Small beginnings...
The Craft Mill was started by accident. A happy accident of course, but we never meant for it to get as popular as it has.
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Since our tiny beginnings, we have made hundreds of Shoe Racks, scores of Benches and (literally) a shed load of Shelves!
Our ever growing family were fast running out of shoe storage, we had hundreds of them! Shoes, boots, wellies, flip-flops, trainers, sandals etc etc. I decided to put my skills to good use and after a trip to our local DIY store, I came back with a couple of scaffold boards and a bunch of screws, ready to make... something!
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Behold our first piece of scaffold board furniture was created!
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A fully functioning shoe rack, sure the design needed some refinement, but all our shoes were now neatly staked under the stairs. Once again I could walk into the house without fear of tripping over a pair of high heels!
...continued growth!
"Ooh, that looks nice", said a friend of my wifes. "Where's that from?" she asked...
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Another, more refined set of shelves was made. Then another and another. In fact, most of our friends seem to have something made by me in their homes!
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Next, some chunky shelves for the kitchen, complete with steel brackets, which I sprayed black. Then I started getting a bit more ambitious and made a dining table.
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Suddenly I was being asked for all kinds of things that people needed in their homes.
"You should put those on Facebook" came the next helpful bit of advice. Why not? I thought.
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A week later people who I didn't know and who didn't know me, were asking me to make them my shoe racks!
"Can you make a table?"
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"Can you make me a bench for the garden?
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"Do you do beds?
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Blimey, I was in business!
Ever since then we have gradually built up our small business, gradually honing our skills and adding to our product range.
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We try and stick to a few core products, and do them well!
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Of course, we are always open to suggestions and now we find that a good percentage of our work is commissioned, one-off pieces that suit a specific need.
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The quality of our products is down to the passion we have for making them, cutting, sanding, planing, staining... we just enjoy the whole process and get a real buzz from creating something great out of a bit of wood!
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So far, our customers agree!