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Our kitchen island is handmade from natural wood with a solid granite worktop

29th November 2019 By Marc Wood Leave a Comment

We want to share our latest kitchen storage design; designed by Marc and crafted to our usual high standard in our South Somerset workshop by Marc and the team.

See our Etsy shop to buy from our collection, call us in Somerset on 01460 241372 or email marcswood@hotmail.co.uk

Our sturdy yet elegant kitchen storage island is made from sustainable natural wood (usually Redwood or Larch) and features a chunky granite worktop.

This particular kitchen island trolley measures approx. 89 cm high X 91.5 cm wide and 43 cm deep and we are always happy to design to your specifications,

Our shelves with coat hanger hooks (as seen above) are a stylish way to tidy utensils, aprons & tea towels or display your favourite crockery and go-to cookery books along the top.

View our handcrafted kitchen furniture and storage collection online.

With a metal side rail for smooth portability and which can be used to hold tea towels or appropriately handled kitchen utensils; our handmade wooden kitchen island rests on sturdy caster wheels with breaks, so that you can securely station your storage cart wherever you choose.

Our kitchen island trolley will add stylish and adaptable storage within your kitchen area, with two properly constructed pull drawers, and two wide shelves, each with 26 cm of usable height.

The robust shelves of our kitchen island are excellent for keeping your cooking pots, cups, plates or food tidily arranged; the upper shelf is in slatted wood to aid the circulation of fresh air and increase the shelf life of your fresh fruit & vegetables.

This handmade kitchen island has been finished in modern pale grey; because our solid wooden kitchen cabinets, wall shelves and kitchen storage islands are each handcrafted to order in our rural workshop, you can choose to have more space devoted to drawers and the number or height of your shelves.

We are happy to use a different paint or a wood toned Danish Oil if you would prefer an alternative finish to perfectly suit both your space and your personal style.

Contact Marc and Rachel to discuss your own bespoke wooden kitchen storage design, kitchen island prices start at £450 for a natural wooden worktop option.

Marc Wood Joinery; visit us online to see more beautiful, high quality custom handmade mirrors, frames, bathroom cabinets & wooden furniture in sustainable natural timbers.

Visit us on Pinterest or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and twitter; call us at our Somerset workshop on 01460 241372 or email marcswood@hotmail.co.uk and let us know how we can design and create for your home.

We are near enough to Bristol, Bath, Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire for a site visit and reduced delivery costs.

New ‘pop up’ shop for Ilminster hopes to entice shoppers with unique pieces, handmade by local designer -makers

24th November 2019 By Marc Wood Leave a Comment

As featured in the local newspaper, our new Emporium style ‘pop up’ shop has just opened in Ilminster and we are one of five crafty designer-makers who’ve set it up.

We are offering something a bit different with a collective approach and an array of handmade art and craft items.

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It is hoped that this handcrafted collection will encourage the shoppers of South Somerset to visit and buy directly from us, the designer-makers, with custom orders and craft workshops also available.

Our shop is selling a variety of natural hand dyed wool, embroidery art, hand felted wearable art, jewellery, hand knitted garments from hand spun Yak and Alpaca wool, haberdashery and of course our high quality handmade sustainable wooden furniture, mirrors, picture frames.

By offering a different shopping experience, sharing the financial risk and dividing up time commitments, Alison Haggas, Caroline Cliffe, Joan Aslett, Nicola Kalocsai and ourselves are able to stand against the pressures currently felt by many independent retailers along our small town high streets.

It’s really important for the local economy that we buy from our smaller shops whenever we can, sadly many empty shop spaces can be seen throughout South Somerset and more than 2,870 shops have closed across the UK so far in 2019 (research by PwC and the Local Data Company)

The new shop ‘Art & Craft’ at 18 Silver Street is opening as an experimental ‘pop up’ until the end of December, gifting Ilminster 8 weeks of crafty pieces to buy for yourself or family & friends, this time frame may be extended if demand allows.

Sharing the running of ‘Art & Craft’ means that at least one of our creative group will be available each day to help you find that perfect handmade gift, advise on haberdashery or sign you up to a hands-on natural dye workshop.

Rachel Wood is running ‘Art & Craft on behalf of Marc Wood Joinery;

“ On our first Saturday of opening the reaction from visitors was really encouraging, we heard some great comments about nice it is to have something different and of course getting to actually meet the makers of our handcrafted items is a real bonus for our customers “

Shoppers can expect ever changing window displays and various workshops, plus local honey from Ilminster hives, supplied by Annie Kilty which is already a proven hit at the town square market on Thursdays.

