Week 74-75 - 'MOS Bespoke Furniture' :Workshop Move In

I am extremely happy to say that ‘MOS Bespoke Furniture’ has now moved in to our bright, shiny new workshop in ‘The Makers Mill’

Only about a year later than originally planned and hoped, but who’s counting right? (By the way if you are counting – please stop! Your input is neither required nor desired) I have to admit that I am rather in love with it, the ‘wood nerd’ inner me is making no attempt to hide its glee the last few weeks.

The space is split into 3 main areas, pictures above and below are of the main workshop where most of the larger machines live and my main bench and assemble area. This area is on the road side of the building with the big front doors for material deliveries.

Pictures above and below are of the lower workshop on the river side of the building, housing further machinery and workspace. As you can see still fairly empty, which I’m still finding quite hard to accept – this is the first time I have had a workshop where not every square meter has something in it or purpose to serve. Here I have space to grow into… in other words, I can buy more tools!

Finally we have the ‘finishing shop’ this space of for…. You guessed it, finishing! In other words applying lacquer/oil/wax etc, also final install of upholstery to furniture and our flock work. Put simply it is a space were you can do all the tasks you don’t want to have sawdust involved in.

(as my hair and clothes are normally around a 20% sawdust composition, I may have to ban myself from this room

I have been auditioning workshop dogs for the new space over the last few weeks. This is Millie, she was somewhat overwhelmed when tied to the biggest pile of ‘fletch sticks’ she had ever seen.

And Zack of course (who many of you know) wasn’t interested in anything except having something thrown for him (which in this case was a rubber glove) Although his reaction when he looked out the window and realised it was in fact the park he was looking at was great.