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Howdens doors are thicker and twice as heavy as wickes doors ( literally ), I believe they are supposed to be of a more solid construction. Thus, they are less prone to warping. The amount of lip you have when trimming however is only 10mm on a Howdens door compared to a 20mm on a Wickes door. This needs to be taken in to consideration, you've got less wood to play with on the Howdens door if your frames aren't true ( they rarely are ). The choice is yours at the end of the day, but in answer to the question are Howdens better doors, yes, possibly. However, i'd ask what their guarantee is like in both shops............I don't know the answer. If it were me, i'd probably still go for the Wickes door at the end of the day, money is money and it's not like they're utter rubbish, they're still great doors and are FSC Certified, so they can't be that bad, I've fitted many and have never had a problem with them.

Thanks Dual Designs (and by the way that should have been "any advice", not "a advice"... typed too quickly!). The ranges I'm looking at to create this look are both PWS/Second Nature: the Alpina Natural Oak Matt and Porter Carbon bespoke paint colour - so those are the ones I'd specifically asked the designer to work with but he's not keen even though he supplies them (amongst other ranges). I can't find anything on the PWS or Second Nature websites about the doors being lacquered as well as veneered (have sent them a web query but haven't heard back). Does anyone have experience of Second Nature veneered doors specifically?

As Jonathan suggests, you could paint it. The only thing is there are whites and there are whites, so getting a perfect match may be difficult. If it’s just the legs then I would repaint the lot then you don’t have to worry too much about colour matching. You could use a woodwork paint like satinwood or eggshell, or you could use a spray paint like Rust-oleum. I spray painted a dark brown radiator with white spray paint and it looks lovely. There are so many great paints out there for updating furniture. There’s also a paint called Frenchic which has great reviews although I’ve never used it.