The Oxfordshire Carpentry Company
01235 428058
A Google 5 star company
In business since 1994
"A wonderful display of craftsmanship and dedication to his profession, I am made up to use such local and brilliant talent" Head chef, Oak, The Crazy Bear country hotel, Stadhampton. March 2025
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This is the timber framed building which is the background for the website from a different angle.
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The rafters shown were double glazed and the building became a large kitchen, en suite bathroom and utility room.
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All was then clad in European oak. A bit of a carpenters dream job to be honest
A very contemporary wardrobe made to a customer's design (well a design found on the internet), in MDF. MDF (medium density fibreboard) has quite a bad name but it is stable, it does not split or crack and it takes a good paint finish.
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This wardrobe is 2.4m wide and houses shelves, drawers and hanging space.
One of the problems in having a builder or "Jack of all trades" to fit a kitchen can be that they are no at all keen on the finishing or fiddly jobs.
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This is a boiler cupboard in MDF with pipe boxing behind. The door can be completely removed for servicing and panels can be removed to access valves etc.
A small bookcase with cupboard below. The cupboard houses the gas and electricity meters; the gas main runs up the inside of the bookcase (hidden) into the ceiling.
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This piece was made to mirror another on the other side of a fireplace and was made to dimensions to house the clients record collection
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I usually make bookcases with adjustable shelves which sit on hidden nibs.
A bookcase in 18mm & 25mm MDF. I like to keep the bays to a maximum of 600mm to avoid the shelves bowing.
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In the past I have also made this model with cupboards in the lower section. Another option is down lighting with 6mm toughened glass shelves for display. I like to leave a shadow gap between the top of a piece and the ceiling, this draws the eye away from any ceiling deviations.
The bar of "The Vine and Spice" Indian restaurant in Long Wittenham which I designed, manufactured and fitted as part of a year long project management.
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All in American white oak as is the floor, doors and all other joinery which as the only carpenter on site I fitted.
Battening down roofing fabric on a loft extension in Wotton near Abingdon some ten years ago.
A three month job which provided three large bedrooms and a family bathroom
I made this double skinned and filled with insulation, the knots were sealed with shellac and the door was sprayed in white primer ready for an undercoat and top coat of the clients choice.
A bespoke stable door for a Shepheard's hut.
I was asked to replace the existing door to this hut, unfortunately it was an odd size, in addition to this "off the shelf" stable doors usually only open inwards & are single skinned.
I have always thought that one of the most cost effective ways of modernising a room and bringing in more light is to refurbish the stair case. On this project I removed the original 1950's plasterboard stair edge and replaced with new newel posts, botom rail hand rail and softwood spindles.
As you can see from this close up of handrail / newel post the rail is in oak which will be a striking contrast when the spindles and bottom rail are painted satin white.
"We hired Paul to replace an unsafe 70s ranch style bannister and landing rail with a traditional spindle style bannister and rail. Paul did a fantastic job. He was extremely knowledgeable about how to satisfy modern safety regulations and worked with the existing posts to integrate the new rail seamlessly and to keep costs reasonable. He squeezed us in so that we could have this done before we moved in, and before Christmas too! Thanks, Paul, we would definitely recommend your services and if we need any more carpentry work we know who to call!"
As can be seen with this monks bench sometimes it is an advantage making a scale model of a piece in mount board, from this the proportions are easier to appreciate. The client and I decided from the mock ups that the back was too high and this was rectified in the final design
Some of the smallest jobs can be the most difficult to design and look correct. Even though this electrical cupboard is in a broom cupboard I wanted it to look as smart as possible. The most important thing with electrical cupboards is access - to quickly switch the power off or for an electrician to service / test.
This is made in 12mm MDF with catches for quick release of the doors. As a guide price this cost £230.00 in February 2024.
Two matching wardrobes, extra deep to the customers requirements with three drawers each.
Special attention had to be given here to avoid a clash with the window board on the left hand side.
A repair by splicing in Redwood.
This replaced timber that had rotted due to wet rot.
Once painted and looked after this will give at least another 50 years of life to this 1930's door frame.
