A process shaped around the project

How
we work

There is no standard starting point. We begin where the project needs us: at your home, at The Well Barn, or alongside the team already leading the work.

Design work for a Corinthian commission
From possibility to fitted room
  1. 01Understand
  2. 02Develop
  3. 03Make
  4. 04Fit

Some clients arrive with a detailed brief and a folder of ideas. Others know only that a room no longer works. Both are useful starting points.

A workshop visit can make materials, proportions and methods tangible. For other commissions, the right first step is for us to see the space—how it is used, what belongs there and what should change. We agree the most useful way to begin when we first speak.

At The Well Barn
See how the work is drawn and made, and begin around the workshop table.
In your space
Let the room, the house and the way you live establish the brief.
With your team
Bring us into an existing project at the point where cabinetmaking is needed.

The shape of the work

One part of the project.
Or the whole room.

Joining a wider project

Master cabinetmaking within an existing team.

When an architect, interior designer or project lead already holds the wider brief, Neil leads the cabinetmaking within their scheme—from developing the fitted work and resolving details through to making and installation.

Leading the room

One workshop to hold the room together.

When you would rather keep the room with one team, we can lead its design and coordinate the connected decisions—from cabinetry, appliances and hardware to custom worktops and specialist work in glass or stone from our suppliers.

  1. 01

    Understand

    Begin where the project will tell us most.

    In your space or around the workshop table, we establish what the room needs to do, what should change and who else is involved. Detailed ideas are welcome, but not required.

  2. 02

    Develop

    Turn the brief into decisions you can see.

    Layouts, drawings and samples bring proportion, function and material together. We also resolve the appliances, hardware and specialist work that meet the cabinetry before anything reaches the bench.

  3. 03

    Make

    Keep design decisions close to the bench.

    Cabinetmaking and finishing take place at The Well Barn, where details can be considered against the whole room.

  4. 04

    Fit

    Carry the work into its setting.

    We deliver, install and adjust the cabinetry in the room it was made for. Where we are leading the room, we also coordinate the relevant specialist work and finishing details.

A fitted library and study made by Corinthian
Made at The Well Barn

The Well Barn · Little Crosby

Design stays close to the bench.

Drawing, cabinetmaking and finishing stay connected inside one workshop, so decisions made on paper can be judged in timber as the work develops.

Timing

A date we can
stand behind.

Every commission is different, so we do not publish a standard project length or promise a start date before we understand the work.

Once the scope is clear, we can discuss how it fits into the workshop diary and give you a delivery and installation date. If your wider project already has important dates, bring them to the first conversation.

Limited annual commissions

Worth making.
Worth waiting for.

A small team, one-off designs and no production line. Current availability is discussed openly at the first conversation.