Monthly Archives: January 2017

Maria Island: Challenges of restoring the past

Jenni Burdon, from Parks and Wildlife, approached me last year about refurnishing the commissariat store at Maria Island. This place functions as a visitors centre/ shelter for tourists visiting to the island. We quickly agreed on using recycled timbers where possible and

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Ten years on I revisit my enduring work

I designed and built furniture for a Clifton Beach house about 10 years ago and was asked by the owners to re-sand and oil their furniture. It was  (and still is) one of my biggest jobs. I fitted the kitchen, bathrooms,

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Modern kitchen built from an ill-wind 130-year-old salvage

The brief for the kitchen in this modern house was to keep it simple, no handles and clean straight lines. It meant that I got to work with the best quality ply available to me. It is fully made of

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