Lancaster Carpentry - Gallery
This gallery shows various images ranging from a repair on a rotten door frame, to one off furniture designs, and of course, the odd cat picture thrown in for good measure.
Remodel of a bedroom in NW London, including refurbishing the original cast iron fireplace, and building matching, shallow alcove wardrobes, constructed so that they sit within the confines of the alcove space and don’t reduce any of the the “living space” within the room.
This picture shows how shallow the alcoves are, but turning the hanging rails through 90 degrees allows the clothes to sit face on in the wardrobes, allowing them to be built within the alcoves rather than pushing out into the room, albeit there is less storage space, but overall it creates a far more balanced look.
Bathroom cabinet made from birch ply and Egger laminate incorporating the concealed W.C. cistern, and storage, sat on an engineered oak floor.
Vanity unit made to match the above cabinet.
Bench seating with lidded and push to open drawer storage, designed to compliment the existing Shaker kitchen within the property.
Bath panel made from light hardwood reeds, finished in Oslo PolyX
3 door shaker wardrobe hand finished in Benjamin Moore Gray Mirage.
These are a matching pair of floating alcove cabinets, sitting either side of a stove grey, turn of the century fireplace.
The left hand side is open fronted, with the dark grey outer and rear panels creating a letterbox effect, highlighting the bright orange inner section. The right hand side has had the colours flipped, to retain orange as the dominant colour.
The right hand side is the media unit, and has the addition of a hinged front panel, trimmed in a grey acoustic cloth.
This is a run of under stair storage. The object was to make enough space to house the washing machine and a Dyson vacuum, whilst maintaining access to the consumer unit, electricity meter and the isolation switches for the kitchen, all of which are hidden behind easily removable panels to the rear of the carcasses. More images can be seen on the Projects/Under Stair Storage page.
Bespoke radiator cover, hand finished in Benjamin Morre Cream Fleece, featuring a Satin Nickel Regency Grille.
These are a matching pair of floating bedside cabinets, finished in grey with pink detailing.
They are a mirror image of each other, the cutout going “bedside” to make access easier whilst lying in bed.
As you can see, the cat really wanted to get involved in the design process!
A double wall socket sits hidden behind the rear panel, with power to the phone and lamp being hidden, giving an unfussy, clean look.
Originally the lamp that sits on top of the cabinet, had an inline switch on the power cable, this has been replaced with a capacitance box, which is also hidden behind the rear panel, this means that there are no unsightly hanging cables, with the power going directly through a small, cable sized “D” cutout to rear of the top panel. A small stainless “pip” is mounted out of sight on the under side of the top panel, to becomes the “switch”.
Reclaimed timber hearth
The original concrete hearth was removed, and in its place, I created a timber frame work, then built the new hearth from reclaimed timber in it’s place.
The floor and hearth have both been sanded, and treated in wax oil, but still retain a good patina.
I call this coffee/side table the “Toaster”, it’s made from premium birch ply, and finished in durable coloured laminates.
To the front of the table are decorative vertical fins, and to the rear there is an open storage area.
Using contrasting colours for the vertical “fins” and “body”, but leaving the ply edges exposed, makes an interesting, tactile piece of furniture, and as with the other birch ply tables on this page, they can be finished in the coloured laminate of your choice, but all have the beautiful ply laminations exposed, making each one slightly different.
Standing at around 450mm high, 440mm wide, narrowing to around 350mm, it’s perfectly at home sat in front of the sofa, or against a wall.
These two fireplaces are in different rooms, but both hearths are finished with the same style of engineered oak framing, to maintain continuity between the two rooms.
In this picture, the bottom stair riser was rebated to allow the flooring to fit underneath, avoiding having to use Scotia Bead.
Bespoke kitchen cabinet doors and drawer fronts overlaid with reeded light hardwood for a client in Shadwell.
R.I.P. Paddy Cat (2010 – 2022)
What an amazing companion you were for what seems a very short time indeed.
Symmetrical alcove units
These are a pair of alcove units made to fit either side of a fireplace in an Edwardian property in London. The top forms an open display area with fixed shelving of irregular heights, while the bottom is used as a closed storage area.
These are before and after images of door frame that suffered from rot.
The lower 8 inches was cut back to fresh timber, a new section made, and fitted into place, along with a new capping piece.
Loft wardrobe build
These images are part of the loft wardrobe build, more images can be found on the Projects/Loft Wardrobes page.
Minerva shower niche.
Minerva is a modified acrylic, normally associated with kitchen work surfaces, it’s solid, elegant and cool to the touch, and worked perfectly to make this storage area in a shower wall.
Above is a tile to carpet threshold in the same bathroom, again made from Minerva, creating a neat transition between the two rooms.
The “Bobbin” occasional table
The Bobbin consists of six discs, four of which can be colour coded using different laminates, to make a table that can be either subtle or striking.
Inspired by the cotton bobbins of the 1960’s, The “Bobbin” is made from premium birch ply, and finished in a durable coloured Egger laminate.
Leaving the ply edges exposed, gives each table an individual feel.
These two images show a Minerva solid surface worktop, that has been machined to accept an undermount sink. More images can be seen in the Projects/Kitchen & Bathroom Remodel.
