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Handmade kitchens

All kitchens are designed to specification and client requirements.

My Kitchens are made from solid timber. I design the kitchen with your imput and ideas to make it unique to you and exactly what you want.
English Oak kitchen
Solid Oak is used extensively.
Door fronts are solid bookmatched panels of oak.
The drawer bottoms are of solid cedar.
The carcase construction is of 18mm birch plywood.(used for its high stability)
You can see through dovetails on all the drawers.
The drawers run on wooden runners lubricated with wax.
Brass butt hinges are used on the doors.
The finish is Danish oil.

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English Oak kitchen
Oak sliding folding doorway. large Oak frame with glass panels.
Quater swan Oak used in door panels.
Long and short shoulders on the door tenon joint used on all kitchen cabinet doors. (For rebated door panel) see image 2.
Alcove cabinet with floating shelves. Doors run in grooves lubricated with wax. Door panels are quater sawn Oak used to show the medullary rays.

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English Oak kitchen table and benches
These table and benches had to fit in a narrow alcove room off the main kitchen. The tables narrow underframe gives greater access for people sitting down whilst being strong and sturdy. The benches have a Sycamore detail, which contrasts with the Oak (third picture). All finished with Danish oil.

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English Ash Kitchen
The first picture shows the Ash waney edge timber. On the right there are 1inch boards (used for door rails and stiles, door panels, drawer fronts backs and sides, shelves and panelings). in the back are 2inch boards (used for worktops, shelves, rails and stiles).
The second picture shows the cedar boards which became the drawer bases.
The third picture shows a length of worktop being glued up. Note the thinner, darker strip which is Olive Ash.

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English Ash Kitchen
These picture show the fitted kitchen.
The willow baskets on the open shelves where hand made by Bristol basket maker Roy Youdale (see links page for further info).
Through dovetails on the drawers, solid Cedar drawer bases.
Raised and fielded solid Ash door panels.
The worktops are finished with hard wax oil all other components are finished with Danish oil.

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