Project showcase

Real Projects. Real Homes.

Every photograph here is Gary's own work — 102 photographs across 21 projects, including plenty shot mid-build rather than only when everything was tidy.

All projects

Redwood built-in bench wrapping two walls of a patio corner, with matching horizontal redwood cladding on the wall behind
12 photos

Carpentry

Redwood Built-In Patio Bench with Hidden Storage

A wraparound redwood bench built into a patio corner, with the seat sections hinged to open into dry storage underneath.

Live-edge walnut dining table with a clear blue resin river down the centre, on a patterned rug in a bright room
3 photos

Custom Woodworking

Live-Edge Walnut River Table

A live-edge hardwood dining table with a clear blue resin river poured between two matched slabs, on a blackened steel base.

Tall horizontal redwood fence running along a side yard with even gaps between every board
8 photos

Fences & Gates

Horizontal Redwood Fence

Full-height horizontal redwood fencing built board by board on site, with tight consistent reveals down the whole run.

Timber slat ceiling running at a diagonal and scribed around a rough stone chimney breast
6 photos

Installations

Timber Slat Walls & Ceilings

Fine-pitch timber slat panelling run across ceilings and feature walls, including a run mitred around a stone chimney breast.

Finished green and blue resin table top on ornate blue iron legs standing on a patio
8 photos

Custom Woodworking

Green Resin River Table

A hardwood table with a translucent green-and-blue resin pour, finished and set on ornate blue-painted iron legs.

Pair of tall redwood gates closed across a concrete driveway opening
4 photos

Fences & Gates

Redwood Gates & Entry Arbor

Matched double gates and a heavy timber entry arbor, built to the opening rather than cut down from a stock panel.

Sliding barn door in warm timber hung on black top track beside a wall-mounted television
5 photos

Installations

Sliding Barn Doors

Solid timber sliding barn doors with black strap hardware, hung on exposed top track where a swing door would not fit.

Resin table top poured to resemble turquoise ocean water washing over pale sand
4 photos

Custom Woodworking

Ocean-Pour Resin Table Top

A resin table top poured and worked to look like shoreline water over sand, with breaking surf along the wood edge.

Horizontal fence panels fixed to slim grey steel posts beside a paved driveway
3 photos

Fences & Gates

Horizontal Fence with Steel Posts

Horizontal fencing carried on painted steel posts instead of timber, for a thinner post line and a straighter long-term run.

Welding in progress behind a welding helmet, with the arc lighting up the work and the visor reflection
4 photos

Fences & Gates

Wrought Iron Fence Welding & Repair

On-site welding to repair a decorative wrought iron fence, reset its posts and bring the damaged sections back into line.

Tall cat tree built from a branching trunk with platforms and an enclosed den box in a garden
2 photos

Custom Projects

Live-Edge Cat Tree & Den

A cat tree built from a real branching trunk with a hollowed sleeping den and platforms following the natural forks.

Arched timber garden bridge with curved handrails spanning a pebble creek bed among flowering shrubs
2 photos

Outdoor Projects

Arched Garden Bridge

A curved timber footbridge with shaped handrails, built to span a dry creek bed in a garden.

Rebuilt front porch with pale painted steps and railing meeting a brick pathway
12 photos

Outdoor Projects

Decks, Porches & Entry Steps

Deck platforms, front porch rebuilds and entry stairs, including handrails and the transition back into existing paths.

Pale hardwood rocking chair with a freshly woven cord seat and tall woven back panel
4 photos

Custom Projects

Woven Rocking Chair Restoration

A rocking chair rebuilt in pale hardwood with the seat and back completely rewoven in cord.

New attic opening cut into a ceiling showing the framed edge and existing wiring running through the joist bay
4 photos

Home Repairs

New Attic Access Hatch

A new framed attic opening cut into a finished ceiling and trimmed out, in a bay crowded with existing wiring.

Diagonal tiled garden path set between dark pebble margins running across a lawn
5 photos

Outdoor Projects

Tile Patios & Garden Walkways

Laid and repaired tile patios, brick steps and set-stone walkways, including a diagonal path bedded between pebble margins.

Long redwood planter box built along a garden bed with new low planting in front
3 photos

Outdoor Projects

Redwood Planters & Outdoor Sink Cabinet

Built-in redwood planter boxes and a tiled outdoor sink cabinet built to fit the spot it stands in.

New white baseboard and cabinet trim running along a pale timber floor
2 photos

Carpentry

Trim, Molding & Baseboard

Baseboard, quarter-round and casing fitted to existing walls and floors, scribed where the surfaces are not straight.

Dark timber mantle shelf fitted across a white painted brick fireplace with a round mirror above
1 photo

Carpentry

Timber Fireplace Mantle

A solid timber mantle shelf fitted to a painted brick fireplace, levelled to the room rather than to the brickwork.

Pale hardwood table and matching wall bench on slim black steel frames against a block wall
8 photos

Custom Woodworking

Live-Edge Tables & Hardwood Benches

Slab tables and benches on slim steel frames, plus shop work — glue-ups, a turned stool and a shaped hardwood board.

Slatted timber privacy screen and pergola frame under construction in a back garden
2 photos

Outdoor Projects

Privacy Screens & Pergola

Slatted privacy screening and pergola framing built to block a specific sightline rather than wall off the whole yard.

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