All Projects

We were asked to create something with a farm style vibe for the best farm cafe in Durham, for the till area, wall shelves, and bar. Using chunky pine from Arbor Timber, Langley Moor, Durham, and good old sheets of OSB, we made a lemonade style stand for the till area, and simple and effective overhead wine glass storage, as well as some wall shelves, and a funky bar that serves local ales and beers. Why not visit and try them out! https://www.fieldandfodderdurham.com/

We were asked by this family to create a bar in an alcove of the living room to help them entertain and enjoy relaxed evenings in front of the fire. We started with the space from scratch, built it out with a strong frame and moisture resistant mdf (thank you Arbor Timber), pitch blue cabinets from Howdens Belmont, Durham, and a built in fridge, and finished off with a solid oak countertop, and solid oak shelves for bottles and glasses, treated with Oslo PolyX Oil. There were some bespoke panels to create to maintain access to wiring and suchlike, and then treating and painting so the bar blended into the living room. Sláinte.

This lady moved into her new home, and wanted to revamp all the doors. We helped her choose some classy oak cottage style doors (thank you Arbor Timber for delivering quite far away!), and over a few days replaced 11 doors (including a chunky fire door, and adding a new door into the utility room with a new frame), and moved some existing small eaves doors in the bedrooms so that built in wardrobes could be installed, working with our plasterer to make sure everything was smooth and ready for decorating.

This was a big job over a couple of months. The couple wanted a lovely family kitchen with space for everyone to eat. We took out the existing kitchen, most of the internal walls ad plaster, made good the floor, knocked out a wall into the living room and added a steel support (in conjunction with a structural engineer) to make the kitchen that little bit bigger. The electrics were all re-done and signed off. Then we fitted the kitchen (supplied by Howden’s Belmont, Durham) and a great kitchen island with a solid oak worktop and jet black sink and tap, finished in Oslo PolyX Oil. All the finishing details were completed, including routing bespoke door architraves to match existing ones, as they were no longer available, and laying LVT flooring. All in all, a very pleasing, beautiful kitchen.

This lovely couple asked us to change an old bathroom ensuite into a walk in wardrobe. We strengthened the floor with 12mm beech ply, and fitted a bespoke frame for the doors the couple had chosen, finishing it off with all wooden skirting and architrave to match the existing in the bedroom (thanks Arbor Timber). Nice little day’s job.

The owners of this idyllic Weardale farmhouse cottage asked us to re-model their kitchen. We worked with Wren Kitchens to replace the entire kitchen, and retain the charm of a kitchen with a stove. It was a blessing to work in such a beautiful place for three days, and the owners agreed to let us have the old pitch pine worktop which we plan to make furniture and oddments out of to sell and raise money for charity. A great looking kitchen in a wonderful place.

At the top of the stairs on the landing, can you create a bookcase in an un-used bit of space? No problem. Bespoke from scratch, with all materials from Arbor Timber, Langley Moor, Durham, and classy stainless steel shelf supports, with a little electrical jiggery-pokery to move a light, this space now boasts a great collection of books. Finished with Liberian Black Bison Furniture Wax.

No standard gates would fit in the gaps between this customer’s garden walls. We hand made these gates using quality treated pine (thanks Arbor Timber) with mortise and tenon joints, and domino-ed upper short rails, with cast iron hardware, and for good measure replaced the trellis in the garden of next door too.

In Durham City, we were asked to remodel a bedroom. We worked with Howden’s Belmont, Durham and over a couple of days installed this very pleasing set of built in wardrobes, drawers, and dressing table, working round the existing carpet and making sure all those little finishing details (skirting and scribing to walls) were just right. Nice little project, for a very happy customer.

Whilst working on a bathroom, the lady of the house asked us if we could do something with an un-sightly alcove in her bedroom. We created a beech ply (requested by the customer) custom shelving and hanging rail built in wardrobe, with some oak doors to close it all off, and finished it with Liberian Black Bison Furniture Wax. Lots of storage space where there once was none. Very happy customer.

Completely bespoke, with Blum "soft close, touch to open" runners, and made of quality birch ply (thanks Arbor Timber), these built in drawers made a messy, unsatisfying space eminently more useable and more efficient, and made the hall in this house look super clean and tidy.

Unused space can be annoying, but filling it with something interesting was what this couple wanted; something that followed the curve of the sofa but was unobtrusive, beautiful, and useful. We used solid oak worktops, and mdf templates and flush trim router bits to create a subtle curved shelf, supported by legs to create different storage spaces, and classy brass inserts to feed the electrics up onto the shelf. Finished in Oslo PolyX Oil, and very much enjoyed and used.

In Durham City, we worked with a couple with a vision to make something beautiful out of a problem. To remedy a sagging ceiling we constructed a 5inch by 4inch green oak frame (materials provided by the wonderful folk at Arbor Timber, Langley Moor, and the planning help of their joiner Tom Heseltine), constructed with chunky mortise and tenon joints, and firmly fixed under the ceiling, and finished with Oslo PolyX Oil. It will still be there decades from now!
The couple were so happy with this idea, they also asked us to re-model their bannister with the same materials. We took out the existing spindles and newels and replaced them with a similar green oak frame, joined with mortise and tenons, and 2 1/2 inch green oak spindles, to mirror the ceiling support, and create rather a grand entrance to the house. Very pleased with this one. A real virtue out of a problem.

We were asked by Chloe, creative entrepreneur at Field and Fodder, Aldin Grange in Bearpark, to convert an old dairy into a room to be used by a local craft business, https://www.colourbuzz.net/. Over the course of a month and a half, we took the project from sloping concrete floor, plastic sheeted walls, and draughty, cold room, to a luxurious, fully insulated workshop. We levelled the floor using treated timber, and built an internal stud wall all round the room, and added a new ceiling, with materials and design help from David Kyall at Arbor Timber, Langley Moor, Durham, and insulated it to keep out the cold (thanks MKM Dragonville, Durham). We worked with an electrician to add all new electrics for the plug and lights, and got the whole room plastered out. Eurocell, Dragonville, Durham, supplied the glazed double doors and new window, letting in lots of light to help Colourbuzz create wonderful things. The little alcove in the corner will have a sink and under counter fridge, with a beech worktop re-cycled from one of our kitchen re-furbs. Colourbuzz are in, and creating wonderful things in a warm, and vibrant space.