New Hampton Profile Colours: Carbon Grey & Fox Cashmere Shaker

We've had a lot of customers ask for a wider choice of frame colours to go with their sliding wardrobe doors. So we've listened, and expanded the Hampton profile range with two new finishes: Carbon Grey and Fox Cashmere. Both are available now, and both give you more ways to match your frame to your bedroom scheme.

What's New: Carbon Grey and Fox Cashmere Hampton Profiles

DoorsDirect has expanded the Hampton profile range with two new finishes, Carbon Grey and Fox Cashmere. That gives you more ways to match your sliding wardrobe door frame to your bedroom scheme.

It's worth being clear on what the Hampton profile actually is. The profile is the frame and track system that holds your sliding door panels in place. It's not the door panel colour itself. So when we talk about Carbon Grey or Fox Cashmere, we mean the metal surround and the running track, not the printed or painted face of the door.

This distinction matters when you're planning a new wardrobe. You choose your door panel finish separately from your profile colour. Together, the two set the overall look of the wardrobe.

Why We've Added These Two Finishes

We added Carbon Grey and Fox Cashmere because customers kept asking for them directly. Many wanted a cooler, more contemporary grey that sat between our existing black and silver options. Others wanted a warmer neutral that wouldn't compete with softer bedroom colour schemes.

This isn't a limited sale or a seasonal promotion. It's a permanent addition to the range. We build it the same way as every other Hampton finish: made to order, with the same quality checks applied throughout.

Carbon Grey Hampton: Look, Feel and Best Pairings

Carbon Grey is a cool, contemporary graphite tone. It sits closer to charcoal than to a true black. That makes it a good middle ground if Matt Black feels too heavy for your room, but Anodised Silver feels too light or too dated.

Carbon Grey works well with darker door panel finishes, giving a tonal, monochrome look. It also pairs nicely against lighter panels, such as White Gloss, where the darker frame adds definition without dominating the room.

In terms of interior style, Carbon Grey suits contemporary and minimalist bedrooms. It also fits industrial-inspired schemes, where exposed metal tones and matt textures are already part of the design language. If your existing furniture leans towards greys, blacks or brushed metal, Carbon Grey is a natural fit.

Ordering a Carbon Grey Sample

Every Hampton profile colour is available as a low-cost physical sample. That includes the new Carbon Grey Hampton sample, so you can check the finish against your walls and flooring before committing to full-size doors.

Colours can look different on a screen than they do in your own bedroom light. So it's worth holding a physical piece against your existing furniture and skirting boards before you order. You can order a Carbon Grey Hampton sample directly from our site, at around £3.50.

Fox Cashmere Hampton: Look, Feel and Best Pairings

Fox Cashmere is the warmer of the two new finishes. Carbon Grey is cool and graphite-toned. Fox Cashmere is a soft, muted neutral. It reads closer to a warm putty or stone colour than to a grey or a black.

This makes Fox Cashmere a good alternative if the existing greys and blacks in the Hampton range feel too stark for your room. It suits traditional bedroom schemes, along with any space built around softer, more muted colour palettes.

Fox Cashmere sits alongside existing warmer-toned options in the range, such as White Gloss and Brushed Cognac. If your bedroom leans towards natural woods, warm whites or soft neutrals, Fox Cashmere gives you a frame colour that blends in rather than stands out.

The Full Hampton Profile and Track Colour Range

With these two new additions, the Hampton profile and track colour range now spans eight finishes in total. These are: Anodised Bronze, Anodised Silver, Brushed Bronze, Brushed Cognac, Brushed Matt Black, White Gloss, Carbon Grey and Matt Black, plus the newly added Fox Cashmere.

That's eight ways to finish the frame and track on your sliding wardrobe doors. They range from warm metallics through to cool, contemporary greys and blacks. You can browse the full Hampton profile and track colour range to see every finish together.

These profile colour options apply across our Hampton-based track systems, including the New York 3D profile and track option and the equivalent New York 2D version. Both let you specify your preferred profile colour as part of the door build.

How Profile Colour Relates to Panel Colour and Interior Design

Profile colour and panel colour do two different jobs in a room. The panel is the largest visible surface, so it tends to set the overall tone of the wardrobe. The profile is the visible edge and track. It acts more like a frame around a picture.

A contrasting profile, such as Carbon Grey against a pale panel, adds definition and a slightly more architectural feel. A matching or tonal profile, such as Fox Cashmere against a warm neutral panel, gives a softer, more blended result.

Neither approach is right or wrong. It depends on whether you want the wardrobe to stand out as a feature, or sit quietly into the rest of the room. You can explore wardrobe door colour combination ideas for more visual examples, or see the latest sliding wardrobe door designs for current styling trends.

How to Choose and Order Your New Hampton Profile Colour

Choosing a profile colour doesn't need to be complicated. It comes down to three steps: check the colour in your own room, decide how it should relate to your panel colour, then specify it when you place your order.

If you're planning a wider bedroom update alongside your new doors, it's worth taking a step back before deciding. You can get inspiration for your bedroom renovation to see how frame and panel colours work in finished rooms, which can make the decision easier.

Ordering Samples Before You Commit

Start with a sample. Every profile colour, including Carbon Grey, is available as a physical sample. Hold it against your own walls, flooring and furniture. This is the most reliable way to judge a finish, since lighting and screen settings can change how a colour looks online.

We'd recommend ordering samples of both your chosen profile colour and your panel colour together. Viewing them side by side, in your own room, gives you the clearest sense of how the finished wardrobe will look.

Getting a Bespoke Quote

Once you're happy with your colour choice, the next step is a bespoke quote. We build every DoorsDirect door to order, including the profile and track colour, panel finish and exact dimensions for your space.

We're a family-run business, trading for over 40 years, and we build every door to your specification. Each one comes with a 10-year guarantee and goes through a three-stage quality check before it leaves us. That combination of made-to-order flexibility and consistent checking is what lets us offer eight profile colours without compromising on fit or finish.

If you're still working out sizing, layout or wider design choices, it's worth reading our made-to-measure sliding wardrobe doors guide before you specify your final order. You can read our made-to-measure sliding wardrobe doors guide for a full walkthrough of the process, from measuring through to ordering.

Carbon Grey and Fox Cashmere are ready to order now, alongside the six existing Hampton finishes. The most useful first step is a sample. Order one, hold it against your own bedroom, and you'll have a much clearer picture of how your finished wardrobe doors will look before you commit to a full bespoke order.