05/03/2024
This beautiful Oak door frame is old. We’re not sure how old but she is very old, maybe 1640’s .In recent times her head (top rail) had been removed to make way for a waste pipe along with a large section of her right hand leg. It took a while and a fair amount of ‘heft’ to carefully remove and relocate her into the workshop and finally onto a bench.
We replaced the missing parts with ‘green oak’ as it’s easier to work with and set about replicating the original ornate mouldings.
It was a privilege to work on such an historic piece. We felt a lot of pleasure and gained a lot satisfaction in bringing her back to something like her former glory.
Whilst working we thought a lot about the lives of people who made it, we wondered how old they were, did they have kids, what else they made, what they worried about, was the boss happy! And what they may have had for lunch etc etc etc.
And now she’s back in her original place, being admired once again.
