Category Archives: News
In Review: Clerkenwell Design Week 2024
We made our debut appearance at the iconic Clerkenwell Design Week #CDW24 where we unveiled [...]
Stylish home office furniture: An expert’s guide to the latest trends
Are you tired of hunting online for stylish home office furniture that never quite meets [...]
Flexible options for office desks
With the increase in hybrid and flexible working, it has never been more important to [...]
Making use of our donated vintage burr wood
We were fortunate enough to be given some incredible vintage burr wood from a woodworking [...]
What is a Paschal Candle and how is it used?
As specialists in church furniture, we are often asked to help worshipping communities create special [...]
Q & A with Emmanuelle Bastide-Wilson, Managing Director at Dovetailors
Emmanuelle co-founded Dovetailors with her husband David and leads the operational side of the business. [...]
Furniture manufacturing and the circular economy
As furniture designers, we are passionate about sustainability and the principles of a circular economy [...]
Evolving our successful trestle design for consoles and coffee tables
Recently we have been pushing the boundaries with one of our most popular engineered design [...]
How we make wood components and frames for upholstered furniture
Over the years we have developed an outstanding reputation as one of the UK’s leading [...]
5 clever ways to mix modern furniture with vintage looks
Here at Dovetailors we have a real passion for interiors that are inspired by some [...]
Visitor Welcome Hub and Interpretation Stands for Temple Newsam
We’ve been working with the team at Temple Newsam to help them enhance their visitor [...]
Update on our Bacci 5 axis CNC machine
The arrival of our Bacci 5-axis CNC machine towards the end of last year was [...]
Our approach to designing chancel and sanctuary furniture
Up and down the country a transformation is taking place, as the custodians of many [...]
Revealed: Our Bestselling Bespoke Furniture Design of 2021
The past 18 months have been characterised by the growth of the work from home [...]
Stacking chairs for public buildings
A lot of our work for ecclesiastical and community buildings now involves making furniture that [...]
5 of the Best Laptop Desks
With more of us working from home for at least some of the week these [...]
Making a Church Font for the 21st Century
If you follow us on Instagram you will have noticed us telling the story of [...]
We’ve moved to a bigger space
Over the last few weeks we’ve been moving our entire workshop to a new place [...]
Made to Measure Desks and Home Offices
With so many people now working from home, the demand for good quality made to [...]
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 [...]
A step by step guide to designing your own custom made furniture
What if you have an idea for a great piece of furniture that would fit [...]
5 innovations in furniture design to look out for in 2019
As furniture designers ourselves and component makers for some really exciting British interior design brands, [...]
How craft and technology are the perfect duo for a sustainable future
A perfect storm of economic and social conditions is enabling small businesses like ours to [...]
Dovetailors teams up with London home design company HeadSprung
Dovetailors has collaborated with London design consultancy Studio Hemal Patel to develop a range of [...]
Q&A with Craig our Head Maker
When did you start at Dovetailors and what were your first impressions? I started in [...]
How good product design and development helps growth
New product design is not just an important part of business success, the two are [...]
Q&A With David our Creative Director
Dovetailors’ creative director, furniture designer and engineer David Wilson took some time out of his [...]
Key appointment for Leeds bespoke furniture company
Leeds furniture design company Dovetailors has promoted one of its cabinetmakers to head maker as [...]
Dovetailors Becomes FSC® Certified
Ethical sourcing and sustainable design have always been important to us so we are delighted [...]
Getting crafty at Farsley Community Weekend
Here at Dovetailors, we’re counting down the days until we join the fun and games at [...]
Dovetailors Wins Customer Service Award
Leeds furniture company Dovetailors has won a national award recognizing excellence in customer service. The [...]
Dovetailors is now on Houzz
As many of our regular customers know, we have recently launched a ready to buy [...]