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I've been slowly renovating a house and I finally decided that the house is in good enough condition to allow guest to stay over... Slight problem only One bed in the house and no money to buy one for the 2nd bedroom. :? but I do have several of these 100year old 9 by 3's recovered when a...

I've been renovating a house for some time and I'm now fitting my first kitchen, on a very small budget. Due to this I decided to make my own worktops from oak I purchased sometime ago. I've made the first section of worktop from 80mm x 45mm staves, biscuited and glued up with cascamite. The...

I've installed an oak surround/Shelf by my bathroom sink and applied 3 coats of danish oil but splash marks still appear on the surface as a white mark... whats the best finish for this environment?

I'm trying to source some Oak & AM Black Walnut veneered MDF and ply in the Birmingham area. Can anyone help with a supplier in the West Midlands? I can get the sheets from SL Harwoods but delivery at over £120 :shock: I've tried to search previous posts but haven't seen any mention of...

I'm currently renovating a house and would like to reuse some of the old floor boards and joists. I would like to run these boards through my PT but need to remove the hidden nails first. Can anyone recommend a hand held metal detector or another device to find these metal items? I did wonder...

I’ve come up with the following design for a reading chair. It based on a skeletal structure of the same shape which is visible with leather cushions between each oak spline. The majority of the frame will be made from oak and the curved back infill’s 6mm walnut veneered ply. Some of the...

I thinking of making an adjustable cabinet that can extend along its width. This would allow it to be more flexible in its location within a home. Can you see any benefit having a piece of furniture like this? Or am I just over complicating the design? I haven’t decided on the sizing or...

What do people think of my latest peice? Charecter Oak and Black Walnut 6 Draw Chest.

I recently built an oak breakfast bar for my sisters new kitchen It consists of a circle 95cm in diameter by 48mm thick it rests half on, half off a granite Kitchen island supported on a brace that runs down the end of the island cabinets. (see image) I was originally advised to...