Author: John Ferrie

A custom make tray to sit on a large pouffe to act as an alternative coffee table in a sitting room. Getting the final wax polish in the workshop. Trial assembly before gluing and finishing. Complete In its final place in the client’s home.

A custom bird table in colour!

Earlier this year the Head Teacher of Kirn Primary School came into the Dunoon Community Shed and commissioned the woodworking team to make a large story telling chair. The chair was to be a gift to the school from the head teacher on her retirement. The design evolved from a few simple example photos to…

We have made many planters for clients over the last few years. We used to use treated wood but we now use locally sourced larch supplied by Fynewoods next door to us. Larch is naturally resistant to rot and is ideal for external items and works. We think this is much more environmentally responsible and…

The woodworking team regularly make items on the lathe for members and clients. The mahogany handle was made for a client’s favourite skillet. The mahogany was cut from an old bench seat. The napkins rings were made from a part of a leg of a table that had lain outside for about 50 years in…

At the Community Shed we place high importance on recycling materials in the workshops – often now termed as Repurposing. The two small oak tables were made entirely from an old oak dining table top. One was stained a bit darker and the other left natural.

As part of our ongoing improvements we are fully refurbishing the external fire doors around the building. In particular the ones in the ‘new’ part of the building were/are in a terrible condition. The work is being carried out by the woodworking team.