“I bought one of the gorgeous Cedar of Lebanon wooden stools as a gift for my dad, and we all love it. It has a lovely, simple design that is expertly crafted from a beautiful piece of wood. The stool brings texture and nature into the home and works brilliantly as...
I’m proud to tell you that Alex Brooks Furniture has been selected to exhibit at the CRAFT Festival - Cheltenham! Craft Festival Cheltenham returns for its fifth year this March, with a hundred of the finest designer makers from across the UK exhibiting at Cheltenham...
Go back 5 years and consider what has happened up to now, you’d never believe it! It's been a difficult few years in business - at the end of 2019, having decided to stop promoting outdoor furniture via my brother company www.edbrooks.com, the shops then shut due to...
What we consider when sourcing the timber... Will we find it in the first place!? Dad keeps his ear to the ground. He grew up in the area and so knows a lot of the farmers and landowners. Often after a storm he may hear about a fallen tree and he will try and contact...
Come and visit our Dorset Workshop as part of Dorset Art Weeks 2022: VENUE 222 Saturday 14 MAY - Sunday 29 MAY 2022 Dorset Art Weeks is one of the UK's largest open studio events. Working with artists and arts venues across Dorset, Online & Studio visits. Alex and...
Caring for your oak chopping board/platter from Alex Brooks Furniture: Use it and enjoy it! Oak/Chestnut have tannins which give the wood it's colour, these will wash out over a few washes. Tannins can stain material. A food safe oil has been applied. Wash by hand or...
A project we worked on with our brother company Ed Brooks Furniture in collaboration with Emma Molony Printmaker. Ed Brooks Furniture and Emma collaborated on a gateway to celebrate local heritage. Depicted are one of the many Danish raids on Charmouth during the...
Come and visit our Dorset Workshop as part of Dorset Art Weeks 2021: VENUE 88 Saturday 22 MAY - Sunday 6 JUNE 2021 This year, to make the event more flexible and safe for artists and visitors, all the opening days and times will be featured digitally both on the DAW...
***The Penn table has now been relisted for auction - to place your bid CLICK HERE*** ANNOUNCING THE DORSET ART WEEKS ONLINE AUCTION | 7- 19 JULY Following the cancellation of this year’s Dorset Art Weeks (the UK’s largest free arts festival) over 80 artists present...
Great to see our Charred Cedar of Lebanon mirror showcased front and centre of the Trend Alert feature within KBB Magazine. The local and weathered Cedar of Lebanon wood I have used to create this mirror frame is organic in shape, rather than straight cut - with these...