A walnut cluster credenza cabinet with book matched walnut cluster veneered doors. The client chose to have the walnut exterior of the cabinet bleached and finished in a matt lacquer. The effect is far more subtle than the naturally darker colour the walnut would have been.
Chocolate coloured walnut desk
Chocolate coloured walnut desk with a leather writing insert above a single drawer. This is a home office or study desk focused on luxury and elegance. From the tactile surfaces on the top, tapering down to the bottom of the gently curved legs.
There’s a brass handle detail cut into the centre of the drawer front.
The overall appearance is very simple but the finished desk is a very tactile luxury piece. The high quality goes throughout with the same high level of finish inside the drawer box.
His and her’s pippy oak wardrobes
His and her’s pippy oak wardrobes, tall and slim. They were made to sit either side of a chimney breast in a Victorian house with high ceilings. The doors and side panels are veneered in pippy oak. It’s a highly decorative veneer which has the figure of the oak with small, scattered patches of burrs. Continue reading “His and her’s pippy oak wardrobes”
Walnut and cedar wardrobe
A tall, freestanding wardrobe in American black walnut with a cedar of Lebanon back and drawer interiors.
This was for a lady who was adamant that no moth would ruin her collection of cashmeres. Drawers were so well fitted on traditional runners that you couldn’t slip a piece of paper through the drawer gaps once closed. The top drawer has a lock but that was more for prying eyes than moths. Continue reading “Walnut and cedar wardrobe”
Wabi-sabi shoe bench in ash
An essential for inside the entrance of the homes of people who will not allow mud to be trampled on to their floors or carpets. Continue reading “Wabi-sabi shoe bench in ash”
Woodclose bedroom
Another personal project, the bedroom at Woodclose. Every opportunity to make something taken , from the mirror stand on the chest of drawers to the light switch above the bed.
In the back corner is a pitch pine bookcase that was built around the roof support. I wasn’t going to let some boxed in steel beam deprive me of storage space. Continue reading “Woodclose bedroom”
Black and white book display cabinet
Pale sycamore inlays add a striking contrast against the black walnut of this book display cabinet.
Oak hanging rail
Sometimes function isn’t enough. This hanging rail was commissioned by a client who felt his steel hanging rail might work fine but it didn’t do anything for the look of his entrance hall. Continue reading “Oak hanging rail”
Scandinavian coffee table
A coffee table in black oak based on a mid-century Scandinavian design. Continue reading “Scandinavian coffee table”
Nakashima style coffee table
Walnut coffee table in the style of Japanese-American architect and furniture designer maker, George Nakashima. At this size it’s the perfect side piece for his conoid chairs but it could easily be made to dining table proportions. Continue reading “Nakashima style coffee table”
Walnut display cube
A very simple looking walnut display box made to hold a collectors vase. It’s glass on four sides and mirror on the back.
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Dark mahogany media cabinet
There’s no one type of media cabinet these days. Dimensions of any kind of TV or media cabinet used to be dictated by the huge CRT TV it was built around. Now that TV’s can be in picture frames it comes down to the range of gadgets you want to fit in. Continue reading “Dark mahogany media cabinet”
Vaulted file cabinet in oak
A tall storage cabinet for an office in Victoria. This was for a client who wanted something more than just functional to impress their clients. The solid and custom veneered cabinet picks up the details of not just the nearby doors and skirting but has a vaulted top to fit perfectly in the curve of the ceiling above. Continue reading “Vaulted file cabinet in oak”
Distressed oak display case
A heavy oak display case made to look older than it is by not completely planing the oak. Just leaving traces of the rough sawn timber but giving it a full lacquer finish to make it seem like it had had years of abuse. Continue reading “Distressed oak display case”
Love seat
Sometimes commissions become something quite different from the initial conversations. This was intended to be a single loveseat, no upholstery, wood carved into an s-shape with the two seats facing toward each other for relaxed conversation or romantically looking into each other’s eyes. Continue reading “Love seat”