01527 75700907597 558244info@mjsbespokejoinery.co.uk 9am–5pm, Monday to Friday HomeAboutServices Areas Our WorkReviewsContactRequest an Estimate Bespoke joinery service # Bespoke Furniture Makersin Stratford-upon-Avon One-off pieces made to your measurements, in your timber, at the size the room actually needs. Drawn with you, built by hand in our workshop, and delivered by the people who made it. Request a Free Quote01527 757009 25 years of joinery • Made in our Stratford-upon-Avon workshop • Free design consultation - Home - Services - Bespoke Furniture25 years Joinery experience behind the workshop 5.0 rating Average rating on our Google profile £10m / £5m Public and employer's liability cover Free quotes Design consultations and quotations Service overview ## What bespoke furniture involves and who it is for ### What bespoke furniture is Bespoke furniture is freestanding work made to a brief: dining tables, sideboards, consoles, desks, bookcases, benches, beds and display pieces. You choose the dimensions, the timber, the finish and the detailing, and we draw it, agree it and make it once: properly, by hand, in our own workshop. ### Who it is for It suits people who have measured a space and found nothing on the market fits it, who want a specific timber or finish, who need a piece to seat a particular number of people, or who want furniture they can take with them when they move rather than joinery fixed to the house. ### When it is needed Usually when a room is being finished and the last piece cannot be bought: a table for an awkward dining space, a sideboard for a wall with a radiator in the wrong place, a desk for a specific window. Clients often arrive with a photograph, a sketch, or just a maximum dimension. ### Why professional joinery matters Mass-produced furniture is designed to average dimensions and built to a price. A maker who draws and builds the same piece can hold a tolerance, choose boards for their grain, and construct joints that survive decades of use rather than a warranty period. The cost of getting it wrong ## What happens when this is left too long Buying the nearest available piece instead of the right one is the most expensive way to furnish a room, because it usually happens twice. ### Risks and escalating costs - A table that is 200mm too long turns a usable dining room into a squeeze around the chairs. - Veneered particleboard furniture chips at the edges and cannot be repaired or refinished. - Proportions that fight the room make an expensive space feel awkward without anyone being able to say why. - Buying twice costs more than commissioning once, and the first piece is rarely worth reselling. - Long retail lead times on imported furniture can be as long as a commission, with none of the control. ### Common mistakes we are called in to fix - Measuring the space but not the route into it, a finished piece has to get through the door. - Choosing a timber by name without seeing how it behaves under the room's actual light. - Ordering a table by seat count rather than by the clearance needed to pull a chair out. - Specifying a solid top with no allowance for seasonal movement, which is how tops split. - Treating finish as an afterthought when it determines how the piece survives daily use. Our process ## Five stages from first visit to finished joinery - Step 1 ### Brief and free consultation We talk through the piece, the room and the use, and take the dimensions that matter, including access. - Step 2 ### Design and itemised quotation You see the design, the timber and the detailing before you commit. Quotations are free and priced individually. - Step 3 ### Material selection and making Boards are selected for grain and colour, then the piece is machined, jointed and assembled by hand in our workshop. - Step 4 ### Finishing Hand-applied oil, wax, lacquer or paint, built up in coats and cured before the piece leaves the workshop. - Step 5 ### Delivery and placing We deliver and position the piece ourselves, check it in place and hand over care instructions. What you get ## The difference made-to-measure joinery actually delivers ### Sized for your room Dimensions follow the space and the way you use it, not a retail size chart. ### Materials you choose Oak, ash, walnut and other hardwoods, with finishes selected for the room's light and use. ### Joinery that lasts Constructed to be repairable and refinishable, our joinery is built to last a lifetime. ### Design input included 25 years of making behind every suggestion, from proportions to the practicalities of moving the piece in. ### No supply chain surprises Made here, by us, so the specification you agree is the specification that arrives. ### Yours to take with you Freestanding pieces move house with you, unlike fitted joinery. - Sized to your room rather than to a retail size chart - Quality hardwoods, veneers and hand-applied finishes - Design input from a team with 25 years behind it - Delivered and placed by the people who made it In detail ## Materials, methods and variations Clients often come to us with a sketch, a photograph or simply a measurement that nothing on the market fits. We turn that into a drawn design, agree it with you, and make it once, properly. Design consultations and quotations are free. There is no fixed price list, every project is priced individually because every project is made to measure. A deposit of 30–50% is taken depending on the size of the work. ### Materials we use European oak, ash and walnut are the timbers we work with most often, chosen for stability as much as appearance. For large tops we use either solid boards, jointed and matched for grain, or a veneered core where the span makes solid timber