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Bespoke Furniture & Joinery

Period houses are full of spaces that no flat-pack manufacturer has ever measured: alcoves either side of a chimney breast that are not the same width, sloping loft eaves, awkward returns beside a bay. Fitted joinery is how you get those back.

We design, build and install fitted furniture as part of the same job as the building work — which means the electrics for a media wall are run at first fix, and a wardrobe is scribed to a wall we plastered ourselves.

What this includes

  • Design consultation and measured survey
  • Alcove cabinetry, shelving and bookcases
  • Fitted and walk-in wardrobes, including loft eaves storage
  • Media walls with concealed cable management and ventilation
  • Window seats, bay seating and under-stair storage
  • Home office desks and shelving
01

Measured, not assumed

Every unit is templated on site after plastering, so it fits the wall you actually have rather than the one on the drawing.

02

Materials that hold up

Moisture-resistant MDF, hardwood face frames and soft-close ironmongery as standard, sprayed or hand-finished.

03

Services designed in

Cable routes, sockets, lighting and ventilation for media walls and wardrobes are planned before the walls close up.

Scope of works

What a full job covers.

This is the standard scope. Your written quotation itemises it against your property, so you can see exactly what is priced and what is not.
  • Design consultation and measured survey
  • Alcove cabinetry, shelving and bookcases
  • Fitted and walk-in wardrobes, including loft eaves storage
  • Media walls with concealed cable management and ventilation
  • Window seats, bay seating and under-stair storage
  • Home office desks and shelving
  • Utility and boot room storage
  • Hardwood and painted finishes, sprayed or brush-applied
  • Integrated lighting and power
  • Scribing, installation and final decoration

Programme

How the job runs, stage by stage.

Indicative durations for a typical property. Your quotation carries the dates that apply to yours.
  1. 01

    Design and survey

    1–2 weeks

    Consultation, measured survey, and a drawn proposal with material and finish options.

  2. 02

    Manufacture

    2–3 weeks

    Carcasses and doors built to the templated dimensions.

  3. 03

    Installation

    2–5 days

    Units installed, scribed to the walls, ironmongery adjusted and aligned.

  4. 04

    Finishing

    2–4 days

    Filling, caulking, final coats and lighting commissioned.

What drives the price

Why two similar jobs quote differently.

We do not publish fixed prices, because a number without a survey behind it is a guess that somebody has to pay for later. What we can tell you is exactly which variables move the figure.

Bring these to the survey and the quotation will be far more accurate.

  • 01Painted MDF against hardwood or veneered finishes
  • 02Whether doors are shaker, slab, or profiled and hand-painted
  • 03Integrated lighting, power and ventilation requirements
  • 04Complexity of the space — sloping eaves and bay returns take significantly longer to template
  • 05Spray finishing against brush application
  • 06Ironmongery specification, particularly soft-close and push-to-open systems

Bespoke Furniture & Joinery — questions

What people ask us.

More general questions are answered on the FAQ page.
Can you match existing joinery in a period house?
Usually, yes. We take a profile from the existing skirting, architrave or panelling and have cutters made where the profile is not a stock one. It is the difference between fitted furniture that looks original and fitted furniture that looks added.
Do you spray finish on site?
Where the room can be masked and ventilated properly, yes — a sprayed finish is noticeably flatter than a brushed one. For occupied houses we often finish doors off site and brush-apply the frames.
Can furniture be built as part of a larger project?
That is how it works best. Building the joinery into the main programme means power, lighting and wall build-ups are set out for it in advance rather than worked around afterwards.
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