Handmade Hideaway Huts, Upper Clunes, South Clunes (2026)

Constructed from locally sourced timber.

08/02/2022

Our Woodland Hut utilises timbers that are very rare and unavailable commercially.

Some of the Oak used in the Woodland Huts construction ensured an afterlife being given to a beautiful old Oak tree that was offered to us after a truly wild Highland storm. This storm affected many trees in the area.

We milled the Oak onsite in the grounds it came down in which was a local historic Scottish Castle. We milled it with a portable sawmill. Then the boards were ferried back up to our workshops by tractor and trailer.

The hand sawn shingles used for the exterior cladding of the Woodland Hut utilise naturally durable Larch originating from windblown trees rescued from a storm at Plodda Falls.

Timber from an old Caledonian Pine tree was used from Glen Morriston as well as a tree from Glen Affric. Glen Affric is one of the few last remaining parts of the stunning ancient Caledonian Forest that once covered much of Scotland.

Port Orford Cedar shingles were also sawn from trees originating from just over the Glen from our workshops.

Not one local tree utilised in the Woodland Huts construction has travelled for more than thirty miles to our workshops. So as far as embodied energy is concerned, this approach makes the Hut just about as green as it can get.

We plant three trees for every one tree used and we have followed this re-planting ethos by sourcing and planting trees in a manner to ensure a future conscious approach to ensure the replenishment of local tree stocks for the last 28 years.

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05/02/2022

Our Barn and Workshop here at Clunes, where we hand build our huts are constructed using the highest quality locally sourced European Larch trees.

Some of the trees used in our buildings plus our huts came from the beautiful Plodda Falls near Glen Affric.

We were offered these trees after a huge storm down at Plodda which uprooted many. These trees were of superb quality, most being 'boat skins' which means virtually knot free timber that was traditionally selected to build boats, hence the term ‘boat skin larch’.

One of our customers at the time, for whom we made a coloured Birch kitchen, lived at Plodda in their beautiful cottage right in the middle the Forest.

When the storm ensued, they could hear tree after tree cracking and then crashing down in the forest surrounding their home all through the night. An experience they said they would not want to go through twice in one in lifetime! Luckily they were both ok and amazingly their beautiful cottage survived the storm intact.

11/12/2021

Situated in the stunning Highlands of Scotland here at Handmade Hideaway Huts we lovingly craft quirky, bespoke and unique Glamping Huts.

With over 28 years experience of traditional joinery and cabinet making we have built up a long list of very happy customers. We’re not about high volume production but high quality craftsmanship.

Our past commissions in furniture and traditional joinery range from bespoke Birch kitchens for million pound homes to Elm church alters. Three meter long Oak dining tables to Sycamore bookcases. Oak partner’s desks to Post and Beam timber framed buildings to name but a few of our commissions.

All work is predominantly made from native timbers from the trees around us. We also feature in The Homebuilding & Renovating Magazines 'Green Homes' book.

Handmade Hideaway Huts started as a twinkle in our eye on our furniture making journey resulting eventually in the Huts we hand make today.

Lovingly hand crafted using time honoured skills the Huts are built to last and to stand the test of Highland winters.

All the local trees used in the Huts construction are responsibly sourced. Our approach has enabled some majestic old storm damaged trees to be given an afterlife. Boards from these ancient trees hark back to when wolves roamed the Highlands. In addition we enjoy re-using, re-cycling and giving objects from the past a new purpose and function within the Huts.

As our experience spanning decades specializes in the use of native timbers sourced locally from our surrounding area here in the Highlands, this in depth knowledge of timber gives the Huts an unrivalled and unique edge in a world becoming increasingly conscious with regards to climate change.

No local tree used in the Huts (as well as the construction of our workshops) has travelled for more than 30 miles, making our carbon footprint almost negligible. Our planting of at least three trees for every one we use gives you the confidence to be sure that a genuine eco-friendly approach is applied in the sourcing and replacing of our raw materials.

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Adrian & Alison

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Upper Clunes, South Clunes

IV57PT

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