Stephen Francis

A customer asked me to make a stand for a specially commissioned sculpture in his garden. He wanted it made from old railway sleepers. All fixed together with massive stainless steel coach bolts.           I think you’ll agree, it looks amazing.      

Here we have a lovely primed Accoya five panel front door hung in Gosforth. It has raised and fielded panels with bolection moulding to the outside and a planted bead inside. The existing frame was sound and all it needs now is painting.           

This past few days it’s all been angles and curves. From a five sided window seat, fitting dado rail to a three story hallway and an arched top gate. The window seat was made from MDF with a panelled detail and lift up lids for storage. My customer is making a cushion for the top […]

  Fitted some lovely folding doors in Whitley Bay closing off the living room from the dining room. Running on a top track with a guide in the cill and folding effortlessly to the side.    

Just finished off a new Wren kitchen fitted in Gosforth.     Old kitchen removed and new Wren kitchen fitted, great information from Wren and good units. Re-wired, re-plumbed, re-skimmed, new wall and floor tiles. Looking very smart. Decoration next then the protective covering taken off the doors.      

A nice job fitting a new front door in Jesmond. I removed the old door and frame that had been fitted in front of what was left of the old frame. Fitted a new bespoke Accoya door and transom and referbished the existing frame. Finished off with a double glazed fanlight. Marvellous.    I also […]

      A fantastic job completed in Kenton. I removed the tired old oak looking uPVC door and frame and fitted a bespoke Accoya timber door and frame complete with double glazing. The job looks much better and my customer is delighted.        

Final finishing touches to the extension I’ve been working on in Cramlington. I’ve built the roof and ceiling joists with light wells for the Velux roof lights. Boxed around the big steels that hold up the corner of the house. Facias, soffits, skirtings, architraves and all the other joinery related bits and bobs.     […]

     My customer has sent me some lovely pictures of a deck I finished a few weeks back.  

  A lovely job in the sunshine with a great view over Dukes Moor. Replace the old gate with a pre-finished Accoya gate and posts. The extra little hole is to allow the winter sun to shine through, it was an old lock hole in the old gate. You can see the effect in the […]