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News from May 2020

4th June 2020 By Marc Wood

Marc Wood Joinery handmade modern rustic furniture in natural sustainable wood May 2020 Blog news update
Hello from Somerset!
We hope that you are staying safe and well during May 2020.

This past month we have been enjoying the opportunity to travel a bit further for our exercise, with a lovely quiet morning on the secluded beach at Charmouth in Dorset, to help celebrate our son Arthur’s 10th Birthday.

New Furniture Designs 
We created a new chalk and pin board with characterful ‘leaf head’ hooks, stylish and useful in a  hallway or kitchen and Marc is focusing on a new ‘home working’ range with wall mounted desks and office storage for small spaces, more on this next month.

We are offering a 10% discount off Etsy shop prices (not on delivery) for all direct sales via PayPal or BACS, contact us via email for more info.

Get 10% discount off our Etsy shop prices by buying your handmade wooden furniture, picture frames and mirrors directly from Marc Wood Joinery in Somerset.

Online Shop Now Open
Our key suppliers re-opened mid month and we switched our Etsy shop back on.
We are not yet ready to welcome back the team and our reduced options and extended lead times allow Marc to complete all new orders by himself.

Our classic dovetail mirror with shelf quickly became the month’s bestselling style, the inbuilt shelf is just the right depth for holding a tea light holder or two. Perfect for a relaxing evening at home.

High Street Shop Reopening
After a successful opening night with a visit from the Mayor and a write up in Somerset Life Magazine, unfortunately we only had a  few weeks of trade in March.

Along with most of the nation’s high street stores, we felt it best to close just a few days before the official ‘lock down’ and we were all sorry to say goodbye to our new shop space.

Now we can announce that the Ilminster Emporium at 19 Silver Street TA19 0DH, is planning to reopen in mid June, which is great news for us and all the other local traders involved.
We are now working on several new pieces to showcase in the characterful period building and will be operating under reduced hours and social distancing guidelines.

Making the most of our space during the C19 quiet time . . .

Now that his drum kit has been set up in the workshop (no one is about to complain!) Marc has been keeping up with his Drum practice at break-times.

We have also spruced up our home office space by repainting our lovely vintage style desk and our wonderful Jack Russell ‘Marv’ certainly approves of the comfy ‘swingy’ chair.

 

Family time has been spent up on the local allotment, teaching our son Arthur how to garden and growing our own fruit and veg, which we have all been getting to enjoy at meal times, yum!
 (see our
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On Google Reviews
We are gaining more excellent reviews outside of our Etsy shop (which has nearly 300!)

Nick kindly added 5 stars and a lovely comment about the bespoke bathroom cabinet which we made for him a few weeks ago, thanks Nick!

Tips & tricks 
This month’s very simple woodworking tip is how to use a household iron to remove small dents from wooden surfaces with a combination of heat and moisture, using a household clothes iron.

* Dab the dent with water, just enough to cover the dent and a small part of the surrounding wood. The dent should be completely wet and gathering inside the depression in the wood.

* Place a damp paper towel or piece of cloth over the dent, wring out any excess water first and then lay it directly on top of the dent. This extra moisture also creates a buffer to help protect the wood from being damaged by the heat of the iron

* Give the water time to soak into the wood for a few minutes and as the water seeps into the wood, it will cause it to soften so that when you apply heat to the dent, the wood will expand and the dent should lift out.

* Press the iron into the cloth above the dent and move it around using slow circular motions,gradually widening the area. Keep heating the wood until the cloth is dry, then lift a corner to check your progress.

* You can wet the wood again and repeat if required, while a single ironing might be all you need to deal with minor dents, for more severe depressions or areas with multiple marks you can continue to gently apply the iron and them once finished, allow to dry.

We will be back with another update next month and if you have any questions or if there is anything which we can create for your home, just ask. 

Best Wishes,

 

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Our latest handmade furniture &’Lock Down’ life in Somerset.

30th April 2020 By Marc Wood

We hope that you are staying safe and well during this health emergency, our online shop is closed and we have put the team on furlough, Marc is single manning the furniture workshop and we are taking on a low volume of orders (lead times have increased by 1 – 2 weeks)

Although we are very grateful for all of the support from the local council, NHS and essential workers helping us through, it has taken quite a bit of adjustment and stress here in the Wood household, as we know that it has for many of us.

