Without machines, you can’t run a business making furniture, simple as that. Yes, a lot of the finishing work for furniture requires the touch, feel and judgement of a human hand, as does the pure work of making smaller objects that require carving and sanding. Most larger commissions such as kitchens and shelving units, wardrobes and so on all …
New client testimonial – read what our clients say about our work
We’ve just received some very nice words of praise for our work that we have published on our ‘what our clients say’ page. We designed and built a bespoke kitchen for clients near Stone, Bucks, and we posted about it here. Testimonials from our customers are important because they are honest, succinct and straightforward opinions on our work. We’re …
We’ve put the antique ship back into its rightful place – oak unit fitted
We’ve completed the fitting of the fully fitted cabinet and oak unit containing the family’s antique model ship that we told you about here – and we think it looks fantastic in place. The oak really contrasts beautifully with the large flagstones on the floor of the clients’ home, and the lighting that we designed and built into the unit …
Space (for) ships – and not only
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 …
A New Year – and a new machine in the workshop
It’s the beginning of a brand new year, so Happy New Year to everyone from at Mark Williamson Furniture! We have started off 2015 as we mean to go on by installing new machinery so that we can continue to make our furniture as good as we can, and as efficiently as we can. We have invested in a new …
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 …
We’ve just finished transforming a client’s home with bespoke bookcases
One of the most satisfying aspects of the work we do is seeing the end result and the huge difference it usually makes to someone’s home, and the way that they are able to live in it and use it. In this case, our clients live in an old cottage, and wanted beautiful bookcases to fit a particular space in their home …
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 …
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.