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  • My Designs,  Woodworking

    The “Corncrake” Dining Table

    September 20, 2024

    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.

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    Scottish Furniture Makers Association

    September 8, 2024

    The Scottish Furniture Makers Association is a membership body which promotes and supports independent furniture designers and makers across Scotland, celebrating their art, craft and creativity. I finally got round to applying and on 6th of September 2024 I am delighted to say that I was accepted into the association.

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  • My Designs,  Woodworking

    The “Marbled Duck” Table

    June 21, 2024

    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.

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  • Woodworking

    May and June Work

    June 10, 2024

    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.

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  • Creepies,  Woodworking

    Creepie Variations on a Theme (#9 and #10)

    April 17, 2024

    A pair of creepies commissioned to bring back memories. It's the first time that my furniture has caused the customer to burst into tears and give me a hug. 🤗

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  • My Designs,  Woodworking

    The “Snipe” Office Furniture Suite

    April 13, 2024

    Just a final post showing the three pieces of the "Snipe" office furniture suite gathered together. You get a better idea of scale and positioning to see the filing cabinet and sideboard sitting either side of the corner desk.

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  • Creepies,  Woodworking

    Olive Ash and Elm Creepie (#8)

    April 7, 2024

    A lovely wee creepie in stunningly figured olive ash with elm side skirts. 200 yr old ash from Dumfriesshire and 40 yr old elm from the foot of my garden. Birch pegs. Finished with Osmo hard wax-oil. Approximate size 420 L x 175 W x 220 H. Nb: The National Museum of Scotland website has a nice wee article about creepies if you would like to know more about this furniture type.

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  • My Designs,  Woodworking

    The “Snipe” Sideboard

    April 6, 2024

    My "Snipe" sideboard. Continuing the design cues from the filing cabinet - cut-away drawer pulls and walnut highlights - and adding asymmetric freeform slatted doors with offset handles. Everyone in the workshop loved it.

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    Artificial Business Description

    March 30, 2024

    A friend recently was using ChatGPT and thought it would be fun to see what it would generate if asked to prepare a description of Chapelhill Fine Furniture. Here is the result:

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  • My Designs,  Woodworking

    The “Snipe” Filing Cabinet

    March 29, 2024

    Next in my "Snipe" suite of office furniture is my filing cabinet. The brief was that this was to have drawers, one of which was to be big enough to hold A4 ring binders, and it was to be the partner to my "Snipe" corner desk.

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  • My Designs,  Woodworking

    “Eider” Footstool (#2)

    March 23, 2024

    It's always nice when a customer contacts you out of the blue and says that they really like what they see on your website and asks "May I have one of these, please?"

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  • My Designs,  Woodworking

    The “Snipe” Corner Desk

    March 23, 2024

    My brief was to create some furniture home office. The client already had in mind a corner desk but we went on to explore some typical rectangular desk designs before settling on a small suite comprising a filing cabinet, corner desk and sideboard. This is the corner desk.

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