‘Creativity’ is one of the most prestigious ideas of modern times and as a result, we often want to feel creative while lamenting that...

I was out the other day picking up a piece of furniture. I stopped by at a little corner store to get a drink. It was a curious place...

I spend just about all my spare hours and minutes around beautiful furniture. I dive deeply into the creative work of (usually) nameless...

A conversation with a friend recently on my love of beautiful furniture, strayed onto the topic of materialism – also knowing how...

We become very comfortable with our lot. We don't tend to think too much about words we routinely use, assumptions we neatly pack and...

Is it an original? In one sense, who cares? Fake, copy, pastiche, forgery, reproduction. Many of the most bitter insults of the art...

When I think of an interesting job, I think about work that allows for a high degree of autonomy, personal initiative and (without...

Even though many happily make assumptions, and roll thoughts from one day to the next, perhaps it is now timely to pause and look. More...

Lots of people say they hate it, but for me, it transports me to better places. Refinishing beautiful timber – be it with fine...

What is it about beautiful things that we find so compelling and glamourous? Glamour is the reflexive sheen afforded to people and...

My workshop has a place for everything and everything has its place. The trouble is, from time-to-time the two don’t always synchronize...

Sometimes when I stand before an old piece of furniture, I ponder about its story, life and experiences. These days we hear about the...

Before settling in on my passion for beautiful furniture, I worked across many industries in various corporate and professional...

I look at beautiful furniture and ponder the place where the creator was at when creating that wonderful chair or table. What were they...

Like just about everything on this Earth (and probably beyond), things evolve. The direction of the evolution is never certain but...

It might only be a small thing… like a waitress being particularly attentive when taking a coffee order, or it might be something on a...

If I look at a chair, or maybe a table, or perhaps a bookshelf, their purpose or mission (in the mind of the creator) is pretty evident. ...

A lot of what I do relates to extending the life of furniture. Be it restoration, care or even just building understanding amongst...

When there are grave disagreements about what’s good and bad in architecture or design or style… there’s often someone around who very...

We can get wound up tight with the nonsense of the day. We try not to, but somehow there is always something or someone that just brings...