Stable doors
Always tricky to hang these stable in Maidenhead are to replace the old front door for a Dutch .In Holland its common to have stable doors as the main front door they assure me .The trick when hanging stacked doors … Read More
New double glazed sliding sash windows
These impressive new sliding sash windows have just returned from the high pressure preservation unit and are drying out before being fully painted with 4 coats of 10 year life paint ready for the double glazed units to be fitted … Read More
350 year old listed building window renovation and repair work.
All new external window architraving replacement ( in 1st grade oak ) for a listed building in Reading Berks.This 350 year old buildings old external architraving has all perished away and is being replaced to match the existing mouldings exactly … Read More
Shoe Boxes
These shoe storage boxes were copying an Italian designer model but at a fraction of the price, they are made out of solid pine and open using upside down friction stays we normally use to open fanlights on casement windows … Read More
Lattice Work
Octagon latticework to make up part of the shuttering for the castle at Alhambra Carpets when it gets built next year. A total of 2000 housing joints per web. The design was copied from the building opposite my bedroom in … Read More
French Doors on to Juliet Balcony
New wooden French doors going onto a Juliet balcony replacing a triple casement sash window. The balcony was tailor-made by the welders to accommodate the 28cm x 14 cm Alhambra tiles to save cutting them down and losing some of … Read More
Rotating Scrabble Boards
We have now made quite a few of these personalised rotating scrabble boards over the years ,they turn to use a ball bearing lazy susan ,the personalised lettering is usually set up to look like a made up game of … Read More
Arabic Ceiling in Alhambra
A 16 pointed star and an exact copy of the ceiling at the Nasrin Palace in Alhambra, Granada, but at half the scale.its made by simply duplicating 2 pieces of wood lots of times, the angle are obvious but its … Read More
Breakfast Bar
The breakfast bar is made from 2 x pieces of African mango wood both pieces were chosen because they had a natural curve at the ends, so joining the 2 x ends together (using 3 x lap dovetail biscuits) to … Read More
Backgammon Board
The plan was to make one backgammon board as a surprise present for Poppys 18th birthday, but the joiners in their generosity gave me too much walnut and maple, so there was enough timber left over to make a further … Read More