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Custom Kitchen Makeover

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There are many great things about living in Stroud, along with the beautiful countryside, wonderful valleys and hills and the award wining weekly farmers market there is also the wide variety of wonderful old Cotswold stone houses. 

These properties are often very quirky with unusual layouts and uneven floors and walls.  This brings many challenges and for me opportunities to come up with unique and custom solutions.  This weeks project has been very interesting, the client needed a set of cupboards built to hide the area under the sink and several sets of shelves to be fitted under their existing kitchen benches.  The final challenge and probably the most interesting was to build a set of drawers to fit under the counter that could be opened from both sides.  The floor and wall levels added to the complications but with the selection of custom sliding doors under the sink I was able to hide the fact that the gap from the bench to the floor differed by as much as 3cms from one end to the other and the existing legs on the benches were not quite square. the drawers, doors and shelves plus the boxing in were constructed using 9mm and 12mm birch plywood which were all stained to match in with the kitchen.

The advantage of having hand made storage solutions is that you can have all the furniture and fittings that you need at a reasonable price and it will fit into whatever shape your property happens to be.

Please let me know if you would like to arrange a visit to discuss your requirements

In an English country garden

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Sometimes a project just happens…

On the way back from a job yesterday, I noticed a couple of old scaffold boards dumped outside a garden in Horsley. After asking the owner if I could have them, I loaded them up into the Morris Traveller (it was a bit of a squeeze).  As soon as I saw them I knew that I would be making a pair of garden benches.  I was able to make almost all of each bench from the boards, I only needed to use a couple of side pieces from a old pallet that I had in the wood shed as stabilising beams.

After a quick sanding to remove the cement residue and a couple of coats of exterior wood stain they were all set for a trip to the Tewkesbury High Street Arts and Crafts markets this weekend. So if you are looking for a pair of benches to enhance your garden pop down between 10am and 4pm on Sunday 21st but be quick I don’t think I will have them for long

custom stackable storage crates

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I like to think that over the last couple of years I have managed to help a lot of my customers with unique and bespoke storage solutions.

Just last week I was asked to quote on some storage crates for a young boys bedroom.  After discussing the requirements and budget, I was commissioned to build five large (70cm x 35cm x 30cm) stackable storage crates.  To keep the costs down without affecting their overall style I selected Wisa Spruce 9mm plywood. The buyer will be applying a coat of clear satin varnish later. The crates needed to be stackable so along with ensuring that they were all exactly the same size I added vertical and horizontal support struts with a slight offset so that the boxes slotted into each other. For easy movement I cut hand holds out on each end.  The crates where then loaded onto the trusty work truck and delivered to a very happy customer.

If you are looking for some custom made crates or any to other storage solutions please give me a call  or send me a message or email and I will be happy to help

Stained Glass Bathroom Wall Cabinet

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Recently whilst at the Giant Flea market at Malvern I found this wonderful old piece of stained glass and knew straight away that it would become a door for a bathroom cabinet. 

Using ripped down reclaimed pitch pine floor boards I made a frame and using old hinges and a nice metal knob the door was born.  This set the dimensions for the rest of the cabinet, I made the body of the cabinet from pallet wood and backed it with some old plywood from an unwanted wardrobe. The towel rail is a aged willow branch.  The whole cabinet is brought together with a coat of light oak varnish which will make it idea for a bathroom setting

It think that this design will fit in perfectly in a Cotswold cottage and so I will definitely keep my eye out for more stained glass pieces

Update: This cabinet has now been sold, but I will be making more in the near future

Chest of Drawers Challenge

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This is my very first custom made chest of drawers and I although it was a little complicated, I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and think it came out extremely well.

Whilst I have made many cupboards and cabinets and I have made drawers to fit in to cupboards or into gaps in kitchens and bedroom I have never made a complete unit from scratch.

