Latest Bespoke Projects from Deacon and Sandys

An initial enquiry from the Who'd A Thought It regarding new bar tops for their boutique hotel and restaurant in Grafty Green, resulted in us creating these character Elm Bar Tops with hand carved lettering and logo, the... read more >>

Thank you to our client for the opportunity to make this magnificent oak entrance door and frame and for the images of the completed work, traditionally made using planks and ledges with cleated rosehead nails and cover... read more >>

Following a consultation to make an early oak bay window seat, we submitted a drawing for approval and then made and fitted this lovely window seat in solid oak, with a lift up seat for storage below. The whole piece was... read more >>

This is the second bespoke oak staircase we have made for this client and his builder. He was involved at every stage of the assembly visiting our workshop to view the progress of the project. The bespoke oak... read more >>

As we approach the end of another busy year, take a look at some of the projects we do that are a little different: some hand turned work, bespoke pieces of furniture made using unique pieces of timber or a hardwood... read more >>

At Deacon & Sandys it's not only a quality entrance to your home we make and fit, but also beautiful solid oak garden gates, made by our skilled craftsmen from solid oak and finished with the same attention to detail... read more >>

This project involved making some solid large oak radiator covers. The oak radiator covers needed complicated scribing and were polished to match the doors and fitted with solid brass antiqued grilles. This project... read more >>

One of our most popular services is our period wooden door restoration. If the outside woodwork of your property has become discoloured or faded our polishers may be able to restore the original colour or match the colour... read more >>

We are experts in double glazed leaded window designs, replacing damaged or worn out windows with replica leaded light windows. In this project, we were asked to replace some traditional softwood painted first floor... read more >>

Oak wall panels are the perfect way to transform a room and tie in with other traditional features. Oak wood panels can be used in any room to give an authentic period feel using ageing and distressing techniques.... read more >>

Working with an existing client, we were sent a sketch by Nicola Hulbert BA Hons, Interior Design and Illustration, asking us if we could make a bed-end oak TV cabinet that would house a lift system, as well as creating a... read more >>

We were given a picture of a drinks cabinet and asked by the client to change the design to a corner cupboard, the result is made of cherry with boxwood stringing to the top and door fronts, inside we have two drawers and... read more >>

This bespoke solid oak staircase with hand turned balusters and handcrafted faceted finials was quite a challenging project due to the small area available and the requirement to fit in an under stair storage... read more >>

Character oak was used throughout to create these handmade solid oak doors, frames and architraves. We worked with the client to produce doors of varying sizes and styles paired with heavy sectioned frames (some with hand... read more >>

This is the second time we have worked with Charlotte Woodroffe. The first was to create a pair of solid oak hand carved headboards whereas this project was to create an oak handmade dining table and four... read more >>

Deacon & Sandys are proud to have won the British Woodworking Federation Joinery Project of the Year for the bespoke oak staircase at Crosby Hall. Below are some extracts from the BWF Case Study.  Deacon and... read more >>

A break from tradition for Deacon & Sandys with this black walnut and tulip handmade wooden oak staircase.  This project saw us creating a wooden oak staircase with black walnut treads, handrails and... read more >>

Could we make a circular oak seat around an olive tree that was in a concrete tub?, it should not sit or have legs that go to ground. Many ideas later we decided that it would be best to use two metal rings, an inner and... read more >>

We were asked to make and fit a half glazed interior door but to use the existing frame, although we did replace the sill and fit a brass water bar. The frame was patched where the old hinges, latches and weather bar sat.... read more >>

We were commissioned to make these oak ledged doors and frames using character grade wood. The heavy sectioned oak frames are stop moulded and have hand carved spandrels, the glazed doors have a very heavy sectioned oak... read more >>

This project required us to source and create distressed oak flooring for our customer's home. Each board is selected, marked and cut to its maximum size. In this case the longest boards were 5 meters long and varied in... read more >>

Following discussions with a delightful client and based on a simple sketch that she produced, we got quite carried away with this solid oak dragon-like washstand. The legs and wings were temporarily built up and the... read more >>

This oak spindle staircase is entirely made from character oak and has a hand carved newel post, carved detail to the string and apron mouldings with barley twist turns. The timber was selected to have a few knots and... read more >>