We were recently commissioned to design and make a large piece of furniture that would need to have several uses. One stipulation was that it would need to have a central display space for a beautiful antique model sailing ship that has been in the clients’ family for generations. This also meant we had to design the ship’s space …
Panel show
We have made this traditional oak panelling to replace some very old oak wall panels in an old farmhouse. Sadly, the originals have been damaged by damp in the house, a problem which the clients are sorting out and Mark is replacing the damaged panels. These will look just like the originals once finished. This type of work is …
Treads, balustrades and book shelves
Before Christmas we were commissioned by a client to make some stair treads and balustrades as well as a bookcase and shelves for a fine new build house that was being built. He’s just sent us some photos with lovely natural light spilling in through the windows and lighting up our work! The balustrades and treads were made from Super …
Oakey dokey
Sometimes it might be difficult to appreciate the amount of work needed to turn what are pretty much rough slices of tree trunk into beautiful, finely finished bespoke furniture. The picture of the oak above shows in what sort of condition the oak is delivered to our workshops, in long and varying lengths of plank. Oak has been popular …
Old period cottage’s bespoke wardrobe – fitted and finished
A couple of weeks ago we showed you some progress shots from our workshop of the large bespoke wardrobe that we were building for clients with an old character cottage. This job presented particular problems to resolve because the floors, walls and ceilings in period properties are never straight, square or level. Lovely if you live there, but more …
Are we speaking loud and clear?
As you may have noticed by now, we don’t just make furniture and kitchens at MWF H.Q. We have recently been commissioned to make some bespoke speaker cabinets for a client, and we were happy to take on this interesting project. The speaker boxes are made in MDF with a cherry veneer, and have been clear lacquered for a …
New website page – our environmental policy – and briquettes…
No, these aren’t huge pellets of chicken food, dried bits of horse manure, or even a new type of Bran Flakes (er, Bran Tubes anybody?). They’re actually briquettes made in our workshop from the sawdust that we produce making beautiful furniture. The reason we’re showing you these is that you may have noticed that we’ve just added a new page …
Dreaming of Devon skies
It’s been a very busy year for us – moving workshops, getting married, getting flooded out, moving house – so it was wonderful recently to get away for a long weekend and spend some time down on the Devon coast. When the weather is fine, there can’t be many other places in the world that are as beautiful as this. …
Website update – new gallery section
We’ve just added a new section to the gallery pages of our website. It features photography of the two tables that we were commissioned to build and design for clients recently. You can see the gallery here, and read more about how these very special tables were made here.
Workshop secrets: from a sketch to finished tables in oak and walnut
Ok, maybe not workshop secrets exactly, but a glimpse into how we work. In our last blog post, we published some very kind words from some clients about the two tables that we designed and built for them – you can see photography of the finished tables in that post. The photos …