We work with a wide variety of timbers and panel products, but whenever possible we aim to source wood locally, and here in Eynsham we have the opportunity to use woods from the local estate which has maintains and fells timber from their 3000 acres of Oxfordshire woodland. 

Our stock of native timbers varies all the time, and commonly includes Oaks, Sweet Chestnut, Lime, Maple, Sycamore and native Beech. Here a a few examples of local timbers we have in the workshop at the moment:

Yew - distinctively stripy from deep burnt orange to palest cream, very dense, with great characterful knots

English ash - beautiful subtle pale colours, lightest cream with olive and grey streaks, strong grain, this is a really versatile and strong timber, ideal for contemporary pieces, and its variation makes it perfect combining with other timbers in a palette

Burr oak - also known as 'pippy oak',  distinctive knots and whorls called 'cats paws' make this an extraordinary wood and rare, one of the slowest growing trees, and one of the largest oaks with a trunk diameter of up to 3m

English Brown oak - a different beast altogether from the American white oak normally seen, this has a rich honey dark colour and a knotted grain, a slow growing and deeply beautiful timber

English walnut - rich warm colours, stunning elegant grain, can vary through pale wheat to dark purple

A first floor drawing room and adjoining dining room in Oxford's beautiful Parktown, our interior design brief was to take a quirky approach to these formal reception rooms. Library shelving with media storage was built floor to ceiling in ash with black lacquered edging, a nod to an art deco ethic, and traditional furniture reinvigorated, vintage chesterfields and french occasional chairs upholstered in vibrant colours.

This commission was part of a whole house restoration of this historic 5 storey townhouse, please take a look at our work on the ground floor kitchen dining and living space here

So many of our clients wanted a fully architectural response to display and storage, we developed this versatile library, display and media shelving system. Fully customisable, and designed as grid or pigeonhole storage scaled precicely to fit your space, with or without doors. Timbers shown here are ash veneer and birch with black or grey solid edge lipping, but the choices are endless, it could be block colour, walnut or oak, please contact us for more details. 

a lo-tech answer to hi-fi requirements, iPad stand and amplifier in solid ash with reclaimed glass bottle top speaker. 

A pair of low tables designed and made from a single plank of locally sourced English walnut with white power coated steel legs. The warm wood grain flows throughout the pieces, whilst the steel undercarriages add definition, refinement and delicacy. 

Also available in different timbers and sizes, the long table is scalable to dining size, please enquire. P.O.A

Egg side table in resin polished concrete with ash base.

Throughout the year I tend to squirrel away some of the finer interesting billets of wood and with every project comes a little of that interest.  At the later end of the year I begin to start to think about how to use them and where i could gift. This year, I came up with a proposition for myself which was to make something for the women in the family that I have not produced before and would be an artefact as well as being of a practical nature. That something, turned out to be a hammer.

Other things I created were Maple chopping boards and why not - chop sticks in Sycamore.

Here’s a selection of photographs of those items below: note the emblem RD stamped into the ends.
Watch this space for developments in this regard.

Private commission

A generous eight seater table extending to ten and twelve seats, constructed in solid ash with random width wide stave top, and with a ribbed under section for storage of the extension leaves.

Photo credit: Jamie Simmons

vintage industrial daybed, private commission.

inspired by an old railway cart, constructed with mild steel frame and reclaimed pine, with cast iron wheels to enable the price to be easily rolled onto outside terrace for summer lounging, and magazine rack to end. Upholstered and finished in striped linen. 

sited in a extension and refurbishment we devised for clients in oxford, click through to view the design project

Photo credit: Jamie Simmons

This project was lovingly handcrafted to our own design as our take on the Arts and Crafts ethos, using solid maple and brass detailing, taking cues from the location‘s (Parktown in Oxford) famous gardens. We used a variety of effects including hand carving and embossing the leaf motives, lamination, inlay and engraving. The the design is pared back in form, but rich in intricacy and inventiveness.

Bar and nightclub design for Oxford club, the interior was completely stripped out and brickwork exposed alongside its fantastic industrial victorian columns. The bar, made by rogue-designs workshop, is in solid oak, luminous with coloured lighting exposed between the oak strips to the face.

A contemporary take on a classic bathroom design, with a modern roll top bath, bespoke oak and mirror bathroom furniture from rogue-designs workshop, alcove shelving, designer bathroom lighting, lemon marble feature wall and narrow strip oak flooring. 

Custom designed and build media AV unit in solid soaped oak with lacquered shelving and drop down handle free doors. includes grid venting, and speaker cabinet.