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PRODUCTS & PROCESSES
Internal connecting doorway
allows direct transfer of
components from spray room
to drying room.
Gallito fi t-out fi nishing studio
Gallito Limited has recently
installed a bespoke paint
spraying and drying facility
for The Finishing Studio
Ltd in Thame, Oxfordshire;
a recent new venture
established by furniture
designer and manufacturer
Duncan Doig.
Oxfordshire-based Doig Furniture
manufactures bespoke cabinetry and luxury
fitted and freestanding furniture for the
high-end residential market. With an
experienced team of designers and cabinet
makers, the company produces beautifully
crafted furniture; employing the skills of
traditional craftsmanship in tandem with the
best that CAD technology can offer. As well as
individual commissions for private clients, Doig
Furniture works collaboratively with architects
and interior designers and, over the last 15
years, has undertaken a wide variety of
bespoke projects ranging from residential
kitchens for palatial homes across Oxfordshire
and the surrounding home counties, to a
walnut reception desk destined to cut a dash
on Savile Row, and from arts and crafts
restoration work to cabinetry for a luxury yacht.
Before the company made the decision to
invest in an in-house department, all finishing
work was being sourced from outside
suppliers and, as Duncan Doig explains:
“Because all the furniture we manufacture is
bespoke, our requirements for spray finishing
are as diverse as the designs we create, and
the nature of our work means they are almost
always ‘short run’ projects; which tends to
make all aspects of subcontracting a costly
Glass-panelled, double doors
provide ample access to the
spray room and facilitate
removal of fi nished items
after drying.
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