The request came from one of my regular clients that has recently moved into an apartment having just moved out from a three bedroom house.  The brief was to make it fit into a tight space and have as much storage as possible, hence the six drawers.  I chose to make the carcass is made from 9mm Malaysian plywood, the frame from ripped down reclaimed pine floor boards and the drawers from a combination of reclaimed pine and 3mm ply from a double wardrobe I recently stripped down

Making furniture to fit in limited spaces and general storage solutions are one of the key functions of Good With Wood (Stroud) so if you need a bespoke piece of furniture or have an unusual space to fill please send me a message or email and I can come over and discuss your needs

Rustic Kitchen Roll Holders

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Small projects can be fun too. Whilst at Stroud Farmers Market I was asked if I had any of these and as I had not yet attempted to make any I said not at the moment but I will have some by the next market. So I went of to the workshop and made a couple of proto-types and sold them both. Now that I know that there is a potential market for them I had added the to my market stock.  

These kitchen roll holders are made from reclaimed floor boards and broom handles. The tongues and grooves are ripped from the boards and then sanded, but as they are old solid pine from the 60s they retain their patina.  

If you would like to enhance your kitchen (or like in my case workshop) with one of these very handy accessories please let me know or pop by to one of my regular markets at Stroud, Cirencester, Cheltenham or Tewksbury and pick one up

Wall Mounted Kitchen Plate Rack

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One of the best things about being out and about doing market stalls is that you meet lots of interesting people that turn out to be prospective clients. I am often asked about my bespoke service and within days of the event I receive emails requesting quotes to create one off items. 

This 12 Slot  wall mounted plate rack was one such request.  The brief was to build a rack that could either sit on a counter or be mounted on a kitchen wall and be capable of holding up to 12 large dinner plate.  I build this rack from some leftover 20cm spruce shelving planks and some dowels I had left over from some pantry pockets and spice racks I build earlier in the year.  The client requested that they be varnished to withstand the wear and tear of a busy country kitchen and so I suggested a light oak satin varnish. 

I could not be happier with how this came out and I am very much looking forward to seeing what she thinks of it when she sees it.

Please let me know if you are interested in having a bespoke handmade plate rack or any other project that you may have in mind

Hall Shelves for Everyone

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One of the more popular items on my weekly market stalls are the various hall shelves and coat hooks.

They are all made using reclaimed wood generally from pieces of unwanted furniture with wood ranging from oak, cedar, spruce to pine. The hooks are all forged from steel and I often have up to 5 different styles. 

This means that you can either come to the stall and buy one that I have already made or you can email or text me with the dimensions of the space that you wish to fit them and I let you know which hooks I have available. Once you have made your selection and agreed on the overall layout  I will make a set especially for you which you can collect at the next market in your area, come over and pick them up directly from the workshop in Chalford Hill or I can deliver them next time I am in your area.  

These are the four styles I currently have in stock

Made To Measure

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One of Good With Wood (Stroud)’s main functions is build made to measure storage solutions. Today’s project is exactly that.  A Client approached me whilst at the Stroud Farmers Market last month and asked about this service. He was after a kitchen cupboard that could be made to fit into an unused window recess in the recently upgrade kitchen. The aim was to make it match with the rest of the décor in the lovely Victorian terrace house.  I was supplied with the dimensions for the cupboard and together we worked out the design based on some of my previous cabinets along with the intended function. I was able to build a cupboard that not only fitted the recess but also had the correct shelf spacing to store exactly what the client wanted.  

I was very please with the results but even more so when I arrived at their house to discover that it was a great match for not only the kitchen but the rest of the house.

The frame of the cupboard was make from left over spruce furniture boards from a previous job, the doors and decorative top came from an old unwanted fold leave table and the tongue and grove back came from an old dresser.

If you have an unusual space to fit or require alternative storage solutions why not try the made to measure method, it can be a lot more cost effective than you think

Local Neighbourhood Trug Dealer

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After the last couple of weekends worth of very busy and successful local craft markets I am now very busy replacing stock of one of my best selling items, the humble Garden Trug. These are extremely popular and often sell out, they are very useful around the garden and a must for the avid allotmenteer.

They are made completely from reclaimed wood, the sides are cut from reclaimed pallet wood, the slats are generally 9mm shuttering ply left over from current projects but other plywood has been used, the handle is made from a tree branch, which are windfalls from either the back garden or the local woods.

These sell for £12 each and can always be found on my market stall or via my Etsy shop for a little bit more to cover the postage.

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