Birkwood

We are an unpretentious and honest cabinet-making workshop with small showroom. We design, make and install beautiful cabinetry around Scotland, using plywood as the foundation for all our work. Every kitchen or item of furniture made in our workshop is as unique and individual as the clients who work with us. Despite not taking a one size fits all approach to design, each piece is given the same exacting level of detail, attention and pride. Our approach to cabinet making has been borne not only through many years of learning and experience but also with the objective of making the strongest furniture to endure several generations' worth of wear and tear.

Our team is headed up by Mark Williamson. An Australian by birth, Mark is a time-served cabinet maker who served his apprenticeship in Brisbane way back in 1992. There he continued his professional development within a large shopfitting business and gained valuable additional experience in AutoCAD design and project management. Fuelled by a dual passion for mountain biking and a cooler climate he moved to the UK in 2004 and after managing store fit-outs for a large outdoor retailer, opened Birkwood in 2007.

We make contemporary and traditional bespoke plywood furniture for both domestic and commercial settings and we specialise in non-standard sizes and awkward spaces.

Using plywood for the cabinetry, our in-frame doors and drawer fronts are crafted using a five-piece shaker-style construction, or in a preferred style of your choosing. The centre panel is birch plywood and the stiles and rails are solid tulip-wood; tulip wood is a beautiful, stable wood and offers a perfect surface for hand-painting. Visible brush strokes carry with them the resonance of tradition and craftsmanship; a hand-painted cabinet will have enduring appeal and stand the test of time. Our time-served master painters from Bannerman Decorators apply 4 coats of Farrow and Ball's pigment-rich paint in your colour of choosing.