated matt paint or a foil-wrapped door does not
Slim shaker fronts with a 45mm flat frame and a 6mm recessed centre panel — the profile still reads at three metres, where a 70mm frame turns a small kitchen into a heavy grid of rectangles
19mm MDF doors and drawer fronts, grain-filled and sanded flat before spraying, with all four edges lacquered to the same sheen as the face, so there is no ABS tape line or pale melamine seam running around every door
A uniform 3mm shadow gap held by the hinge and runner drilling rather than by site adjustment, so a run of six doors reads as one plane with six parallel lines instead of six panels at six slightly different heights
Slim brushed brass bar pulls in PVD — 128mm centres on drawer fronts, 160mm on doors — the only warm element in the scheme; a routed J-pull handleless variant runs on the same fronts for programmes that want no visible hardware
18mm plywood carcass with sealed ABS edges, 8mm back panel and 32mm system drilling — plywood rather than chipboard because a lacquered face is unforgiving: if the box racks, the gap opens and the eye finds it immediately
720mm base carcasses on adjustable legs behind a 100mm painted plinth in the same dusty blue, giving a 900mm finished worktop height; 330mm deep wall units at 720mm high with one adjustable shelf on the 32mm system
20mm white quartz worktop with a fine light speckle, 620mm deep, 20mm square edge and a 100mm matching upstand — white rather than a dark stone so the mid-blue stays legible and the brass has something to sit against
Blum TandemBox soft-close drawers rated 30 to 70kg on every drawer bank and Blum clip-on concealed hinges with three-way adjustment, or a cost-equivalent Chinese runner set on the same 32mm drilling for entry price points
Standard module widths of 300 / 400 / 500 / 600 / 900 / 1000mm with 570mm deep base boxes, so a run plans on a 100mm grid and still lands on standard appliance and sink apertures without a bespoke carcass; flat-packed RTA or assembled, doors crated in door-number order with a touch-up pot in the batch colour

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SKU: FAME-KC-DBL · MOQ: 20 pcs · Sample order available

Specifications

Programme scope	Full kitchen run in one colour and one door style — base units, wall units, tall units and a painted plinth; module widths of 300 to 1000mm on a 100mm grid, with a 3mm door gap held across the range; supplied flat-packed or assembled, with or without worktop.
Construction	18mm plywood carcasses with sealed ABS edges, glued and dowelled corners and confirmat fixings at the load points; 8mm back panel; 32mm system drilling throughout. Solid 18mm E1 chipboard available as a cost-down for dry inland projects, on the same drilling and the same fronts.
Fronts	19mm MDF slim shaker doors and drawer fronts with a 45mm flat frame and a 6mm recessed centre panel, grain-filled and sanded flat before spraying, all four edges lacquered to the same sheen as the face; 3mm uniform gap. A flat slab, a wide 70mm shaker and a routed J-pull handleless profile are available on the same carcass and the same hinge drilling.
Finish	Two-coat polyurethane lacquer at 5 gloss units in dusty blue, matched to RAL 5024, NCS S 6010-R90B or a supplied sample; water-based primer, oven-cured. Tested to 200 revolutions Taber abrasion and a 72-hour 40 degrees C / 90 percent RH cycle with no gloss shift or edge lift. Anti-fingerprint topcoat at 2 to 3 gloss units available as an option; a touch-up pot in the batch colour ships with every order.
Worktop	20mm white quartz with a fine light speckle, 620mm deep, 20mm square edge and a 100mm matching upstand from the same slab; 20mm quartz, 38mm solid oak, 38mm laminate or 12mm sintered stone on the same carcass. Sink and hob apertures templated from the project drawing, with the sink centre line set to the 600mm sink base.
Hardware	Slim brushed brass bar pulls in PVD, 128mm centres on drawers and 160mm on doors; a routed J-pull handleless profile on the same fronts as the no-hardware option. Blum TandemBox soft-close drawers rated 30 to 70kg as the specified option, with a cost-equivalent Chinese runner set on the same drilling for entry programmes; Blum clip-on concealed hinges with three-way adjustment; magnetic catches and door buffers on all single doors.
Internal fit-out	One adjustable shelf per wall unit, cutlery inserts, a 300mm pull-out waste under the sink, a corner carousel and a tall larder pull-out available as inserts on the same box; appliance and sink bases supplied open with a service void and ventilation cut-outs to the appliance drawing.
Installation	Dowel-and-cam assembly with pre-drilled panels and confirmat fixings; a 3m run assembles in roughly 3 to 5 hours with two fitters. Wall units hang on a steel rail supplied per run; the 3mm gap is set by the drilling and the hinge adjustment range, so a fitter levels the run rather than re-gapping every door. An English-language assembly drawing and a parts list by unit code ship with every order.
Packaging	Boxes flat in 5-layer cartons with foam corner blocks — a 600mm base box ships at roughly 70 x 58 x 17cm and 33kg gross; doors and drawer fronts in a separate rigid face-board crate in door-number order, face to face with foam interleaves so a lacquered face is never against cardboard; brass hardware in a labelled bag inside the face-board crate.
MOQ and lead time	20 pcs per model; widths, two door styles and a two-tone split may be mixed inside the 20. A custom RAL or NCS colour, or the anti-fingerprint topcoat, starts at 50 pcs in one finish with a sprayed 200 x 300mm approval panel. Sample door 10 to 14 days, production 30 to 35 days, FOB Ningbo or CIF Felixstowe, Sydney, Melbourne and Los Angeles.
Compliance	ISO9001, CE, SGS and FSA factory certifications; E1 low-emission board and low-VOC water-based lacquer; FSC-certified plywood available; CARB Phase 2 compliant board for US-bound orders on the same line; IP44 lighting option where LED strip is specified into a wall unit.