We are enjoying spending family time on our daily walks through the Somerset countryside, which is on our doorstep (see our Instagram for more pics) and we can amuse ourselves with classic board-games from the loft, plus the boys got home haircuts last week!
At Marc Wood Bespoke Joinery in Somerset UK we craft furniture, mirrors and picture frames from sustainable natural wood. Our modern rustic wooden furniture designs are custom made to order and we can deliver and install near to Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Dorset and Taunton.
We were very excited to launch our new shop space in the Ilminster Emporium at the end of March, we held a party in the shop with local small businesses and our friends and family, the Mayor even helped out by cutting the ribbon, marking the official opening!
After several great weeks in this very lovely iconic building in the old town centre we all made the decision to close up our shop just before the ‘lock-down’ went into effect across the UK.
Although it was sad to say goodbye to all the other lovely Emporium traders and our new friends on the committee, we all felt that it was irresponsible to encourage visitors into the town as the virus took hold across the country.
We will all be back with great new displays as soon as we can and we hope that you will be able to visit the Emporium on Silver Street on your next visit to South Somerset.
At Marc Wood Bespoke Joinery in Somerset UK we craft furniture, mirrors and picture frames from sustainable natural wood. Our modern rustic wooden furniture designs are custom made to order and we can deliver and install near to Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Dorset and Taunton.
In the days before we made the decision to close the workshop we also completed our latest handmade pieces.  A chunky modern rustic sideboard (seen here in it’s new home!) and our new design of ‘tall boy’ chest of drawers, which is pictured in our studio and is now in Scotland thanks to our dedicated specialist courier Barry Whitcher, who is still working hard ensuring that items get from A to B across the country.
Both of these pieces of furniture make use of our classic ‘cut out’ handle and we will be featuring the ‘tall boy’ and lots of other new handmade items in our online shop once we are open again.
At Marc Wood Bespoke Joinery in Somerset UK we craft furniture, mirrors and picture frames from sustainable natural wood. Our modern rustic wooden furniture designs are custom made to order and we can deliver and install near to Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Dorset and Taunton.
This April we reached the milestone of 100 subscribers to our YouTube channel and we will be adding more videos in the coming weeks, find us under Marc Wood Joinery.
Woodworking tips & tricks:
This month we have an ingenious tip for smooth sanding around a curve.
It can be challenging to sand a curve and you often need your piece of sanding paper to be solid yet supple enough to carefully remove surface layers whilst fitting into the required shape.
Cover a flexible A5 notepad with sandpaper of the necessary grade for your needs and curve the notepad to fit into the curve of your wood then you have a very useful and study sanding pad.
If you place an edge of the sanding paper into the notebook, the pages will secure it as you apply pressure. Find out more about woodworking technique on this great easy to read blog.

We will be back with another update next month and if there is anything which we can create for your home, just ask. 

Best Wishes,
Marc & Rachel Wood



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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.

our wooden kitchen storage island with granite worktop is 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.

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 modern kitchen island on wheels is handmade from sustainable natural wood and with a chunky granite worktop, chrome handles and painted in a modern grey; contact Marc Wood Joinery in Somerset for custom made kitchen storage.
Our portable classic kitchen island trolley in a pale grey finish is handmade from sustainable natural wood with a solid black granite worktop and chrome towel rail; contact Marc Wood Joinery in Somerset for custom made kitchen storage.
Our modern rustic custom handmade wooden kitchen wall shelf measures 90 cm height long and has been inspired by the clever re-use and upcycling of wooden coat hanger hooks to be used as tea towel hooks, for cookery aprons or to store light kitchen equipment. Our design is based on traditional west country farmhouse country kitchens and each piece of kitchen furniture is handmade by Marc Wood Joinery in Somerset UK from eco sustainable and reclaimed wood. Our wide kitchen wall shelf with upcycled hooks can be custom made to any size and we can arrange delivery or installation near Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Bristol or Exeter.

 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.

This handmade small kitchen shelf has been handmade from natural wood in our rural Somerset workshop; contact Marc Wood Joinery to find out more abut our beautiful, high quality custom handmade mirrors, frames, bathroom cabinets & wooden furniture, custom made to order.

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.

Marc Wood Joinery; visit us online to see more beautiful, high quality custom handmade mirrors, frames, bathroom cabinets & wooden furniture in sustainable natural timbers. See our Etsy shop to buy from our collection or 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 close enough to Bristol, Bath, Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire for a site visit and delivery.

