Posts Tagged ‘Design’
Pine & Burgundy Bookcase
A bespoke bookcase designed to size and compliment the decor of the room. Using solid pine boards, plywood and a burgundy laminate, this bookcase is finished in a mixture of beeswax and carnauba providing a durable and easy to maintain surface finish. As always, the design was completed using our CAD software and rendered in several finish styles before construction began. This procedure provides the client with the ability to view any combination of colours and materials before making the final decision to commence construction of the project.
The following show the bookcase during pre-assembly.
The following show the bookcase during its final assembly.
The final three photo’s show the bookcase finished, delivered and installed.
Gothic Arched Oak Door & Frame
A Gothic arched door and frame constructed using prime grade oak. No mass of detailed description needed, just look at the photos. Some description has been added to some of the photos, questions ? please enquire.
An oak gothic arched door and frame…92 images to show a glimpse of how it is made…
Butterfly Inset – These explanatory notes accompany images 24 through to 32 above.
This type of inset is both a feature and an aid to forming a strong and stable joint. It is necessary here since the joint is formed from end-grain, and end-grain joints on their own are liable to part. The addition of the insets prevents this from occurring, Additionally the surface area of the whole glue joint is increased by using insets, and so provides good stability. To add further to this stability, biscuit and/or loose tongues are used internally on the joint. There are alternative methods to form this joint, mortise and tenon would provide similar strength and stability by giving a good surface area for the glue to bond the joint, but would need to be dowelled to help prevent lateral movement. Since a feature joint is more aesthetically pleasing we have used inset joinery.
Arts & Crafts Ash Kitchen
A bespoke Arts and Crafts styled kitchen stand manufactured in Ash with a 2.5 metre by 500mm by 25mm Welsh slate inset. The upstand and side stands are integral to the breadboard moulding that encapsulates the Welsh slate. The fixings are hidden behind the square teak pegs, often seen with Arts and Crafts styled furniture.
| In addition to the Arts & Crafts kitchen unit above, the bead & butt painted panelling, cupboard interior, cupboard doors and the painted brace & ledge door were individually made from re-claimed ‘Hard Pine’. The Mantle was also made from the same timber. |
Gate (Side)
These are the preliminary design drawings for a side gate which is currently in the design process.
This gate will have a steel inset to depict the ‘Sun’ rising and the gate will be constructed using traditional mortise and tenon joinery. The gate will be available to order in a variety of hardwoods, namely Cedar, Oak, Mahogany, Composite Joinery will also make this gate available in joinery grade pine or Idigbo should you wish for a stain or paint finish. Composite Joinery will supply the gate and install as part of our service, or offer as supply only. As the design continues we will update this page to include construction details and photographs of the gate being manufactured.
