Heliconia Furniture

Build a beautiful wooden box using fundamental joinery techniques and classic hand tools. You will learn about wood selection, accurate cutting, and finishing to create a durable piece of functional furniture. 📦🔨

Join us for this rewarding weekend carpentry workshop. https://www.thegoodlifecentre.co.uk/make-a-treasure-box/


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Learn how to transform a length of sustainable timber into a beautiful hardwood treasure box, guided by expert furniture maker ChristopherBurley. You'll gain hands-on experience using professional woodworking machinery safely, practising how to work accurately from technical plans.

Master your joinery skills and book your place on this rewarding woodworking programme today! https://www.thegoodlifecentre.co.uk/make-a-treasure-box/

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At the this weekend I will be teaching this lovely little woodworking course for beginners. Details below.

Create this 3D puzzle to infuriate and impress your friends and family. Made from three pieces of fine Hardwood. 

In this one day workshop you will learn how to plan, mark out the design, how to use a pillar drill and use chisels to make this hardwood cross puzzle. You will learn how to make sure your pieces fit nicely. 
To book, find link in bio

The beginning of some Brown oak goodness.

of drawers

And oil and wax to finish. The revolving bookcase.

Scraping and sanding is an important stage for the revolving bookcase. All scratches, dents, sanding swirls and other imperfections are removed with a lot of patience in a well lit workshop

The slow build continues

And then there are jointed and sized components

of drawers

Hardwood bookcases and sideboards available to commission. 

FEATURED: Oxford House Sideboard
BRIEF: Walnut four door sideboard
CLIENT: Echlin Studios
YEAR: 2024

Everything starts with timber selection.

of drawers

Hardwood desks and consoles available to commission. 

FEATURED: Library Desk
BRIEF: Walnut waterfall desk with floating box storage at one end.
CLIENT: Private
YEAR: 2021