Scroll down for some examples of the work of {nook}

{nook} inspects a drawing by harmonograph, a geometric shape generator made from an old ladder, two sets of dividers, weights, a kite and a ball point pen.

Driftwood display shelves for the Owl and Lion gallery, Edinburgh.

Junkyard piano dismantled and reconstructed as a Piano Windowseat.

Dovetail Table assembled from two local redwood planks and a slate piece - no nails, screws or glue, Windyridge, Sussex.

Seaworn bricks support a Belfast sink with antique brass taps. Driftwood and slate finish Seabrick Sink.

Recycled mahogany steps spiral round a windfall beech tree branch.

The Windfall Spiral leads up to a mezzanine bed beneath a boxroom skylight.

Curvilinear Shelves provide storage underneath completing this Fantasy Boxroom - all from freegan wood thanks to Bigwood Estates.

Martin, Islay and Harris model their Family Branch stairs, Leith.

Mirroring Family Branch is a Book Branch bookshelf, Leith.

L'hirondelle is a broken tile mosaic for Robin and Gwen at the top of the stairs, Bruxelle.

A panelled door, an oak fire surround, a mirror and pegged scaffold planks combine in the Word of Mouth Cafe, Edinburgh.

Found plywood cut into curves and slotted together make a practical and beautiful windowseat for Isabel Why, London.

The stern of a wrecked rowing boat perches in bay window to make a playfully nautical windowseat.

Standing Sleepers a guerrilla public sculpture commission, is made from freegan railway wood, Edinburgh.

Luftschlosser and {nook} collaborate to create the Geo-Treeball, Berlin.

Artist and seamstress Jutyna Wills commissioned this table made from a stonecutters cutting board and a winebox.

Playwright Rebecca Nadja-Rajah uses this Slate Desk designed and built by {nook}.

A table found in a skip in Utrecht provided the materials and inspiration for Lover's Seat, Netherlands.


These bedroom shelves take lessons from old furniture and fractal geometry in balancing order and chaos, London.

Edinburgh Books backstairs now have Trap-door-stair access to their 'Priest hole' storage thanks to {nook}.

From above the Edinburgh Books trapstep is invisible. All shelving was constructed using reclaimed Church Pews.

Magic Carpet boxroom conversion awaiting stairs.

Discarded wood and a freecycle record player combine in this Musical Staircase.

Shelves from found materials made for Will Brady in exchange for constructing a website and identity for {nook}.


Proud Shelf is made from marine ply - the leftovers from reflooring this flat in Finsbury Park, London.

Painted freegan ply pieces follow the curves of a waxed driftwood branch to make a Kitchen Corner shelf, Edinburgh.

The branch columns of this Booktree for Lloyd's of Kew bookshop were carried from nearby Brentford Aigt at low tide, Kew, London.

4 spades, 2 hoes and 1 rake were used in this GardenToolChair.

Bedside Table for Alistaire on display at Art's Complex, Edinburgh.
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