Rustic Bathroom Wall Cabinet

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I love it when  an idea comes together, for some time now I have been planning to expand my range of bathroom shelves and mirrors and came up with this design. The main body and shelves are made from reclaimed pallet wood, the doors and rear panel are from an unwanted wardrobe and the towel rail is a willow branch. All the wood has been sanded and treated inside and out with a clear satin vanish to ensure that it will survive even the most humid bathroom. The cabinet is designed to hang on the bathroom wall and the rail allows towels to hang beneath it. 

This one is spoken for but I will be making a couple to sell on my market stall either at Stroud, Cheltenham or Cirencester.  If you are interested in one for your bathroom please drop me an email me on goodwithwoodstroud@outlock.com or message me on 07775516244.

There’s a little bit of magic in every box

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Today I concentrated on replacing the storage boxes I sold during the Christmas rush. These 3 are made from reclaimed 9mm marine plywood and have  been painted and varnished inside and out to ensure that they stand the test of time.  The pieces of ply dictated the shape and size of these boxes but they can be custom made to any size to suit your needs.  In the past these boxes have proved very popular with my fellow stall holders for both transporting and displaying their wares. Prices range from £10 for a medium box and up to £15 for the long or large boxes.

Large Saucepan Rack on commision

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I am often asked to design and make products whilst on my market stall and they often lead to interesting and new products. I built this six hook saucepan rack with lid storage for one of my customers at the France Lynch Village Christmas Fair. She asked me to make it as a present for her daughter which is why I haven’t posted pictures before now… just in case.

I was inspired by the shape of saucepan lids and decided to base the whole design  on circles or part thereof. I used an old windowsill to build the shelf and the semi circular ends and the six quarter circles as the lid storage dividers where made from birch ply that I had leftover from another project, the rear support is a bed slat and the bar for the hooks once held up curtains.  I was very pleased with the results as was the customer that commissioned it.  I will definitely be making a few more of these to sell via the website and will be bringing some with me to sell on my market stalls in the near future

More Wine…racks

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Thanks to two very good markets last weekend I managed to sell out of Trugs (again), Wine Racks, Hall Shelves and Baguette platters. I also sold a lot of other products.

Pallet Wood Wine Rack

So this week I will be busy replenishing stocks. Today after my morning estimate appointments I was in the workshop filling orders and I also found time to make three more wine racks. I will be making at least 10 more trugs, several more hall shelves and many other items ready for next Saturday’s Stroud Christmas markets.

Trugs, Trugs everywhere

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9 completed trugs

With all the Christmas Markets and fayres happening lately I have been busy selling lots of items but my Garden Trugs have proved to be very popular… so popular in fact that last week I sold out! So this week I have been super busy replenishing my stocks. I normally make batches of 3 whenever stocks get low but this time I had to make 9 which was a first but no less fun than normal. So this week I will be all stocked up again.

The garden trug production line

‘Tis the season to be jolly…..

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Markets, Fayres and Bazaars

pittville christmass bazaar
stroud christmas market
stroud wednesday farmers market
suffolks christmas fayre

November and December are proving to be very busy months, I have markets and Fayres on every weekend and I am also continuing with my twice monthly farmers markets on Wednesdays in Stroud Farmers Markets at the Cornhill and on Saturdays in the Stroud Christmas Craft Markets at the Merrywalks 

Yesterday I was at the Suffolks Christmas Fayre in Cheltenham and had a wonderful day both from a social and economical sense, I love this market and it is so busy, I literally ran out of a many items and at the end of the day I had very little to pack up into the Morris Traveller to take home.  This week I will be busy making sure I have plenty of new stock for the upcoming weeks

At the moment I am confirmed for the following events but this is ever increasing as I am awaiting confirmation of a couple more so please keep an eye on my Events page or my Facebook Site

November

Friday 30th  4-10 Nailsworth Christmas Fayre (in conjunction with Nailsworth Goodwill Evening) Nailsworth Social Club

December

Wed 5th 9-2.30 Stroud Wednesday Farmers Market at the Cornhill Stroud

Friday 7th  5-9 Stroud Christmas Markets (in conjunction with Stroud Goodwill Evening) at  Merrywalks Shopping Centre

Saturday 8th 10-4 Village Christmas Markets at France Lynch Church Rooms

Sat 15th  9-4 Stroud Christmas Markets at the Merrywalks Shopping Centre

Wed 19th Stroud Wednesday Christmas Market at the Cornhill Stroud

Sat 22nd 9-4 Stroud Christmas Markets at the Merrywalks Shopping Centre

 

A new fireplace for our house

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Solid Oak mantlepiece with corbels
Solid Oak mantlepiece with corbels
Solid Oak mantlepiece with corbels

This week has been very busy with the Pittsville School Christmas Bazaar on Friday and lots of projects including wardrobes, custom wall shelves, a built-in cupboard on a narrow board and even repairing wobbly fence posts but the high light of the week was most definitely a job a did for our house. We have recently had a wood burner fitted so to finish the job off I have built a solid oak mantlepiece with hand cut corbels. Whilst this is the first one I have made it is very similar to many of the custom shelves I have made in the past.  The wood came from an old oak beam I picked up recently from a little old Costwolds cottage in Ampney Crucis, it had been removed and left in the back garden, luckily the builders didn’t want it and let me have it for nothing.  

There has already been lot of interest and I have taken one order already.  If you think you want one of these get in quick whilst I still have some of the beam left

Santa’s Grotto at Stroud Merrywalks

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One of the highlights of the week was helping Felicity Baker of Westcountry Made to build Santa’s Grotto  at the Merrywalks Shopping Centre. the Grotto opens on Saturday 24th of November and will then be open every Saturday until Christmas plus Friday 7th December which is the Stroud Goodwill Evening and from Wednesday 19th through to Saturday 22nd December. All Profits are being donated to Winston’s Wish and Pied Piper Appeal both charities work with local children at times of great suffering and hardship

santas grotto 1
santas grotto 3
stantas grotto 2

Tables for Stroud Christmas Market

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Today’s project was to make two sets of market tables ready for the Stroud Christmas Markets at the Merrywalks shopping centre

 

 

 

 

 

New Furniture and Products page added

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New Furniture and products page added today with lots of pictures of products and projects past and present. please check them out and let me know if you see something you would like to purchase and if I have it in stock I can deliver or post it to you. If not I would be happy to make you a similar item or make to your specifications or requirements