* Art & Craft apologise for any inconvenience as only cash payments can be taken at present.

Art & Craft is at no. 18 Sliver Street, Ilminster TA19 0DN and is open Tuesday – Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm until the end of December 2019 and longer if demand allows.

Email marcswood@hotmail.co.uk

handmade wooden mirror with shelf & recycled hooks

10th July 2019 By Marc Wood Leave a Comment

In our Somerset workshop, we work with a mixture of reclaimed wood and sustainable natural timbers; we use traditionally joinery technique, re-use materials and source locally wherever possible.

We offer a light rustic ‘antique’ tone and a medium-dark classic Danish Oil finish; these are hard wearing while enhancing the beautiful natural wood grain.

Our handmade wooden mirror with shelf and recycled coat hanger hooks has been a very popular addition to our modern rustic furniture collection.

Our mirrors are perfect for your hallway, bathroom and bedroom.

We have expanded our range to include architectural style chunky metal coat hooks and our mirror with shelf designs can be crafted to hang portrait or landscape.

Shop our mirror with shelf & 5 wooden coat hanger hooks

Shop our mirror with shelf & 5 metal coat hooks.

Our choice of coat hooks can be used for house keys, bags, coats and hats in your hallway or porch.

And our chunky retro metal and cleverly recycled coat hanger hooks are generous enough to hold bath towels, dressing gowns and cosmetic bags in your bathroom and will also look great as jewellery and accessories storage for your bedroom.

Made for you in Somerset;

If this isn’t quite perfect for your needs, contact Marc and Rachel to discuss your own bespoke eco-friendly piece of wooden furniture.

We are always happy to handcraft something bespoke for you at Marc Wood Joinery, talk through your ideas and let us help create the perfect piece of wooden furniture for your home.

Visit us online to see more beautiful, high quality custom handmade mirrors, frames, bathroom cabinets & furniture in reclaimed wood and eco-friendly sustainable natural timbers.

See our Etsy shop to buy from our collection, visit us on Pinterest or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and twitter; call us at our Somerset workshop (near enough to Bristol, Bath and Exeter for a site visit) 01460 241372 or email marcswood@hotmail.co.uk and let us know how we can design and create for your home.

Our bathroom cabinets are custom handmade in Somerset from solid, natural wood and come in two Danish Oil finishes; rustic lighter ‘antique’ and rich ‘medium dark’.

12th June 2019 By Marc Wood Leave a Comment

We want to share our ‘medium-dark’ Danish Oil handmade furniture range for your bathroom and dressing room.

As seen right; our handmade bathroom cabinet with double mirror doors measures 65 cm height X 60 cm width and 14 cm deep, shop now.

Because our solid wooden bathroom vanity units and wall cabinets are each handcrafted to order in our Somerset workshop, you can choose to have single or double mirrored or wooden panelled doors and the number, depth and height of your shelves, to perfectly suit both your space and your personal style!

As seen below our tall mirror with shelf measures 52 cm X 76 cm and 12 cm shelf depth (16 cm from the wall) with a frame width of 7 cm; shop now.

Our two tier shoe rack tidy measures 70 cm wide X 42 cm high and 27 cm shelf depth; shop now.

Whether it’s your hoard of exclusive make up or extra tall vitamin containers, whatever you want to hold in your bathroom cabinet, we can create the ideal storage from natural, sustainable wood.

Be inspired by our rustic modern farmhouse furniture with a design twist; each piece is designed by Marc and handcrafted to order by Marc and our talented team in our Somerset workshop using traditional joinery techniques.

As seen above left wide mirror with shelf measures 76 cm X 52 cm and 12 cm shelf depth (16 cm from the wall) with a frame width of 7 cm; shop now.

Above right dovetail mirror measures 60 cm height X 60 cm width and 4 cm deep from the wall with a 7 cm wide wooden frame; shop now.

We source sustainable natural wood and reclaimed timbers to create our chunky furniture which is stained with a bespoke blend of Danish Oil , we are always happy to craft custom pieces for you, just ask!

If this isn’t quite perfect for your needs, contact Marc and Rachel to discuss your own bespoke eco-friendly wooden bathroom cabinets and cupboards, double door cabinet prices start at £215.00

Marc Wood Joinery; visit our collection on Etsy to see more beautiful, high quality custom handmade mirrors, frames, bathroom cabinets & wooden furniture in reclaimed wood and eco-friendly sustainable natural timbers.

Follow us on Pinterest or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and twitter.

