Furniture and joinery workshop
Made tothe drawing.Built tooutlast it.
Tables, built-in joinery, counters and screens in solid timber and steel, for architects, contractors and private clients. Drawn, cut, joined and fitted by the same eight people.
- Sheet
- 01 / 05
- Drawing
- General arrangement
- Scale
- 1:1
- Status
- Issued for enquiry
Cut list 01 · What we make
Four kinds of work.
All of it solid.
We make pieces that are drawn for one room and built once. Every part is cut in our workshop and fitted by our own team.
One commission, start to finish
From drawing
to dinner.
A walnut dining table for an apartment, followed through the five stages every piece goes through here. Scroll to move it along the bench.
- 01 Drawing
- 02 Timber
- 03 Joinery
- 04 Finish
- 05 Installed
Drawing register · Selected work
Recent pieces.
Materials and finishes
Know how it ages
before you choose.
Walnut gets lighter. Oak gets warmer. Steel wears bright where hands go. We tell you before you sign, and we show you on the Materials sheet.
Have drawings? Send them.
No drawings? We draw it.
Tell us the piece, a rough size and when you need it. We reply with questions, a first sketch or a price range, and a date for a site visit.
Drawing register
Work
Five recent pieces, each drawn for one room. Open any sheet for the brief, the specification and how it went in.
- Sheet
- 02 / 05
- Drawing
- Register
- Pieces
- 05
- Status
- Current
Working on something
like these?
Send us the drawing, or a photo of the room and a rough size. We reply within two working days.
Materials and finishes
Materials
Six materials we work with most, and an honest note on how each one changes. Pick a species, then drag the slider to see roughly how it moves over ten years indoors.
- Sheet
- 03 / 05
- Drawing
- Schedule of materials
- Species
- 05 + steel
- Samples
- On request
Illustration of typical colour change in indoor daylight. Real change depends on light, finish and use, which is why we send physical samples.
Finish schedule
Five finishes,
and what each costs you later.
The finish decides how a piece looks after a dropped glass, a wet bag or a hot pan. We pick it with you for the way the piece will be used.
Want to hold it
before you decide?
We post sample boards in the species and finish you are considering, cut from the stock we would use.
The workshop
Studio
A workshop, not a showroom. Eight people, one building, timber racks along one wall and the machines along the other.
- Sheet
- 04 / 05
- Drawing
- Workshop and method
- People
- 08
- Visits
- By appointment
Who does what
The people who build it
are the people who fit it.
Lintel & Kerf is five makers, one finisher, one person in the drawing office and one who runs projects and the site. Nothing is sent out to another workshop. If you visit, the person who answers your question about a joint is the person who cut it.
We take on a small number of commissions at a time so each one has a maker who stays with it from the first board to the last screw on site.
- 05
- Makers
- 01
- Finisher
- 01
- Drawing office
- 01
- Projects and site
For architects, designers and contractors
What you receive,
and when.
You should never have to chase a joiner. This is what lands on your desk at each step.
- 01Quote
A written quote against your drawings or our sketch, with species, finish and fixings named. Valid for 30 days.
- 02Shop drawings
Full shop drawings in PDF and DWG for your sign-off. Nothing is cut until they are signed.
- 03Samples
Physical samples of the timber and the finish, from the stock we will use.
- 04Programme
A dated programme with a delivery week and a fitting day agreed with your site.
- 05Fitting
Installed by our own team, with a snag list closed before we leave.
- 06Aftercare
A care sheet for the finish and a visit at twelve months to check, adjust and re-oil.
Things we will not do
Plain about
our limits.
- No veneer sold as solid. If a panel is veneered, the drawing says so, and we tell you why.
- No flat-pack. Pieces arrive assembled or in the sections shown on the drawing.
- No silent swaps. If a species or fitting changes, you approve it in writing first.
- No promises timber cannot keep. If solid wood is wrong for a spot, like a wet wall, we say so.
Come and see
the bench.
Architects and clients are welcome in the workshop by appointment. Bring the drawing; we will have the timber out.
Project enquiry
Enquire
Four questions get us started: the piece, a rough size, your timeline, and whether drawings exist. The job ticket fills in as you go, so you can see what we will read.
- Sheet
- 05 / 05
- Drawing
- Job ticket
- Reply
- 2 working days
- Status
- Open
Visit the workshop
Unit 4,
The Timber Yard.
North Industrial Road, past the rail sidings. Park in the yard, the workshop door is the one with the timber racks outside.
- Mon to Fri
- 8:00 to 17:00
- Saturday
- By appointment
- Sunday
- Closed