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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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.
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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.
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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.
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The “Snipe” Office Furniture Suite
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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Olive Ash and Elm Creepie (#8)
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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The “Snipe” Sideboard
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.