Company History

I was always destined to become a furniture maker. I began making furniture in 1985. My original way of thinking led to the production of unique pieces of furniture. One of my first ranges of furniture produced very solid items which were given a very distinctive knarled texture produced with the use of a flame thrower. The burnt wood would then be scrubbed with a wire brush to produce an impressive effect, how ever this method was not suitable for large scale production and would not meet today's required green credentials or health and safety!

Following on from this i worked on renovating antique furniture, Provincial Irish furniture is very unusual and this style still shows through in some of today's furniture. I gained a reputation for high quality work in the field of country style furniture, which was very popular at the time. Throughout my career i have worked in most forms of woodwork, handcarvings, turning, marquetry, hardwood, softwood, chair making.

My furniture became well known for it's intricate hand carving. My hand carved acorn and the basket of flowers range was another very successfull range at this time. I was also a keen cartoonist and the link between cartoons and furniture is evident in the range of children's furniture currently produced and originally influence by my daughters Kayla and Jemma who inspired me to design a range of children's furniture to suit there interests.

It all happened very quickly. Kayla was a princess she had a princess bed and Jemma was a fairy and she had a fairy bed from these ideas a range quickly developed. His daughters was a great help to me suggesting lots of good ideas that were incorporated into the designs. Demand of the beds was such that further items were developed to make complete bedroom ranges in all the themes. Now we are the leading children's theme bedroom furniture makers in New Zealand. I moved from the North of England to the North of New Zealand, were i continued to make various ranges and styles of furniture. However as a result of the increasing success of the children's range a decision was made to work entirely in children's furniture.

What had began as an indulgence for the important children in his life has led to a very important part of my business.