Reply to: Custom made fitted furniture

[DodgyAgent]

, hang round outside at closing time .

Is that how you met Spod

[Ticktock]

Sorry to revive this after so long.... Great advice from NLUK and this is the way I am going to do it - Only thing is I am struggling to find a one man band. Anybody able to give me some recommendations?

Apparently Mark Sultan (also known as BBQ) is pretty good.

It seems he also works as part of groups, not sure if he still does one man stuff.

HTH.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Yeah, I can see why they want to charge top dollar for what you want. Get your ideas off them and find a local furniture maker one man band type thing to make it for you. You are just paying one guy for his time and materials, not all the other corporate gubbins....

Sorry to revive this after so long.... Great advice from NLUK and this is the way I am going to do it - Only thing is I am struggling to find a one man band. Anybody able to give me some recommendations?

[northernladuk]

Yeah, I can see why they want to charge top dollar for what you want. Get your ideas off them and find a local furniture maker one man band type thing to make it for you. You are just paying one guy for his time and materials, not all the other corporate gubbins....

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Find a local shopfitting Co, hang round outside at closing time and ask one of the lads to give you a quote for the work. You'll find they are usually qualified carpenters/cabinet makers and happy to do some work on the side.

It's how my brother gets all his weekend work Randoms at the shop gate.

Thanks for that - best idea I heard so far.....

[MaryPoppins]

You're just rude!

Yeah! Too right.

[cailin maith]

Find a local shopfitting Co, hang round outside at closing time and ask one of the lads to give you a quote for the work. You'll find they are usually qualified carpenters/cabinet makers and happy to do some work on the side.

It's how my brother gets all his weekend work Randoms at the shop gate.

[doodab]

Painting real wood seems a bit of a travesty to me - why pay extra for decent wood and then paint it? Also, plain planks may actually be worse in terms of strength.

Because you can always strip it in 20 years. It also tends to look nicer as it ages as it doesn't chip like MDF.

Having said that I prefer a natural oiled finish myself.

[d000hg]

I like real wood. It feels nicer.

Painting real wood seems a bit of a travesty to me - why pay extra for decent wood and then paint it? Also, plain planks may actually be worse in terms of strength.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

If you look on this:

Optima Olive

it's just the TV unit (not the end bit, only one part of the wall).

That's the kind of thing I am looking for.

Perhaps I should have said that from the start!

[Troll]

Get some Poles to do it for you.
Custom made bookshelves installed into alcoves and painted white = £1000 labour plus cost of wood.

I like real wood. It feels nicer.

Not painted it wont...<snigger>

[quackhandle]

I had this when I wanted bespoke wardrobes, costs were starting at 2K+, so I got my joiner chap to fit some Ikea PAX wardrobes (you pick all the bits/styles, etc) , total cost was £950.

qh

[Old Hack]

Set mine into the wall, with the fireplace dug out to house the AV equipment. Chased wires into the wall and wall mounted the 7:1 speakers (obviously not the :1).

£3k. Best money spent and looks superb.

[original PM]

that's your idea of upmarket? eeww.

well it's more upmarket than my £80 one from dixons!



snob

[Gibbon]

Works for me.

I had to chip the old cement off the breeze blocks though.

You're is posh though in welsh wales, I use house bricks then you can adjust the height to whether it's high or low brow stuff on the TV.