Call us at our Somerset workshop (near enough to Bristol, Bath and Exeter for a site visit and delivery for £60 or lower) 01460 241372 or email marcswood@hotmail.co.uk and let us know how we can design and create for your home.

Garden bench handmade from sustainable solid wood in Somerset

21st March 2019 By Marc Wood Leave a Comment

We’ve got one of our gorgeous handmade garden benches in our revamped garden, the perfect spot for cosy morning coffee breaks and lazy sunny afternoons.

Marc Wood Joinery; visit us online to see more beautiful, high quality custom handmade mirrors, frames, bathroom cabinets & furniture in reclaimed wood and eco-friendly sustainable natural timbers — Country garden bench with wide arm rests; perfect for drinks and plates!

Comfortable seating is vital if you are to really enjoy time in your garden and our traditional sturdy and stylish garden bench seat has been handcrafted by Marc and our talented small team.
In our Somerset workshop, we work with a mixture of reclaimed wood and sustainable natural timbers; we use traditionally joinery technique and source locally wherever possible.

Marc was inspired to design our elegant garden bench seat by our local 18th century farmhouses with their aged curved timber window frames and oversized fireplaces.

Our stylish slatted rustic garden bench can be custom made to any seat height or width in reclaimed wood and natural sustainable timbers. — you can choose to have extra wide arm rests.

The extra wide arm rest is perfect for small plates, glasses and cups; with our country garden bench you are never very far from your (G &) tea! Our stylish slatted rustic garden bench can be made to any seat height or width, just ask.

Garden nation
Britain has more gardens open for visitors than anywhere else the world, and in South Somerset you can well believe it because we are spoiled for choice with many gorgeous large gardens really close by; from the intimate National Trust Lytes Carey to the privately owned modern art gallery and vast gardens at Hestercombe.

These local outdoor spaces are perfect for planting inspiration, the Wood family love spending time in our Somerset country garden and we have been working really hard on revamping the space over the past few summers.

walled gardens in Somerset UK are great sheltered areas for a wide variety of annual and perennial flowering plants. — Our walled garden has many self seeded flowers on the old brick walls.

Turning it from a rather odd outdoor space with minimal growing room, to a compact but abundant home for a variety of plants, birds and bees.
We are fortunate to know several keen amateur gardeners who are on hand for advice and plant-chat, we also often refer to our local gardening magazine, now available online ‘Country Gardener’ is filled with inspirational photos, features and tips to get the best out of your garden, geared towards the South West of England, we find the local events and seasonal planting guides especially helpful.

The Wood family love spending time in our Somerset country garden and we have been working really hard on revamping the space over the past few summers; turning it from a rather odd outdoor space with minimal growing room, to a compact but abundant home for a variety of plants, birds and bees. — Our ceramic water fountain is compact enough for our small garden.

Our relaxing courtyard space
To make the most of our small walled garden we have a small ceramic waterfall, which is placed against the climbing hydrangea in a partly shaded corner, we love the calming sound of the flowing water and the tiered blue ceramic bowls spilling their cooling water into the dappled sunshine remind us of our trips to the large public fountains of the beautiful parks of Seville in southern Spain.

More details
* Measures 95 cm high X 180 cm long and 50 cm depth overall size.
* Seat height of 45 cm and arm 25 cm from the seat.
* Option of slim or wide arm rest.
* High quality hand-cut dovetail jointing and beautifully contoured back panel.
* Mortice and tenon joints are used throughout to ensure structural strength and long life.
* Subtle ‘antique’ toned Danish Oil is hardwearing and enhances the beautiful natural wood grain.

Vintage style country garden bench with curved back panel and slatted seat has been designed and handmade by Marc at Marc Wood Joinery from reclaimed wood and sustainable FSC timbers. — Our garden bench also comes with slim arm rests for a classic feel.

Custom made for you in Somerset
If this isn’t quite perfect for your needs, contact Marc and Rachel to discuss your own bespoke eco-friendly piece of wooden garden furniture.
Marc Wood Joinery; visit us online to see more beautiful, high quality custom handmade mirrors, frames, bathroom cabinets & furniture in reclaimed wood and eco-friendly sustainable natural timbers and our lovely 5* reviews.
Commission from us
See our Etsy shop to buy from our collection, visit us on Pinterest or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and twitter; call us at our Somerset workshop (near enough to Bristol, Bath and Exeter for a site visit and delivery for £60 or lower) 01460 241372 or email marcswood@hotmail.co.uk and let us know how we can design and create for your home.