Freegan Beech for Alice and Trisram
Tristram a famous freegan, felled, planked and seasoned this tough, flesh coloured beech tree and this elegant catspaw oak from Windyridge estate in Sussex. {nook} was commissioned to turn the whole pile into furniture for the house that he shares with Alice in London Fields
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Summer 2011
Thank you Hector for help with planing...
...and Ed for help with construction.
The first catspaw oak bench was made as a companion piece to {nook}'s Dovetail Table.
The second just fits under the kitchen window.
Old cupboard doors were combined with beech to make an airing cupboard which doubles up as a staircase to the attic.
Beech wood makes good bookshelves...
...and kitchen shelves and more bookshelves...
...and in the bathroom an oak and slate shelf (actually a slice of snooker table) supports the world.
These Indian painted doors, brought back from Jodhpur by Alice, combined with pegged beech make a bedroom cabinet.
Dovetail joins form the corners of the double bed...
...the large headboard allows the grain of the elm to speak.
The leftovers are always the most beautiful - just enough for a coat-rack and bicycle rest.
Thank you Alice and Tristram for inspiring me.
