The making of a beautiful chair in native hardwoods has for me become a passion. The look, the feel, and the sense of pride in the making of something entirely by hand are hard to describe. Using traditional skills I turn each spindle individually, for a true hand made item has the craftsman's feel about it, every spindle has a slight but almost undetectable difference to its partner and its these differences that give it a unique character. Yes I use an electrically powered lathe not a pole lathe but the principles are the same. All the bent wood parts of my chairs are steamed and bent by my own hand using a home made steam chest and formers. Each chair I make bears my monogram to add that personal touch and individuality. Next time you are out and find yourself looking at a chair and the label says hand made, look for those little differences look for a craftsman's signature, if you cant find them then its probably not hand made just hand assembled.

Now please allow me to tell you something about myself and how I started. The inspiration stemmed from attending a series of occupational courses at West Dean College. There I met Jack Hill a wonderful craftsman and one of the countries leading chairmakers as well as author of many books on country chairs and furniture, he introduced me to the craft of Windsor chair making. From that day on I was hooked and acquired the necessary tools and materials to produce my own. All the chairs I make are based on authentic English country styles from the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries hence the name chosen.

I have chosen to reproduce the English styles rather than the colonial or American, not because I dislike them quite the opposite in fact but I feel an English home deserves the best that the English makers produced.
All the Windsor chairs are made from locally grown ash with seats of English Elm. Because of the ravages of Dutch elm disease English Elm is becoming much harder to find, especially in boards wide enough to make seats from one piece. It is my intention however to continue using Elm for as long as possible because the beautiful figuring and interlocking grain make it simply the best timber nature produced for making a chair seat,
To complement the Windsor chairs I have also produced my own variation of the Gimson Ladderback rush seated chair in both dining and arm chair designs. These are constructed again in ash with seats of natural freshwater rush twisted and woven by hand. A variety of stools and specimen chairs are also available with other designs to follow. All the products are individually made to your requirements so even a one off to make up a set is possible given a suitable pattern.