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

custom handmade modern rustic kitchen cabinets & storage from natural wood, designed and handcrafted by Marc and the team at Marc Wood Joinery in Somerset UK using traditional joinery technique. Our in house wall cabinet, kitchen island and kitchen furniture designs mix country farmhouse natural timber textures with our signature decorative dovetail joint and a sleek modern shape for a unique range of high quality furniture and home décor.

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handmade wooden mirror with shelf & recycled hooks

10th July 2019 By Marc Wood

Our handmade wooden mirror with shelf and recycled coat hanger hooks has been a very popular addition to our modern rustic furniture collection. Available in portrait or landscape, handmade to order from Marc Wood Joinery in Somerset UK.
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.
We use metal hanging plates to hang our handmade wooden frame mirrors; for advice on how to best hang your large modern rustic mirror on your wall space see our wooden furniture after care and installation page on our website. Marc wood bespoke joinery in Somerset UK, custom handmade modern rustic mirrors, frames and furniture.

 

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 handmade mirror with inbuilt wooden shelf and hooks is a great alternative to a cabinet vanity unit; any size handmade to order in Somerset UK
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.
Our handmade dark stained wooden mirror with shelf and recycled coat hanger hooks has been a very popular addition to our modern rustic furniture collection. Available in portrait or landscape, handmade to order from Marc Wood Joinery in Somerset UK.
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.
custom handmade modern rustic wooden frame mirrors from natural wood, designed and handcrafted by Marc and the team at Marc Wood Joinery in Somerset UK using traditional joinery technique. Our in house wall mirror and furniture designs mix country farmhouse natural timber textures with our signature decorative dovetail joint and a sleek modern shape for a unique range of high quality furniture and home décor.

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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.
Our handmade bathroom wall cabinet with double mirrored doors has 3 spacious shelves for optimum bathroom storage. Handmade by Marc Wood Joinery in natural wood and stained with a dark toned Danish Oil. Our bathroom cabinets and furniture is handmade in Somerset UK from natural sustainable wood.
 
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.

 

Bathroom cabinet with double mirrored doors in natural wood stained with a dark toned Danish Oil
 
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.
Our custom handmade wooden mirror with shelf measures 76 cm high x 52 cm wide and this modern farmhouse design with a rustic architectural twist is premium handmade by Marc Wood Joinery in Somerset UK from eco sustainable and reclaimed wood.
Our shoe rack is designed and handmade by Marc Wood Joinery from real, solid eco reclaimed and sustainable wood in rural Somerset UK
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.
large wooden mirror with shelf
Our high quality wooden framed mirror comes in a dark stain and features our signature hand cut dovetail detailing at the mirror frame corners. This modern rustic wall mountable mirror has a wide wooden frame is handcrafted from a mixture of sustainable and reclaimed wood by Marc and our talented small team in our rural Somerset workshop, using traditional techniques. Update your home with our solid wooden furniture range, we can install near Somerset, Bath, Bristol, Dorset, Wiltshire and Devon.
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.
Marc Wood bespoke Joinery logo with planer
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.

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Using a mixture of reclaimed and eco friendly FSC certified wood along with upcycled materials, Marc is a creative designer-maker of beautiful, high quality furniture and home accessories. He has an art and design background and trained in Joinery to put his furniture design into practice, inspired by a love of the diverse west-country landscape of rolling hills, ancient woodland, and wild coasts. Together with wife Rachel they run Marc Wood Joinery from their Somerset workshop situated within a complex of 18th Century farmland outbuildings shared amongst a lively local artisan community. Our assistant Dom has trained in joinery and loves the outdoor life, one of his favourite duties is walking our Jack Russell puppy Marv in the afternoons and he is an excellent sounding board for Marc's latest designs. This thriving small online business offers ready made and bespoke pieces for those who want high quality furniture design and craftsmanship with a commitment to sustainability, minimising waste and re-using discarded materials.
We are inspired by our natural surroundings to design & create pieces which we hope will be loved & used for a lifetime or more.

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Reviews

” Excellent workmanship, really pleased with my new bespoke mirror, arrived on time, good quality, finished off beautifully, would recommend to anyone” Susan, 29th May 2018

” Thank you for my beautiful bespoke frame! Exactly what I wanted and really good quality. You have been very helpful throughout the process, thank you” Jess – June 2018

” beautifully made by hand, looks just as good inside as out and has useful shelving area. Excellent communication and service. I definitely recommend ” Helen – April 2018.

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