2011 was an interesting year. Our turn over increased to £6.4 million and our actual sales broke the £7 million barrier for the first time. The last quarter has been very strong giving us a good order book coming into the New Year. If I did not read the newspapers or watch the ne... [More]

Recently I managed to find enough time to hop over the water to the Isle of Wight to swing a hammer with the site crew on my project for Mr & Mrs Sayers.   My design work for this project was extensive to say the least; having designed the post and beam oak frame, the... [More]

I was introduced to Stuart and Diane Wilkie by Tim Crump in the autumn of 2006. This was one of my early projects with Oakwrights, having originally partnered up with them in 2004 following the founding of my design studio at PJT Design.   Both Tim and I had a num... [More]

Just recently, St Joseph’s RC Primary School in Ross-on-Wye invited me along to talk about how Oakwrights design and build oak frames.   Class 2 has been working really hard on a project about the Great Fire of London and Tudor and Stuart houses. ... [More]

Once a year we like to organise a day, for our design studio team to get out and stimulate their brain cells; to see some of our finished projects and what other designers are doing. Design is of great importance to Oakwrights, and like any creative subject, it is a collaborative discipline.... [More]

  The pupils and staff of Stretton Sugwas Primary School are once more feeling the benefit of having an established county employer right on their doorstep. TJ Crump Oakwrights have built on their already rooted support of the community with a donation of a new sports kit for the childr... [More]

The Carpenters Fellowship, which is the body that represents all oak frame carpenters and oak frame companies, holds an event called Frame each year at a different location which is normally an open air museum.   The idea is to have a weekend where knowledge can b... [More]

Here is a taster of pictures to come. At first glance you would be forgiven for thinking that this is a typical Cotswold stone house. There is no real indication of any oak framing being involved in this project but how wrong this assumption would be.   ... [More]

  Earlier this year my wife Serena had success in getting to the final 20 of this years’ Master Chef competition on the BBC.   Serena found the competition great fun, and I benefitted from tasting all her new ideas.... [More]

In Oakwrights busy Hereford office, I am usually kept busy, dealing with marketing and customer enquiries. However, today I had a complete break from the norm.   I left the office and headed north, to Leominster, to spend some time with the pupils at Westfield Sch... [More]