• My Designs,  Woodworking

    “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.

  • Woodworking

    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.

  • Live edge yew creepie stool with bookmatched top.
    Creepies,  Woodworking

    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…

  • Olive ash and mahogany creepie with walnut details.
    Creepies,  Woodworking

    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.

  • My Designs,  Woodworking

    The “Marbled Duck” Table

    A wee table, designed as a replacement for my client's old table and designed specifically to showcase the client's own piece of marble (- hence the choice of name). The rich brown of the walnut gives a fantastic match for the rose coloured marble.

  • Woodworking

    May and June Work

    I had a variety of contract jobs in May and June. Here are a few examples of the pieces that I made. A TV unit in walnut, two oak bedside cabinets and an oak console table.