Bathroom Cabinets and other recent Furniture.
Bathroom cabinets. Its been a while, I seem to be writing again…But here are a few recently finished pieces. A small bathroom cabinet in Sycamore and Golden Madrone, with a dovetailed case. The Golden Madrone really is a nice contrast to the Sycamore, and the simple turned knobs that are made from spalted Sycamore compliment […]
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>Oak and Ebony Handrail.
> This is one of the jobs I’ve been promising my wife I would do since before Christmas, now katie (thats my wife) is a bit more pregnant, she was having a bit of trouble getting up and down the stairs. I thought it high time I did something about it. I had time today to […]
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>Alcove Bookcases by Norfolk furniture Maker Mark Rhodes.
>Alcove Bookcases by Norfolk Furniture Maker Mark Rhodes. I just got these fitted bookcases finished yesterday, no fitting pictures because I forgot…. But these were quite straightforward, with the openings level and straight with minimal scribing to do. They are predominantly made from moisture resistant MDF, with the shelves, doors, and bottom face frames made […]
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Oak Front Door Finished.
Oak Front Door, by Norfolk Cabinet maker Mark Rhodes. As promised, some finished pictures…. The clients were over the moon, and have recommended me to their friends From the inside, here you can see the large sliding dovetailed bearers that will hold the door flat with seasonal changes. A closer view. This was relatively easy […]
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Oak Front Door by Norfolk Furniture Maker Mark Rhodes.
> Oak front door by Norfolk Furniture Maker Mark Rhodes. The brief was simple…we want a solid Oak front door. Now this might seem simple at first, couple of stiles, bottom rail, top rail, a few panels, easy yes? Well what my clients wanted wasn’t to be your bog standard frame and panel door, oh […]
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Brown Oak Coffee Table by Norfolk Furniture Maker Mark Rhodes.
Brown Oak Coffee Table by Norfolk furniture Maker Mark Rhodes. Now where were we, thats right, Resin… Mix 5-1 and pour. All done. I stood over this and burst the air bubbles when they appeared, then re-poured to fill the voids to excess. Wait 24hrs and then sand, starting with 40g Brilliant Then up to […]
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>Brown Oak Coffee Table II.
>Okay didn’t get much done on this yesterday because of the power cut, but a bit more progress today.. Started off by running the legs past my spindle/shaper, and knocking the corners off to a 1/2″ radius. This is one of the legs in profile, I still wanted to retain the square chunky look so […]
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>Sycamore Cabinet.
>I wasn’t going to post this until after the coffee table was completed, but I have only just got power back on after the storm last night, so today has been a bit of a right off. Anyway.. this little cabinet is in my bedroom where there used to be an open fire, I don’t […]
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>Brown Oak Coffee Table.
>OK I thought I would start on my much needed coffee table, as my living room looks a bit stark without one at present, and we are using the floor to rest cups on (its only a matter of time before I spill coffee/tea on my new carpets). The timber for this table I have […]
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>Painted Bookcases.
>Painted Bookcases Happy new year to all…Hope you had a good un? As they say around these parts. These were the last job before the Christmas holidays, they are constructed entirely from Moisture Resistant MDF. Which I find to be a much higher quality board than the normal MDF that you would find available, […]
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