Nicholas Olliffe Ltd consists of a team of craftsmen lead by Nicholas and supervised by a workshop manager ensuring quality is maintained at all times. It is important to the company that the skills and techniques are passed onto the younger generation, therefore, we employ a local apprentice to work alongside our qualified team of cabinet makers and who attends college once a week.
This ensures techniques and hand skills are taught and the craft of furniture making continues.
This ensures techniques and hand skills are taught and the craft of furniture making continues.
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After graduating from Rycotewood college in 1990 Nicholas went on to complete a 5 year apprenticeship with John Makepeace at Parnham House in Dorset. Since completing this he has gone on to work for several leading designer makers both in England and abroad. He heads a small team of craftsmen and apprentices creating one-off bespoke pieces both for corporate and private clients.
From project managing a building project to designing and making a free standing piece of furniture we offer the whole package from conception to completion. We are happy to work alongside architects and designers to complete projects on time and more importantly on budget. Working closely with our clients we produce design concepts, which then evolve into real pieces of furniture.
We provide architects with a full support service to assist them to exceed their client's expectations. We are happy to work from existing drawings or produce our own using CAD to help bring concepts to reality. Advice will be offered on the selection of the correct materials and construction techniques to fit the project's budget and give longevity to the final piece/product.
At Nicholas Olliffe Ltd we make the creation of your new kitchen both an enjoyable and simple process. Our workshop in Clanfield, Oxfordshire has no fancy show room but at any time throughout the process you are welcome to come and see your kitchen being made. We are confident the finished bespoke product will be both timeless and made to the highest standard by our craftsmen, using both hand skills and modern machinery.
My background and passion has always been for making both traditional well-made pieces of furniture and experimental modern pieces. When commissioned by our clients we produce design concepts which then evolve into real pieces of furniture that exceed the client's expectations.
Using both scale and full size drawings and mockups every proportion and detail is checked to ensure the final piece meets both our own and client's high expectations using only the best timbers and veneers.Our team of craftsmen and apprentices use traditional hand techniques alongside modern machinery to produce wonderful items of furniture from conception to completion, which they and the company are very proud of.
Using both scale and full size drawings and mockups every proportion and detail is checked to ensure the final piece meets both our own and client's high expectations using only the best timbers and veneers.Our team of craftsmen and apprentices use traditional hand techniques alongside modern machinery to produce wonderful items of furniture from conception to completion, which they and the company are very proud of.