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Product FAQ

How is dusty blue different from the navy and sage already in the range?

It occupies the middle of the same spectrum, and the difference is value rather than hue. The navy in this range sits at the bottom end: deep enough that it reads almost black in a dim room and makes a small kitchen feel closed in. Sage sits at the other end with a green cast that warms up under tungsten light. Dusty blue is a mid-value blue with grey in it, so it keeps the room feeling light while still being unmistakably a colour, and it stays stable under both 3000K and 4000K lighting. If a programme is choosing between them, the practical test is the size of the room: navy for a kitchen with a large window, dusty blue for anything under about 12 square metres, sage where the floor is warm oak.

Why a 45mm slim shaker rather than a full 70mm shaker?

Because frame width is a function of viewing distance, and most kitchens are seen from two to three metres. At 70mm the frame plus the recess plus the gap takes up a large share of a 600mm door, and a run of six doors turns into a grid of rectangles that makes a small room look busier than it is; at 45mm the profile is still clearly a shaker in raking light, but the centre panel dominates, so the run reads as panels of colour with a fine shadow line around them. The 6mm recess matters as much as the frame: shallower than 4mm disappears under a matt finish, deeper than 8mm collects dust along the rebate. The same fronts can be run as a flat slab or a wide shaker on the same carcass if a project needs a mix.

Does a mid-blue matt finish show fingerprints?

Less than black or a dark gloss, more than white — and the specification is built around that. At 5 gloss units the surface scatters light instead of reflecting it, so a print reads as a faint smudge rather than a bright smear, and it disappears at normal viewing distance. The two-coat polyurethane is sealed, so it can be wiped with a damp microfibre and a pH-neutral spray; the things to avoid are abrasive cream, which dulls the sheen in patches, and silicone polish, which builds a film that shows under raking light. Around handles, the 160mm bar pulls spread contact over two fixing points and give the hand somewhere to land that is not the door face. An anti-fingerprint topcoat at 2 to 3 gloss units is available as a cost option for family kitchens.

How is the colour approved before production?

By a physical panel, not by a screen. Every order starts with a sprayed 200 x 300mm approval panel in the batch colour, on the actual board and the actual lacquer system, couriered before production; the panel is signed and the batch reference is logged against the order. Standard colours are matched to RAL 5024 or NCS S 6010-R90B, and a custom match needs a physical sample — a door, a tile or a paint chip — because a photograph cannot carry a colour, and a dusty blue shifts more than most under different white balance. A custom RAL or NCS colour, or the anti-fingerprint topcoat, starts at 50 pieces in one finish; inside that, the standard blue can be mixed across widths in a 20-piece lot.

How does a 20-piece order work, and what are the lead times?

The 20-piece MOQ is per model, and because the carcass, the 32mm drilling, the hinge pattern and the 3mm gap are identical across widths, a lot can mix 300 to 1000mm units freely and split between two door styles or a two-tone scheme without a second set-up. A custom colour or the anti-fingerprint topcoat starts at 50 pieces in one finish, because a colour change means a spray run and a booth clean. Sample door 10 to 14 days, production 30 to 35 days, FOB Ningbo or CIF Felixstowe, Sydney, Melbourne and Los Angeles. The factory is 20,000 square metres and has supplied the top ten international building-material brands since 2009.