Having supplied a Wooden Fireplace Package to a customer of ours back in December 2007 he contacted me today to discuss an idea he has of incorporating an oak carving he has of birds etc into one of our Oak surrounds.
It turns out he has moved house as the fireplace he had before was pine large corbel and he has been visiting our website for a new fireplace he wants.
Anyway after enquiring what we can do for him he again wants a solid fuel package and likes our Oak Stourhead mantel and has this idea to fit a carving from an old Bureau into the mantel panel.
Anyway after discussion we said it can be routed into the panel by around 12mm as this carving was an old drawer front and is around 34″ wide.
He was going to try fitting it himself but as we make the mantels it would be easier for him to send template of this carving by post so we can cut that into the oak mantel after making freize deeper so it looks in proportion.
It makes sense for us to do it before assembly as it gives us more room to work round it without the mantel shelf getting in the way.
So off he has gone to make the template after adjusting the carving so hopefully we get the order as its something different to manufacture instead of just our normal surrounds, i will keep you informed
There are not many companies who would go to the trouble to do this but we do making sure the customer gets what they want is one of our priorities
Tags: Carving, Made to measure, Mantel, Oak, Stourhead, Surround