16 July, 2024 | Carpentry, Decking, Garden, Pergola
The paint on these walls is flaking off, there are a few layers so taking it all off would be time consuming and messy, I suggested we cover the wall in a breathable membrane and slats/battens to replicate another part of the garden and to allow the walls to dry out...
21 March, 2024 | Carpentry, Door hanging, Doors, Livingroom, Special projects
For this project the customer wanted to partition off part of a long open living room so that they had an office too. We discussed various solutions and they settled on pocket doors so that they wouldn’t have to deal with the swing space around furniture. As you...
20 August, 2023 | Carpentry, Garden
This little chunky oak bench took around 3 hours to make, reducing a 9″ square beam into 2 halves for the main seat, then machining down the legs and bolting it all together. I can only just lift it! The oak beams were off-cuts from a timber frame building I was...
6 July, 2023 | Carpentry, Decorating
I was asked to install a second handrail for a customer that has a slight balance problem, the existing rail I couldn’t match quickly so we decided to go with two new ones. I have been back and gloss painted them...
3 March, 2023 | Carpentry, Livingroom, Shelving
There are many benefits to alcove shelving. It can add storage space, style, and functionality to any room, one of my customers asked me to install a shelf to replace the original TV stand, once made a further two were requested. I made them from 8×2”...
1 December, 2021 | Carpentry, Refurbishment, Shelving
This is a new stand for displaying the drinks used behind the bar, they are in constant use and there’s a lot of them so the stand needs to support a lot of weight, but it needs to be light enough to lift off the bar for regular...
