How we made life easier on the back from milling green oak, stacking it for air-drying, to kiln drying the English oak, without the back ache.

For several years I have been buying in kiln-dried timber for my furniture making business, but I was unhappy with the stability of the timber due to its moisture content.

Stephen Edwards was a keen woodworker from an early age, and eventually became a furniture maker making four poster beds and oak furniture, but had a problem with find dry timber. Now he air and kiln dries English oak and ash.

Environmental issues are becoming increasingly important worldwide, and we all have a duty to do our bit to protect our future by being as ‘green’ as possible.

When you have bought your handmade solid oak furniture, you should know how to care for it properly. Besides the obvious ‘handle with care’ when moving your furniture, do not drop it from a great height and so on, here are a few tips that we mention to our clients to help them care for the furniture that we make for them.

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