The latest two huts we have been working on, a Plankbridge and a Riverkeeper's, with the double doors on the side, both have interesting bed designs in them, so it's good to be doing some furniture making again.  Having such a good team means we can be raising the frames of the next hut whilst one of us does the final finishing off a hut before it's delivered.  One of the current huts is having an old fashioned looking built in bed with two large drawers under.  One drawer is to be pulled out for their Jack Russell to sleep in! The bed design is based on one in a Reeves hut we restored a couple of years ago.  I just have to finish the painted shutters and it's ready for delivery to the Cotswolds.

The other hut has a bed which can be set up, using a nesting blanket box arrangement, as a single bed or a double, or a bench seat during the day.  The seat is built into an arched recess in the wall with an oak lining.  This hut is going to be sited high on a hill, with far reaching views. The customer can set the bed up so they can lie in bed with the double doors open looking across a valley to the West.  The blanket box style means there is lots of storage too.  This hut is painted in two shades of Farrow & Ball yellow, with a white ceiling and oak skirtings.  It looks really smart, and there will be photos on our gallery section soon.

It's good to be building furniture again, the shepherd's huts being a brilliant blank canvas to come up with new ideas.