Project gallery

A selection of pieces that have left the workshop over the past couple of years. Every project shown here was built from solid hardwood — no veneered carcasses, no MDF cores, no factory components. Each piece passed through one pair of hands from rough board to finished surface.

Dining tables

Refectory table in English oak. Eight-seater, 2400 mm long. Solid oak top from three matched boards, chamfered edges, pegged through-tenon stretcher rail. Finished in Osmo hardwax oil, two coats rubbed back between applications. The legs are turned on the lathe with a simple baluster profile that suits the farmhouse kitchen it was built for. Build time was nine weeks from timber selection to delivery.

Trestle table in ash. A smaller four-to-six-seater for a terraced house in Chorley. Ash chosen for its lighter colour and prominent grain figure. The trestle base keeps the legs out of the way of chairs being tucked in — a practical consideration in a narrow dining room. Finished in a clear hardwax oil that lets the ash grain show fully.

Kitchen pieces

Kitchen island in oak and walnut. Freestanding island for a large kitchen refit in Preston. Oak frame and carcass, walnut worktop, open shelving on one side, cupboard doors on the other. The worktop is end-grain butcher-block construction — forty-eight individual walnut blocks glued up and finished with a food-safe oil. Ten weeks from first sketch to installation.

Larder cupboard in English oak. Floor-to-ceiling larder with adjustable shelves, a spice rack on the inside of each door, and a pull-out bread drawer at waist height. Traditional frame-and-panel construction throughout. Built for a cottage kitchen in Ribble Valley where the customer wanted storage that looked like furniture rather than fitted units.

Sideboards and storage

Low sideboard in fumed oak. A long, low piece for a living room in south Manchester. Fumed oak gives the timber a rich brown colour without stain — the ammonia reacts with the tannin in the wood to produce an even, deep tone. Three cupboard sections with fielded-panel doors, hand-cut dovetail drawers above. Solid brass hardware from a small English maker.

Welsh dresser in ash. A two-part dresser (base unit plus plate rack) for a farmhouse kitchen outside Lancaster. The ash was selected for its pale colour to keep the piece light in a room with small windows. Open plate rack above, drawers and cupboards below. Traditional pegged mortise-and-tenon joinery throughout the frame.

Fitted joinery

Alcove cupboards and shelving, Leyland. A pair of alcove cupboards in the front room of a Victorian terrace — panelled doors below, adjustable shelves above, a shelf bridge across the chimney breast connecting the two sides. Painted in a client-specified off-white to match the room, which is the one exception to the workshop's usual "no paint" preference — alcove joinery often needs to match existing trim.

Home office in walnut, Bolton. A full-wall home office: desk surface running the width of the room, bookshelves above, filing drawers below, cable management built into the desk top. Walnut throughout, finished in a satin oil. The brief was a workspace that looked like furniture rather than office equipment, and the finished piece delivers on that.

Smaller pieces and turning

Turned bowls in mixed hardwoods. A set of six nesting bowls turned from offcuts — oak, ash, walnut, cherry, sycamore, and elm. These are the kind of small pieces that happen between larger commissions, when there's a half-day gap in the schedule and a good piece of timber sitting on the offcut shelf. Finished in a food-safe walnut oil.

Serving boards and cutting boards. End-grain cutting boards in mixed hardwoods, edge-grain serving boards in single species. Popular as gifts, usually made in small batches of six to ten. Each board is unique because the timber selection varies with what's available.

Commission a piece

If something here sparks an idea for your own home, the next step is a conversation. Email [email protected] with a few words about the piece you're considering, roughly where you are, and any timing constraints. A reply usually arrives within a working day.