Kitchens

Frame-and-panel carcases in birch ply and solid rails, dovetailed drawers in oak, and doors that are made to the opening rather than ordered by the metre.

How it usually goes

1. A visit to the house, an hour with a tape and a pencil. No charge and no drawings yet.
2. A layout and a written price, normally within two weeks. Changes at this stage cost nothing.
3. A deposit of a third books the bench time. We order the timber and let it sit in the room it is going into, if that is possible.
4. Six to ten weeks at the bench. You are welcome to call in; ring first so someone is here.
5. Fitting takes three to five days for most kitchens, and we come back after a month to adjust the doors once the house has had them through a heating cycle.

Doors and drawers

Shaker and beaded frame as standard, both in solid timber. Drawers are through-dovetailed oak with a ply bottom, running on soft-close undermounts. If you want traditional wooden runners we will make them, but they need a settled house and an owner who does not mind a waxed rub every couple of years.

Painted or oiled

Painted work is hand-brushed in two undercoats and two top coats, off the frame. Oiled work gets three coats of hard-wax oil, sanded between the first two. Both can be touched up years later without stripping the whole door, which is the point.