Just some preliminary text for the moment until I get a chance to write up more fully. Here are some photos of my recently completed “Nightingale” bedroom furniture: two bedside cabinets with 3 drawers each, two tall chests of drawers with 5 drawers each and a large chest of drawers/dresser with 6 drawers. Maple. The drawer fronts have finger pulls partially along their lengths. Bedside cabinets… Tall chests of drawers… And the large chest of drawers…
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Two Artists and a Furniture Maker Walked into a Cafe…
In an exciting development, I will be exhibiting at Dukes of West Barns (nr. Dunbar) over the long Easter Weekend, from 17th to 21st of April 2025. I will be supporting two artist friends, Judy Dale and Leonard Mair, who will have a range of fresh-on-the-market pastel and oil paintings featuring landscape and still life subjects.
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“Eider” Sofa Table (#5)
At the Glenkinchie Christmas Fayre I had a couple of pieces of furniture on display and one of the visitors liked my “Eider” sofa table and so commissioned me to make another. I used some of my own 200 year old Dumfriesshire oak and the client chose to have the legs in walnut to give that crisp contrast on the top surface. Dimensions: H 540 x W 240 x L 445 mm.
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January and February recap
First job of the year was a 2.7 metre long desk in beech. To allow easier transportation and because of the limitations in available sizes of sheets, it was necessary to make the desk in two parts. The first part was the desk plus drawer cabinet, and the second part was the rightmost drawer cabinet.
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Merry Christmas Everyone
Just a quick “Merry Christmas” message with two weeks to go before Christmas. Anything which I didn’t sell at last weekends lovely and warm Christmas Fayre at Glenkinchie Distillery will become available on Etsy. Please take a look at my shop ChapelhillCraft and if you are in East Lothian you are more than welcome to pop round and have a look at any item – just get in touch. If you are nearby I can also deliver.
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Creepies #13, #14 and #15
I moved workshop towards the end of the year and that finally gave me the impetus to use up some yew, elm, maple and ash that I had been hoarding for a while. A wee bit snow in the Lammermuirs gave me a nice festive photo shoot location for two of them. The first one, shown below, is book-matched Scottish yew flanking a piece of reclaimed mahogany on the top and the sides are mitred and rounded with the live-edge used at the bottom of the skirts. The legs are maple with a very simple semi-circular cut-out and the sides are affixed with walnut pegs. Size is approximately L 425…
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Glenkinchie Christmas Fayre 2024
This Christmas market season, I will be having a stall at Glenkinchie Distillery’s Christmas Fayre on 7th and 8th December. I’ll have a selection of creepies, chopping boards, bowls and other wooden items for sale. Over the 7th & 8th there will be 20% off at the distillery gift shop and there will be other local artisans, hot toddies & winter cocktails at the bar. Book a spot on their Festive Flavour Experience while Newton Grange Silver band will be spreading the festive cheer on Saturday 7th & Pencaitland Community Choir on Sunday 8th. The fayre is open from 10 am until 5 pm each day. Head to their website…
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Olive Ash and Mahogany Stripe Creepie (#12)
The second of two olive ash and reclaimed mahogany creepies that were made specially for the Glenkinchie Distillery Christmas Fayre. This one is two staves of olive ash with a mahogany stave sandwiched between, and mahogany skirts.
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November’s Jobs
November was busy with a variety of large and small builds: lamp bases, walnut trays and wheels, and a Corncrake dining table.
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More photos of the “Corncrake” table
My customer has kindly sent me some more photos of their "Corncrake" dining table without the chairs in place. These are great photos and perfect for showing off the legs, and the table looks fantastic in their space - there is so much light from all the windows!
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Olive Ash and Mahogany Creepie (#11)
With the Glenkinchie Distillery Christmas Fayre on the horizon, I finally was able to use up some of my olive ash offcuts to make more creepies. I was also gifted some old mahogany tables from which I was able to reclaim some lovely coloured pieces that I could use for the skirts.
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The “Corncrake” Dining Table
Time for a dining table. This one is an 8-seater which is large enough to be an occasional 10-seater. The table length was a slight limiting factor and so I opted to go slightly wider and have two placings at each end to give a 10-seater 3-2-3-2 configuration.
