Saturday, 31 January 2009

Brighton Furniture

At Brighton Furniture we don't just design and make original pieces of furniture, we also restore old and antique furniture. If you live in or around Brighton call Brighton Furniture and see what we can do for you.




Saturday, 10 January 2009

Walnut furniture

This piece of furniture was for a flat in Brighton. The client wanted a chunky coffee table that would fit within his new sofa. I came up with this design. It was quite tricky to glue up as you can see! Nice job though.









Friday, 9 January 2009

Brighton Furniture

If you live in the Brighton area and you need any furniture made click here. I undertake most carpentry and joinery but specialise in bespoke furniture.

Monday, 5 January 2009

Sycamore Bedside Cabinets

Over Christmas I have been making a pair of Sycamore bedside cabinets for a flat in the centre of Brighton. They have "touch to open" drawers which extend to give full access to the drawer. I had pieces of glass made to protect the top from hot drinks etc. The finish I used was a wax which protects the Sycamore without yellowing the lovely pale white colour of this timber.







Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Brighton Furniture

Don't forget! You can view the full portfolio of furniture and lots of other stuff by visiting the Blue Sky Brighton Carpenters website... just click here!

Monday, 10 November 2008

Brighton Furniture

Reclining man


Nest of tables in the style of three people playing twister!


Flamingo side table


After a time spent boat building in Falmouth I went to Exeter to study furniture design. It was a great experience and I have many happy memories of my time there (and not all pub based I promise!) During the course we got to explore different media such as ceramics and glass but I decided to concentrate on making wooden furniture. We were enchoraged to approach design with fresh ideas and I use this approach when working with clients today. I thought you might be interested in some of the work I produced for my degree show. I followed a theme of using human or animal forms as a basis for making furniture.. they love that sort of stuff at uni!
I left university with a 2:1. This would have been a 1st if there hadn't been a table tennis table in the student union bar! If you click here you can see a really bad picture of me and my furniture on the University website.

Wednesday, 5 November 2008

Audio storage



I normally work around Brighton and Hove but this customer contacted me from Hampton Court in London (quite posh!) She wanted a solid oak audio unit. I designed a unit which looked like a solid chunk of wood with no handles or knobs. There are nine drawers for storing cd's and dvd's. When you touch each panel a drawer pops open and when you push the drawer it clicks shut. I think it looks quite cool... might make one for my place!