Finkfurniture - Things for the Home and Workplace

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Here you will find examples of pieces we have made for people's homes. Including fitted kitchens, shelving from practical to ornamental, and even a toilet seat!

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[Top] Handmade oak kitchen for an unusual space This beautiful oak kitchen was made to fit into an unusually angled corner in a new extension.



Each cabinet is made from birch plywood, and all frames and doors, including the panels, from solid oak. A lot of this timber was gathered far and wide from garages and storerooms, giving a huge range of striking grain and figure to the doors, and a unique character to the kitchen as a whole. Each door is mounted within its frame on butt hinges, and all timber is sealed with Danish oil. The final part of the project was the installation of a fitted cupboard opposite the main units, which houses the boiler, tumble drier and provides further storage.

[Top] Kitchen & worktop from reclaimed joists Look closely at the pictures of this kitchen and you will start to discover strange features - the marks of nails, holes drilled for pipes, and extraordinary splits in the wood.



All of these point to a previous life for this timber. The customers were renovating their whole house, and asked us to design and build their kitchen exclusively from reclaimed housing joists. Even the worktop has been handmade from this recycled wood! The doors are hung on soft-close hinges, and the drawers glide closed on dampened drawer runners. The units are all finished with an oak stain/varnish, and sealed with ECOS bare wood varnish.

[Top] Douglas fir doors make one room in to two The owners had recently finished a large extension to their house, doubling the size of their living room.



In order to close off one half of the space, finkfurniture was asked to make a set of sliding doors. They were built from Douglas fir (in keeping with other woodwork in the new room), and the proportions of the frame and panels were based on the existing doors. The rich nutty-red colour of the timber is set off with solid brass door furniture.

[Top] Corner wardrobe with a huge capacity This large wardrobe holds clothes both on hangers and on shelves, many pairs of shoes, and still has room for luggage and spare bedding above.



Despite this, it is nicely invisible, built as it is in the corner of the bedroom and painted the same colour as the walls.

[Top] Bed This commission was wonderfully open - a bed, with drawers and shelves, made from reclaimed and reused wood.



After a few drawings and lots of thought, I realised the best thing to do was simply to get started and see where it went! The cabinet at the head is solid ash, the drawer fronts are from a reclaimed oak headboard and the rest is a random collection of workshop materials. This harmoniously fitted piece also provides an enormous storage solution.

[Top] Set of shelves in an architectural style The clients had recently moved to a large house built in the 1920's, and wanted a set of shelves in the living room in keeping with the style of the building.



Several ideas were discussed before this striking design was agreed upon. A feature of the design is the slatted uprights with small lights placed behind. The light from these filters through and bathes the ornaments on the shelves. These uprights then meet the main shelf to create slots for cabling to pass through.

[Top] Alcove shelving and cupboard units Classically proportioned alcove shelving with a solid feel.



Merryn wanted accessible storage for her books and cds, with the design in keeping with her elegant living room. The result is unobtrusive and stylish, with lots of open shelving and a cupboard below.

[Top] Curvy desktop Designed by the client to accommodate her new Mac, this curvaceous desktop was formed from sheets of layered birch plywood, and attached directly to the wall.



Finkfurniture also made the wheeled trolley which holds the printer and scanner.

[Top] Splat toilet seat Tom and Sue's house is a unique piece of work in itself, and they wanted me to make a toilet seat befitting their 'way-out' vision.



Hundreds of users can testify to its functionality and comfort!

[Top] Wave-like shelves and a porthole mirror Matt wanted something with a watery theme for his bathroom, with a fish-eye mirror like a porthole to stare into.



We spent a while sketching and chatting about it beforehand, trying to find the right flowing shapes, and then I took these drawings away and worked from them with off-cuts and random pieces from the workshop. He was really pleased when he saw it.