Category Archives: Commission
Making beautiful new choir stalls for St Mildred’s Church in Croydon
We are honoured to have been entrusted with a wonderful project to design and build [...]
Making a Church Font for the 21st Century
If you follow us on Instagram you will have noticed us telling the story of [...]
Working with the people of Newport to design a new altar for their Cathedral
December saw the culmination of months of work and an unbelievable collaboration between Dovetailors and [...]
Sustainable Church Furniture Design
It is a great privilege to be invited into church communities to work on a [...]
How to redesign a church to create a community space
Creating a community-centric space without losing character, heritage or purpose is on the wish list [...]
Work begins on a beautiful new font for Liverpool Parish Church
Our latest ecclesiastical project for Liverpool Parish Church takes inspiration from a font we designed [...]
5 lessons from our experience of designing furniture for Places of Worship
Over the years we are very lucky to have had the opportunity to create furniture [...]
How careful design can help special spaces tell their story
We have written many times about our expertise in designing purposeful furniture for historic buildings [...]
How Abbeys and Cathedrals Can Adapt Without Losing Their Identity
Up and down the country churches, cathedrals and abbeys are removing their historic ecclesiastical furniture [...]
Complex engineering for purposeful church furniture design
Church buildings all over the country are changing functionally in order to meet the modern [...]
Creating church furniture to serve local communities
Shaping church interiors to meet the needs of modern day worship and community activities is [...]
Designing bespoke church furniture for modern communities
Over many years, we have worked on commissions and designs for bespoke church furniture establishing [...]
Behind the scenes in the Dovetailors furniture workshop
Running a busy furniture workshop demands teamwork and we’re fortunate to have a committed and [...]
Handcrafted Wooden Cross for Yorkshire School
Our expertise in bespoke design for churches and schools has been called on again recently [...]
Church Furniture Maker Designs Cathedral Vestry Wardrobes
Our reputation as a specialist church furniture maker has led to us becoming involved in [...]
Mirfield Monastery Chooses Yorkshire Church Furniture Makers
Our reputation as church furniture makers has led to an exciting project for an Anglican [...]
Dovetailors features in RIBA directory for architects
The latest RIBA directory for architects features a wonderful article on the award-winning Sheffield Cathedral [...]
Why our historic churches have an important role to play now and in the future
Why our historic churches have an important role to play now and in the future [...]
Designing furniture for churches
Any project that involves designing new furniture for an old building demands a sensitive approach, [...]
Dovetailors Delivers new Altar to Wakefield Cathedral
After months of design work and many hours of dedicated craftsmanship in our workshop we [...]