This week the team has been working hard on a gigantic burr elm dining room table – a ten seater. No chairs, the client is providing them himself. This actually happens fairly regularly, and why not indeed. If you have some serviceable chairs then there’s no need to get rid of them just because they are not a perfect match for the new table.
Many clients will commission a table and then get their existing chairs re-upholstered. Another option is to get benches made instead, which is cheaper than having chairs made (especially when there’s ten of them).
We’ve also been doing a prototype design for an exclusive whisky presentation box for Duncan Taylor Whiskies Ltd. They sell some extremely rare Whisky and the bottles need a suitably high end case to match – Kenny is building a prototype (shown below). More on Duncan Taylor in the next post, Kenny’s upcoming visit to the Luxury from Scotland launch in Pasadena California.
The other noteworthy piece is an oak ‘Monk’s bench’. I have to be honest, as humble blog writer I did ask ‘Really, for a monastery?’. No it’s a style of bench that’s a bit like a church pew. In my defence, we have made furniture for a monastery before…bowls which were given as a present to the Dalai Llama’s brother Boaby. I’m not kidding. Well OK, I’m kidding that his name is Boaby, but we did send bowls over to the monastery on the Holy Isle for him.
And finally we are gearing up for Christmas in the workshops with some added insulation. The worksho;ps have all been upgraded over the last few years, but this is one item that’s outstanding. We’ve put it right now, so that should keep a bit of morale up in the busy furniture making season in the run up to Christmas.