Furniture painting in Dublin is the cheapest way to make a tired piece look new again. Instead of replacing a wardrobe, dresser or table, we strip it back, prep it properly and hand-paint a hard-wearing finish in the colour you want. Dublin Deco Painting has been refinishing furniture for homes and businesses across Dublin since 2017 — fully insured, with free quotes and a reply within one working hour.

We hand-paint furniture the way good furniture makers finish their own pieces. Sanded back, corrected and filled, a specialist bonding primer, then thin coats of hard-wearing furniture and trim paint brushed and rolled on by hand and laid off for a fine, even finish. Nothing needs to be dismantled or carted off.

What we paint

We handle most furniture surfaces — solid timber, MDF, veneer, melamine, metal and glass. Common pieces we refinish include:

  • Wardrobes, chests of drawers and bedside lockers — bedroom sets hand-painted to match.
  • Dressers, sideboards and display cabinets — restored or recoloured.
  • Tables, chairs and coffee tables — solid-wood and veneered.
  • Kitchen units, presses and cabinet doors — see our dedicated kitchen cabinet painting page for full kitchens.
  • Doors, mirror frames and shelving — interior and exterior.

If a piece is solid wood or real-wood veneer, we can stain or varnish it to bring out the grain instead of painting over it — your call once we’ve seen the condition.

How we hand-paint furniture

Good furniture painting is mostly preparation. The work is done at your own place — freestanding pieces in a spare room, a garage or a utility, fitted pieces where they stand — dust-sheeted, masked off and tidied up after, so nothing has to leave the house.

  1. Assess and quote. We look at the piece (or photos), confirm the material and agree a colour and finish.
  2. Prep. We clean, sand and fill any chips, then apply the right primer — a bonding primer on melamine and veneer, a PU primer on MDF and timber, so the topcoat grips and lasts.
  3. Paint. Thin coats of hard-wearing furniture and trim paint, hand-applied and laid off, with a light sand between coats. Two thin coats beat one heavy one every time.
  4. Cure and reinstate. The paint is left to harden properly before the piece goes back into use — handles back on, drawers back in and every door checked that it closes right.

Because the finish is hand-applied, a knock or a chip a few years down the line can be repaired on the spot — sanded back locally, primed and recoated into the surrounding paint, with no need to start the whole piece again.

Wardrobe painting and repainting

Wardrobes are the piece we’re asked about most. Fitted or freestanding, repainting a wardrobe is one of the cheapest ways to change a bedroom, and it’s the doors that decide how it looks.

Big flat doors come down to technique rather than kit: a bonding primer so the paint grips, then thin coats rolled on with a high-density foam roller and laid off in one direction along the full length of the door, so the finish reads even and consistent right across the panel. Build it in two or three thin coats and a large door comes up as level as a small one.

The usual jobs:

  • Painting wardrobe doors — doors and drawer fronts stay on their hinges and runners, so the carcass stays put and the room isn’t out of action.
  • Repainting a full bedroom set — wardrobes, chests and lockers done in one matched colour.
  • Fitted / sliding wardrobes — painted in place with the runners and tracks protected; nothing dismantled, nothing taken away.
  • Melamine and MDF wardrobes — shiny melamine needs the right bonding primer or the new colour won’t hold; getting that right is the whole job.

Cost depends on the number of doors, the material and the colour change, but repainting wardrobe doors is a fraction of the price of a new fitted wardrobe. Send a photo and we’ll price it.

Finishes and colours

You pick the sheen and the colour. We work with hard-wearing cabinet and trim paints — Colourtrend and Fleetwood are the two we’re asked for most, with Dulux and Farrow & Ball also available — matched to the surface and the wear it’ll get.

FinishLookBest for
MattFlat, no shineModern bedroom furniture, feature pieces
SatinSoft, low sheenEveryday wardrobes, dressers, tables
GlossBright, reflectiveStatement units, contemporary kitchens
Stain / varnishNatural grain shownSolid-wood and veneer you want to keep “wood”

Colours can be matched to any RAL or standard paint reference. Show us a colour you’ve seen and we’ll match it.

Furniture painting prices

Furniture is priced per piece, because a single chair and a six-door wardrobe are very different jobs. Cost depends on size, the material, how much prep and filling is needed, and the finish. As a rough guide:

PieceIndicative price
Single chair / small side tablefrom €60–€120
Bedside locker / small cabinetfrom €90–€150
Chest of drawers / dresserfrom €180–€350
Wardrobe (single–double)from €250–€500
Dining table & chairs (set)from €350–€600

These are starting points, not fixed prices — the exact figure comes from seeing the piece. Every quote is free, fixed and no-obligation, so there are no surprises later.

Why Dublin Deco Painting

  • Family-run and local — covering Dublin city and county, with the Kildare, Meath and Wicklow fringe.
  • Fully insured, with a clean, tidy approach to every job.
  • Prepped properly — sanded, filled, the right bonding primer and trade-quality cabinet and trim paint, not a tin of gloss from the shed.
  • Free quotes and a reply within one working hour.

We work across the city, from South County Dublin to North County Dublin, and finish piece-by-piece so your furniture ends up better than new.

Have a piece you’d like refreshed? Send a couple of photos and get a free quote — we’ll tell you what’s possible and what it’ll cost.