Dining table and shelves in olive ash
My clients quite literally grew their own dining table. The ash tree at the bottom of their garden had to be cut down and was stacked in their drive way for several years to season.
I worked closely with the clients to get the table design just right for the dimensions of their dining room and their existing chairs. Once the boards had dried out further and I was able to mill them up to see what we had, the clients came to the workshop to decide on the arrangement of boards for the top. The table now resides within sight of its birthplace and fits the space perfectly.
There was not enough timber in their tree to make the shelves as well so I obtained further boards of olive ash and made these simple shelves for storage of an extensive map collection as well as books. The design of the shelves echoes that of the table with square uprights in olive ash and shelves showing light ash edges just like the table top.
Length : 1780mm; Width : 810mm; Height : 760mm; Thickness of Top : 34mm
Trapezoidal box in English Walnut
A simple idea for a box but made out of a stunning piece of English walnut. The suede bottom finishes it off perfectly.
Eve's Study
Eve was in the process of converting the old dining room into a study and wanted wall to wall shelves built floor to ceiling along one side. The wall happened to contain the old serving hatch which was to remain and so we decided to put the cupboard she required underneath that and to replace the hatch doors so that they would match the new cupboard doors below.
The shelves are made from solid English oak and curve in at one end to accommodate an existing window frame. The lower shelves are deeper to ensure that the cupboard was a useful size and the shelf heights vary to allow for efficient storage of a variety of books, files and objet d’art.
Pivot - Hinged Box in English Ash
The figuring of the Olive Ash lid suggested the design of this box and I happened to have a piece of cedar which mirrors that figuring in the bottom.
Malvern Library Cafe Bar
Malvern Library’s café has been reborn as Bloem in the Library under the management of Lisa who wanted to increase the amount of available seating whilst also making the area more welcoming. She requested a long bar to run along an otherwise bare wall and had already ordered tall, bleached oak stools to go with it.
I designed this simple bar to fit in with the existing style of the library and made it in English Oak as befits such a fine old building. I bleached the oak to match the colour of the stools and after installation was pleased to hear a member of the Library staff say that it looked as if it had always been there.
"I would not hesitate in recommending Mary for any hand-made furniture commissions" - Lisa Loudon
Length : 3380mm; Width : 300mm; Height : 630mm (attached to the wall at 1030mm from floor)
Sara's Elm Box
Sara wanted a small box in which to store her treasures. She chose elm for the main timber and left the rest to me. I took my basic dove-tailed box design and tweaked the dove tails a little bit just for the fun of it and then made a sycamore tray with suede-lined base and elm splines to sit inside the box giving three compartments. The splendid Brusso hinges hold the lid open at just the right angle and the elm just looks lovely!
Length : 250mm; Width : 165mm; Height : 140mm