The under-stair cupboard we built by hand on a long weekend.
Under-stair voids are sold as wasted space because nobody bothers to fit them. A weekend of careful joinery later, ours holds a vacuum, a to…
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A serving tray from oak off-cuts and a single afternoon.
We had three short pieces of oak in the off-cut bin and a Saturday with no plans. By dinner the tray was glued. By morning it was carrying c…
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A side table from one cracked oak plank and a Friday night.
A neighbour was throwing out an oak plank with a long crack. We took it. By Saturday morning it was a side table that the cat preferred over…
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A spice cabinet from one plank of beech and a wet morning.
We needed a place for the spices that did not look like a place for the spices. One plank of European beech, a Saturday's worth of dovetails…
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