Window seats in Kingston upon Thames

Boards, parts and paint

Hand-painted finish

Hand painting gives a slightly softer look than spraying. It can be applied on site, in a colour agreed with you. It can be matched to the window woodwork.

Lift-up lids

A lid that lifts is the simplest form of window seat storage. You will need to move any cushion to open it, so it suits things you reach for now and then.

Is bespoke worth it?

Ready-made seats rarely allow for a radiator. Placed in front of a radiator, they block the warmth. We design a grille into the seat so the radiator keeps working. Standalone furniture leaves gaps behind and above it that gather dust, and fitted furniture closes them, which makes cleaning simpler.

There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. The price depends mainly on the size of the piece, how many doors and drawers it has and what goes inside.

Why choose Bespoke Carpentry in Kingston upon Thames

• A spray or hand-painted finish
• Workshop-made and fitted by us
• Saturday work by arrangement
• Work across the whole of London

Read how bespoke compares with ready-made or how to compare quotes.

Fitted storage in Kingston upon Thames

In the area around Kingston upon Thames, the largest groups of homes date from before 1919 (about 36%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 21%), on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. That matters for window seats, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. The National Heritage List has 59 entries within half a mile of the centre of Kingston upon Thames. Original fireplaces, shutters and panelling are worth keeping where they survive, and the furniture can be designed around them rather than over them. Parking controls in London are set borough by borough, so the rest of London has its own. If your road in Kingston upon Thames falls in a zone, the van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a suspended bay, which the council arranges, often with notice. Tell us what the parking is like at the measuring visit.

For families living near St Luke's CofE Primary School, deep drawers suit the bulky things families collect, from scooters to swimming kit. If you live in a period home close to Church of St Luke, a seat under a sash window can keep shutters and cills clear.

Kingston upon Thames is one of London’s 33 local authority areas. We work across all London boroughs and the City of London, and Kingston upon Thames is part of that. We cover places right across the rest of London, large and small.

Every home in KT2, KT1 and TW10 is within our area for window seats, from the main roads to the quieter streets. Streets in the area include Sigrist Square, Old London Road and London Road, and we cover homes on all of them for window seats. Kingston upon Thames is near the B3365; on busy main roads, unloading window seats takes a little planning. We also cover the places around Kingston upon Thames: Norbiton (1 mile east), Coombe (2 miles east), New Malden (2 miles south-east), Coombe Hill (2 miles north-east) and Motspur Park (2 miles east). Other parts of the rest of London we cover include Surbiton (2 miles south), Chessington (4 miles south), Seething Wells (2 miles south), Hook (3 miles south), Tolworth (2 miles south) and Berrylands (2 miles south-east).

What’s near Kingston upon Thames

In Kingston upon Thames, that includes homes near Kingston Grammar School, Tiffin School and The Grey Horse pub and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Kingston upon Thames itself: Kingston station. A little further out are Kingston Hospital (0.7 miles east) and Bentall Centre (close by, under half a mile south-west). Open spaces near Kingston upon Thames include Rose Walk and Kingston Hill Road area.