Featured Pieces
This library and entertainment unit is constructed entirely of solid rimu and is finished in a dark hardwax oil stain. The pelmet conceals a projector screen and the centre cabinet has a drawer which holds a projector. The drawer is automated with linear actuators and is connected along with the projector screen to a voice automated system. The cabinet doors have brass mesh panels and solid brass handles.
This bedhead unit is constructed from American white oak veneered birch plywood and features a full height bookcase accessed from behind the unit, cantilevered shelves above and matching bedside tables. A cavity behind the upholstered bedhead provides space to run cables for lighting and power sockets.
This vast home library covers 4 walls including a mezzanine and holds approximately 3000 books. It is constructed from American white oak veneered birch plywood with solid oak edge banding. Sliding dovetails have been used to provide a concealed joint between the shelves and the vertical members.
In this fireplace alcove we fitted built-in bookcases either side of the chimney, a mantel piece and cabinets either side of the fireplace. One of the cabinets has a door and is used for storage the other was left open to store firewood. It’s constructed entirely of solid rimu and finished in a hardwax oil.
For this commission we restored a Sandow wool press owned by the client and converted it to a bar leaner by adding a top. The wool press is over 100 years old and was built in NZ from solid rimu. The iron work was stripped and painted black and the rimu was sanded back and oiled. Castors were added to the bottom with skirting installed to conceal them. The client provided rimu reclaimed from a demolished woolshed which we used to construct the top and four matching bar stools.
This totara and kauri dining table is rich in history. The totara comes from reclaimed wharf piles from Tauranga Harbour and the kauri was a beam section from the Bean Rock lighthouse in Auckland Harbour. The tiles inlaid into the table top were recovered from a shipwreck.
In reference to the nautical history of the materials an oversized dovetail, as commonly used in wooden boat construction, was used to connect the table legs to the table apron. The bench seat top is inspired by yacht decks with thin strips of totara between the kauri planks. The table and bench are finished in danish oil.
