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We design, make and restore bespoke joinery, fine furniture, beautiful rooms, unique gifts & antiques

24/04/2026

A lovely complete door restoration in a historic home.

Careful stripping of the old varnish and stain reveals some wonderfully aged oak. Old stains removed and lots of resins, oils and homemade waxes bring depth and protection.

All ironmongery carefully restored. New discreet weather seals, thresholds and nigh latch fitted.

Beautiful to touch and a joy to drive up and see as the first welcome to a home….and no draughts!!

At Owen Blackwood Craftsmanship we love to design, make and restore beautiful work. All done with historical understanding and personal care. If we can be of any help then please give us a call or have a look around our website.

15/04/2026

A beautiful handmade oak door crafted for a historic home in North Wales. The couple had tried numerous companies but no one was willing to match the original and restore the ironmongery.

It’s been a joy to make this door and incorporate a few modern touches to help seal it from draughts. All gently aged and finished with our resins, oils and waxes.

At Owen Blackwood Craftsmanship we love to design, make and restore beautiful work. All done with historical understanding and personal care. If we can be of any help then please give us a call or have a look around our website.

13/04/2026

A simple handmade cupboard and doors for a historic family home. All mouldings handmade to match existing details around the home. Beautiful, pleasing and authentic.

At Owen Blackwood Craftsmanship we love to design, make and restore beautiful work. All done with historical understanding and personal care. If we can be of any help then please give us a call or have a look around our website.

20/03/2026

A beautiful restoration project for one of my favourite families.

A well made, but very tired “Chalon” cooks table needed a full restoration and repair. The old heavily pigmented paint and lacquered maple top have been fully stripped, gently coloured and polished. The hot rods are now removable for ease of cleaning. All ready for a new lease of life.

At Owen Blackwood Craftsmanship we love to design, make and restore beautiful work. All done with historical understanding and personal care. If we can be of any help then please give us a call or have a look around our website.

13/03/2026

A beautiful oak staircase and floor. Simple, warm and inviting as you step through the front door. All finished with a gently pigmented colour and lots and lots of oil, resin and our homemade wax.

At Owen Blackwood Craftsmanship we love to design, make and restore beautiful work. All done with historical understanding and personal care. If we can be of any help then please give us a call or have a look around our website.

11/03/2026

We’ve restored a great many beautiful dining tables over the years. This 18th C French table may not be the most expensive but it does have one of the finest original colours in the top.

The table was badly infested with woodworm and had several large disfiguring stains on the elm top. The original patina on these items is so delicate and easily lost. So careful treatment and a full restoration was required. Beautiful French polish and home made wax have been used to bring the table back to its full glory.

Absolutely beautiful!

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At Owen Blackwood Craftsmanship we love to design, make and restore beautiful work. All done with historical understanding and personal care. If we can be of any help then please give us a call or have a look around our website.

06/03/2026

A beautiful home office and display cabinets hand crafted for a lovely couple who appreciate music and old vinyl. A place to sit and work while listening to some glorious music.

All mouldings and detailing carefully designed and made to sit alongside the originals in the home. Mylands paint and gently aged oak sit alongside antique brass handles. All finished with our homemade wax. Beautiful…and ready for to finish the rest of the room.

It’s always a pleasure visiting and working for this couple and we hope they have many years enjoying their new room!

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At Owen Blackwood Craftsmanship we love to design, make and restore beautiful work. All done with historical understanding and personal care. If we can be of any help then please give us a call or have a look around our website.

26/02/2026

Crafted for a lovely couple who appreciate old wines, these handmade drinks cabinet is stunningly beautiful. All mouldings, carefully designed to sit alongside the originals in the home. Beautiful Farrow and Ball paint makes this piece of furniture sing. Really beautiful...and ready for the painter to finish the walls.

At Owen Blackwood Craftsmanship we love to design, make and restore beautiful work. All done with historical understanding and personal care. If we can be of any help then please give us a call or have a look around our website.

06/02/2026

Bespoke Handmade Furniture. The Sort Of Thing You Can’t Buy!

At Owen Blackwood Craftsmanship, every project begins with a conversation about how you live, what you love, and the beauty you’d love to see around you.

From that, something extraordinary takes shape.

As a cabinet maker, I design and make interiors and bespoke pieces that are both stunning and practical: dressing rooms crafted to bring order and elegance to everyday life, home offices shaped around how you think and work, and home libraries where finish and proportion matter as much as the books themselves.

Each room or piece of furniture is built from the finest materials, designed to endure and blend naturally within your home.

There’s a quiet satisfaction in seeing something made just for you, something that feels right, fits perfectly, and will be part of your home for years to come.

If we can be of any help then please give us a call or have a look around our website.

04/02/2026

At Owen Blackwood Craftsmanship we love to restore architectural woodwork the same way we restore highly valued antique furniture. Care, patience and expertise goes in to everything we do.

This old floor has a beautiful gentle glow. It show real evidence of a hundred years of life but it’s clean and beautiful. The more you look at it the more depth you see. It’s very lovely.

Give us a call on 07852752794 if you have a floor that needs true restoration.

30/01/2026

Utility & Boot Room.

There’s a beautiful mix of materials in this project. A lovely blend of modern and traditional. The brief was to provide the family with a utility room where they could enter their home with walking boots, wellies and a muddy little dog. It needed to be clean, crisp, practical with a feeling of hand craftsmanship.

We’ve combined design elements from around their home so that this new room sits comfortably within its surroundings. Hand planed and fluted oak is combined with quartz worktop and cabinetry painted in Farrow & Bala “Wimborne White”. Seven beautiful oak pegs have been carved for coats and above shelving for baskets full of scarfs and gloves. We’ve thoroughly enjoying making this for a super family. Bring on the wellies, muddy puddles and April shower walks!!!

At Owen Blackwood Craftsmanship we love to design, make and restore beautiful work. All done with historical understanding and personal care. If we can be of any help then please give us a call or have a look around our website.

Address

Upton
Chester
CH21

Website

http://www.owenblackwood.co.uk/

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