storage solution built in wood , understair storage solutions , shelving
The smallest of cupboards can be transformed into a efficient storage area. Drawing on my boat fitting days where every nook and cranny is utilised for storage the smallest of corners and cupboards, valuable space, can become a useful space.
Two storage cupboards manufactured using Real wood Oak veneer MDF with the edges lipped in Oak, the shelves can be adjusted up or down using the brass inserts these are fitted into a groove so they are flush. The doors are made from solid Oak and 6mm Oak veneered MDF. The customer asked me to finish the cupboards in finishing oil.
Using an Oak kitchen worktop this media shelf was transformed. Oak and Beech worktops used in kitchens make for stylish shelves and benches this shelf once finished in oil will match the Oak floor. 
The customer wanted to have a work station as well as some storage cupboards, they wanted a knotty pine finish to match their interior doors so laminated board was used with pine veneer MDF panels for the doors. At a later date some shelves above the table may well come in useful.
This particular wardrobe was purpose built to fit between a return in the bedroom and the bedroom door, narrower than usual finishing at 700mm wide from floor to ceiling with a four door configuration, this makes best use of the space available without dominating the room. The carcass is 18mm MDF with joinery grade pine fronts and doors.
wardrobe built in Southampton
Media storage centre. This is a good use of a corner of a room, the drawers contain the cd’s and dvd’s, there is a section for vinyl and a bookcase. Note the underbookcase insert for cable management and the raised table for the t.v. and the space under that for the inevitable ‘box of tricks’ . this was constructed out of American White Oak veneered MDF and solid oak drawers with all edges lipped in solid oak. The customer is finishing the project in a wax or clear polish.
Storage cupboard manufactured using 18mm MDF with pine lippings, the pine on the edge of the MDF (lippings) which is 18mmx25mm prevents the MDF Sagging under weight, allows a suitable fastening for the hinge screws, ordinarily a hinge screw will work loose over time if it is fixed straight into the MDF And a better finish will be achieved when the cupboard is painted.
Understair storage is a great way of utilising space under the stairs, particulary if shelves are incorperated into the design. Cupboards can hide all that stuff that clutters up the hallway – boots, coats, pushchairs, vacuum cleaners, and so on. These doors are custom built using TGV – tongue and groove V-jointed pine, and are hung onto a timber frame made around the opening under the stairs. The space here was used to create a larder and cooking utensil cupboard as the kitchen is next to the stairs.
These stairs creaked every time someone used them. The treads and risers had come adrift from the strings (the side bits), so a series of wedges and timber blocks were used to alleviate this problem. The customer was very grateful, having been told that they needed a new stair case by two other carpenters, so they saved themselves a whole lot of money and inconvenience.