unwise. Hardwood edging and lippings protect the vulnerable arris on every panel. Painted pieces are built in MDF and solid timber sections, primed, filled and finished by hand. Hardware, hinges, runners, catches, castors, is specified to match the weight of the piece; a heavy drawer on a light runner will fail long before the cabinet does. ### Methods of construction We use conventional cabinetmaking joints where they earn their place: mortice and tenon for frames, housings for shelves, dominos and dowels where speed does not cost strength. Solid tops are fixed with buttons or slotted plates so the timber can move seasonally without splitting the frame beneath. Finishing is done in stages rather than in one pass: grain raised and cut back, coats built up, and the final surface levelled by hand. That is the step most volume furniture skips, and it is the one you feel every time you put your hand on the piece. ### Variations of the service Dining tables, extending tables, benches and chairs to match. Sideboards, drinks cabinets, consoles and hall tables. Freestanding bookcases and display cabinets. Desks and writing tables sized to specific monitors and chairs. Bed frames, headboards and blanket boxes. Occasional pieces built to replace something damaged or to complete a set. We also take on remakes: reproducing a piece that no longer exists, building a companion to an inherited item, or reworking an existing piece where the original construction can be saved. ### Situations this applies to Narrow period dining rooms in Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick where standard tables leave no circulation space. High-ceilinged Regency rooms in Leamington Spa and Cheltenham where normal-height furniture looks lost. Open-plan extensions in Solihull and Bromsgrove where a single long table has to do several jobs. Any room where the piece has to fit between two fixed points. ### Residential and commercial Commercial commissions, restaurant tables, reception furniture, retail display, are built with heavier sections and finishes chosen for constant use. We hold SMAS, CHAS and Safecontractor accreditation, our team is DBS checked, and we carry £10 million public liability and £5 million employer's liability cover. Read more about bespoke furniture variations Accredited & insured ## Checked, covered and accountable on every job You are collaborating with a company that holds the accreditations principal contractors ask for, and the insurance homeowners should. Every member of our team of 5 is DBS checked. £10 million Public liability cover £5 million Employer's liability cover - Checkatrade member - SMAS accredited - CHAS accredited - Safecontractor approved - Solid surface accredited installers - DBS checked team Common questions ## Answers before you enquire How much does a bespoke piece of furniture cost?Each commission is priced individually after we understand the size, timber, construction and finish. There is no price list, and the quotation is free. How long does a commission take?It depends on the piece and our workshop schedule. We give you realistic dates with the quotation rather than an optimistic figure at first contact. Can you work from my sketch or a photograph?Yes. Most commissions start that way. We turn it into a drawn design, agree it with you, and only then start making. Which timbers can I choose from?We regularly work in oak, ash and walnut in solid and veneered form, and we build painted pieces in MDF and solid timber. We will talk through what suits the use and the room. Will the piece fit through my door?We check access at survey. Where a finished piece cannot be brought in whole, we design it to be assembled in the room without that showing in the finished work. What deposit is required?30–50% depending on the size of the commission, with the balance due on completion. Can you repair or refinish the piece in future?Yes, building in solid timber with repairable construction is precisely what makes that possible. Do you deliver outside Stratford-upon-Avon?Yes. We deliver and place pieces across Warwick, Leamington Spa, Solihull, Evesham, Banbury, Worcester, Cheltenham and Bromsgrove. Next step ## Book your free design consultation We will survey the space, talk through the options and send an itemised quotation. No charge, no obligation, and the same team who quote are the team who build. 01527 75700925 years of joinery · Rated 5.0 on Google · £10m public liability cover Related services - Fitted Furniture - Home Offices - Bespoke Kitchens - All services Also available in - Stratford-upon-Avon - Warwick - Leamington Spa - Solihull - Evesham - Banbury - Worcester - Cheltenham - Bromsgrove Prefer to look around first? Visit the homepage, browse our work or contact us. Verified Google reviews ## Rated 5.0 by the people who live with our work “This is the third set of bespoke wardrobes MJS have made and fitted for us, and once again the experience has been exceptional. Their bespoke service is craftsmanship at its finest.”Sukhi DosanjhRepeat client, three projects “We couldn't be happier with the work MJS did building the children's playroom at Hooray's Gelato Kitchen. This was the first time they'd taken on a project like this, and you honestly would never know it.”Sasha BarkeCommercial playroom “MJS have recently installed a fantastic triple wardrobe with a bookcase in our master bedroom… to turn our sketch into a reality.”Maximilian GlogerWardrobe & bookcase Read all reviews on Google ## Ready to see what your space could become? Book a free design consultation. We survey the room, talk through the options and give you an itemised quotation, with no obligation. 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