Wood Works

Wood Works Woodworks offers learning and making and learning opportunities in our workshop and shop.

This is a new business, and has come as an opportunity to turn my life long love of woodwork and furniture making experience into something more. We aim to solve some typical home-owners niggles and dilemmas with practical and economic solutions. Design and build
Projects designed with you to your requirements:
- Storage: books, cd’s, shelving, cupboards, wardrobes, garden tools, bins…
- Workspace

s: desks,
- Living spaces: window seats, tables, alcoves
- Upcycling, using recycled timber such as pallets to make tables, beds, benches

Modifications
Furniture and timber objects modified to suit new requirements:
- Furniture repairs eg chairs, tables, storage, doors, garden furniture
- Upcycling, adapting furniture and objects for new uses

Contact me for a free consultation and estimate service.

Introducing our first maker showcase... ...About the MakerMatthew Whyte is a designer-maker based in south-east London. ...
19/06/2026

Introducing our first maker showcase... ...

About the Maker

Matthew Whyte is a designer-maker based in
south-east London. He started woodworking in 2021 after discovering HG Woodworks and has since become passionate about creating furniture that explores pattern, colour, and material. He has developed his skills and personal style within the workshop’s supportive learning environment.

Previous projects include distinctive bedside cabinets with patterned plywood detailing and coffee tables that combine hardwood with patterned accents in birch plywood and reclaimed oak parquet.

Matthew draws inspiration from modernist designers including Jean Prouvé, Alvar Aalto, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Building on this foundation, his current work emerges from ongoing experimentation with colour and pattern, combining plywood and valchromat to create colourful, playful accent furniture.

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Woodland Heritage's Open Days: Gill and I visited John Makepeace's home. Such a privilege to hear a visionary maker talk...
11/06/2026

Woodland Heritage's Open Days: Gill and I visited John Makepeace's home. Such a privilege to hear a visionary maker talk about his career and work. Such remarkable drive and vision for ecology, architecture, design and craft.... My mum wanted me to go on a course with him 40 years ago - bit late on that one...

So we're just back from a holiday in North Yorkshire, Gayle Sawmill is historic, waterpowered, fascinating - and a bit ...
04/06/2026

So we're just back from a holiday in North Yorkshire, Gayle Sawmill is historic, waterpowered, fascinating - and a bit scary tbh!!! Well worth a visit. Shout out to the volunteers there, they are doing a brilliant job. Thank you!

Here's are some of the recent finished projects...a real tribute to each of the makers skill and design....
04/02/2026

Here's are some of the recent finished projects...a real tribute to each of the makers skill and design....

Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas/Season's Greetings. Thank you to everyone who has supported / helped / encourage...
18/12/2025

Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas/Season's Greetings.
Thank you to everyone who has supported / helped / encouraged HG Woodworks over this year. We look forward to the New Year in anticipation of more making, interesting designs and fun in our warm and welcoming community! My hope is also we will be able to bring on board tutors to move people off the waiting list into classes! (Details above!)

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London
SE136NL

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+447957118403

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