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Alex Hykel - Furniture Maker and Artist

If you're looking for beautifully crafted furniture, or decorative woodwork that's built to last a lifetime, you've come to the right place. I'm Alex, and I'd love to help bring your vision to life.

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Conscientious Craftsmanship, Designed Around You

This site concentrates on sustainably produced wooden furniture and art, but to give you some context, I am a qualified carpenter with a decade of experience working inside homes across Bristol. As a professional independent carpenter, my focus is helping clients create beautiful, highly organized living spaces using sustainable, hard-wearing materials, built to last a lifetime.

Operating as a solo craftsman, I celebrate the natural grain of timber using natural finishes. To ensure every detail is perfect, I generally design bespoke commissions in 3D so customers can see exactly what their furniture and spaces will look like, before a single piece of wood is cut.

You can find out more about my carpentry services at hykelcarpentry.co.uk

Wooden Furniture and Art

  • Coffee Table with a Cherry Top

    Sustainable Wood Coffee Tables

    I design and build coffee tables using interesting combinations of sustainably sourced timbers. The table in the picture above has an American Cherry top, American Red Oak legs and English Sweet Chestnut Aprons. I will gladly build them to a custom size to suit your needs.

  • Wooden cabinet with orange doors in a room with decor elements like a plant and lamp.

    Bespoke Cabinets

    My Bristol based workshop is perfectly set up to make beautiful bespoke cabinets. The one featured is made from a combination of Black and Orange Valchromat, nicely paired with American Red Oak. I think the result is quite striking!

  • Offcuts

    I do everything I can to make use of all the materials that come into my workshop. One of my favourite ways to use up the inevitable offcuts is to create decorative wall art. I call these 'Beauty from Waste'

Bespoke Interior Carpentry

  • Handmade Solid Oak Occasional Table and Matching Solid Oak Fitted Shelves

    Made to Measure Shelving


    From perfectly fitted corner shelves to matching freestanding furniture, I design and build custom interior joinery to perfectly match your home. This picture showcases a set of floating corner shelves with a matching occasional table, all made from solid American White Oak, for a Bristol client.

  • A wooden vanity unit with a top mounted wash basin.

    Fitted Cabinets


    Bathrooms often present unique spatial challenges. I designed and built this custom vanity unit to fit precisely within a tight alcove. Working entirely with beautiful reclaimed hardwoods I created a pleasing cabinet with plenty of storage space, and a matching window sill.

  • Wooden staircase with a metal ladder against a wall

    Architectural Joinery


    My work extends beyond freestanding furniture to integral architectural features. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at a recent installation in a beautiful Backwell new-build: a set of custom floor-to-ceiling solid oak spindles. Designed to create a striking visual partition while complementing the modern polished concrete floors
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