Reviews

Alec designed and made some beautiful fireside shelves and cupboards for our Edwardian downstairs living area. 5 years on and they are still one of our best investments. Alec worked around our tight budget and was so calm and patient with us.

Alec designed and built a beautiful fully insulated bespoke garden office and utility room to replace our old garage. He provided expert guidance and design consultation, helping us to perfect our design down to the smallest of details. He managed everything on the project for us from demolition through to painting and lighting. We now have a dedicated quiet, heated office (/ guest bedroom) with views over the garden and a highly functional utility and storage room built to the highest standard. Alec and his team completed the work on time whilst delivering a final building that looks and feels better than we'd ever thought was possible on our budget. Alec and his team were a pleasure to have around during the works, being tidy, friendly and brilliant with our children. We'd highly recommend them.

Alec has beautifully restored our antique oak cupboard, sanding and polishing the wood that had been painted and wallpapered over. Alec was easy to contact, punctual and polite. He was considerate in the house keeping noise and dust to a minimum.

My husband and I bought an old farmhouse in need of a complete renovation. We needed fitted wardrobes; a linen cupboard, built in cabinetry, wall panelling and a window seat for the playroom. Alec has produced the most wonderful creations. He worked closely with me to understand the look and feel we wanted to achieve with the house, helped guide me through materials and finishes decisions comfortably ahead of time and gave useful guidance on the impact (cost, time, robustness - we have two small children) of these decisions. Alec also helped with numerous other small touches and finishes that came up as we worked through the renovations giving practical but beautiful solutions to tricky problems (like plywood "walls" in the hall). The work that Alec has done has transformed our house, made it a beautiful place to live and given a home for all our stuff! I couldn't recommend Alec and his team highly enough. I will absolutely be asking him to come back when we do the next stage of extending the house. He is a true artist with an eye for detail who creates beautiful furniture that will stay with us for decades to come.

"Recently we retired from a life of organic dairy farming and wanted to take something with us as a reminder. We rescued a couple of Fullwood milk vacuum jars from the old milking parlour and asked Alec Spencer if he would make them into two lamps for us to put in our new home. Alec came to the farm to look at the jars and to discuss our vague ideas and get a feel for project. He went away and made sketches for us to look at and then set to to create two wonderful, bespoke lamps. Each was mounted on a 3-legged structure as a nod to the milking stool of yesteryear and he incorporated bevelled edges onto each leg to reflect the shape of a forage harvester ???shear bar???. He took time to source L.E.D bulbs that complemented the design and even added dimmer switches. Carefully crafted in oak, the lamps blend well with our other furniture. They have exceeded our expectations and we love them. We appreciated the way that Alec took our feeble, half formed musings and transformed them into wonderful reality. When we collected the lamps we met his young children and the whole experience was one of rounded and personal care and craftsmanship. We would highly recommend Alec to anybody thinking of commissioning a one-off piece or any other work for??that??matter."