Bench Tops

Custom Bathroom Vanity

The beauty and texture of Antique French Oak, combined with superior craftsmanship and joinery work came together to create this amazing Bathroom Vanity. A completely customised piece, our Client purchased a range of exacting dressed Oak lengths, which we milled at our country Victoria Mill.

The Client’s cabinet maker then set to work, building the vanity, then sealing the cabinet in the very best quality Oak sealing treatments. The vanity was installed, plumbed, and the tiling was then completed. With the hand selected basin added, the vanity was then given a final buff and coating, and this room was ready for handover. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Bespoke Joinery

Bespoke Bedroom Joinery

A Client came to us with a simple brief; mill and deliver some beautiful lengths of a timber species that would look great as bedroom joinery pieces.

We suggested our cost-efficient Kiln Dried French Oak, they loved it, and we supplied them with numerous set lengths at 190mm x 21mm DAR (dressed all round), rather than our standard T&G flooring finish in random lengths.

The site work was done by a local carpentry specialist, finished in our suggested Loba range of hard wax oils, and then the soft furnishings were added, Voila! A warm, relaxing and homely master bedroom for this inner city Victorian era home. [Read more…]

Spotted Gum Bespoke Joinery

French Oak Australasia supplied bespoke Spotted Gum Stair Treads and Stair Case materials to this residential project in Melbourne. The kiln dried Spotted Gum was laminated and joined, and then dark stained, before having 3 coats of high gloss lacquer applied.

Matching pieces to clad and box the steel stair case spine were included, and then the stair case was built on site and secured to the glass framing, to create a striking and functional feature to the home.

We supplied genuine Queensland Spotted Gum to this project, which was further kiln dried after pre-milling, an added benefit to the project for our Client. Email us at [email protected] to create your bespoke project.
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Filed Under: Australian Timbers, Bespoke Joinery, Spotted Gum Tagged With: Bespoke Joinery, Spotted Gum, Stair Treads

Recycled Blackbutt Joinery

French Oak Australasia supplied Recycled Blackbutt cabinetry panels for this beautiful kitchen project in Sydney, NSW. The Blackbutt was cut and laminated, black filled and sanded. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Australian Bespoke Joinery, Australian Timbers, Bespoke Joinery, Blackbutt Tagged With: Australian Timber, Blackbutt Joinery, Recycled Blackbutt, Recycled Cabinetry, Recycled Hardwood

Balgowlah, Sydney, NSW

This project, commissioned by a kitchen manufacturer for their residential project Client, called for our beautiful 250 year old Recycled French Oak beams, sourced directly from France.

A monster, 2.0m x 2.0m island kitchen bench top, and then later in the project, the Client requested a 2.5m x 600mm office desk top, complete with bespoke cable hole. Both bench tops were cut to our standard 40mm finished thickness, and softened beautifully with a 3mm pencil round on each edge and corner. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Bespoke Joinery Tagged With: Bench Top, French Oak Beams, Joinery, Recycled Beams, Solid French Oak

Bespoke Joinery

French Oak Australasia supplies dressed French Oak, Australian Hardwoods, and NOW our American Oak, Black Walnut, & American Red Oak for all manner of projects. Different and widths and thicknesses available. Contact us today at: [email protected]

Professional Office Cairns

French Oak Australasia supplied a professional services office in Cairns with this recently sourced pack of Recycled Blackbutt, which was French Oak Australasia from a former car servicing garage in Toowoomba, Queensland, the first car servicing garage built in that city. Based on the age of the original building, these beams have been seasoning in situ at the garage for over 85 years.

The original beams were 300mm x 300mm in size. The Client requested they be brought back to 200mm x 200mm, and simply dressed with a very small bevelled edge. Underneath the main beams is a clever shadow line, created by a recessed plank made from the leftover materials after reduction in size at the Mill. This offers a cool, dark line of delineation between the floor covering and the first horizontal line of beams.
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Filed Under: Bespoke Joinery, Post and Beam, Timber Tagged With: Australian Hardwoods, Blackbutt Posts, Hardwood Posts, Recycled Blackbutt, Recycled Hardwood

CUB Headquarters, Melbourne

French Oak Australasia supplied the CUB Headquarters at Southbank, in Melbourne, some amazing Recycled Spotted Gum, in rough sawn, bespoke produced profile, pre oiled internal feature cladding.

We actually supplied this project in 2 parcels. The original order was installed as a feature entry wall in the Foyer at CUB. The Client was so impressed, they asked for more material for the Main Reception, and the main feature downstairs was given an upgrade with the world famous CUB logo routed into the Spotted Gum, and re-installed.
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Filed Under: Australian Cladding & Screening, Australian Timbers, Bespoke Joinery, Spotted Gum, Spotted Gum Cladding Tagged With: Bespoke, Recycled Spotted Gum, Spotted Gum

Bespoke French Oak Doors

This bespoke French Door Set was designed by our Client, with input from the Team at French Oak Australasia, and Mark at Colonial Restorations, and a local ironmonger. It was created from our current parcel of 325 year old Recycled French Oak, sourced from a former granary in southern France. Tempered glass was used to create strength and security, and cleverly discreet insulation to buffer between the glass panels and the steel feature grills. The steel grills were finished in antique black with silver, and include unique pyramid-shaped steel feature pieces.
The French Door Set was framed completely in Recycled French Oak, and delivered as a ready-to-install set. Stained to the Client’s wishes and sealed with hard wax oils, it is a world one-off. For your own one-in-the-world architectural feature project, email us today at [email protected] .

Recycled French Oak Tables

Using our 325 year old Recycled French Oak posts and beams, sourced and French Oak Australasia from a former granary (grain storage building) in Southern France during our travels in 2012, we commissioned this bespoke table for one of our valued Clients. The table features pedestal legs, the ‘French Peasant’ framing and bracketing, and a beautiful, Herringbone feature top. 3.0m long x 1.2m wide, it is stained in the traditional fashion and sealed with 2 coats of hard wax oil.

Bespoke Bathroom Shelves

We produced these bespoke bathroom shelves from our parcel of 250 year Antique French Oak, part of the famous Southern France Granary shipment.

The Client wanted beautiful and unique shelves, so we metal detected and de-nailed the timber, dressed it to a smooth finish, dark oiled it and sealed it with 3 coats of hard wax oil.

The Bathroom Builder mounted the shelves into the frame work of the stud wall, and then sheeted and tiled around the shelves, creating a clean, and bracket-less finish. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Bespoke Joinery, Feature Timber Tagged With: 250 Year Old French Oak, Antique French Oak, Antique Oak Shelves, French Oak, French Oak Shelves, Granary French Oak

Recycled French Oak Bench Tops made to order.

We have large quantities of wide recycled French Oak Timber suitable for bench tops and table tops.

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Filed Under: Bench Tops, Bespoke Joinery, Timber Tagged With: Bench Top, Made To Order, Reclaimed, Recycled

Antique French Oak Post and Beams

We can cut to any size from our selection of Antique French Oak Post and Beam Parcels. From 100×100 to 200×200, in stock items can be milled. We can source other sizes, up to 300×100. Further processing includes metal detecting, de-nailing, rough sawing and dressing to any length or width. We can also complete your bespoke joinery project. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Bespoke Joinery, Feature Timber, French Oak Timber, Post and Beam Tagged With: French Oak Beams, French Oak Posts, Large Timber, Larger Timber Joinery, Post and Beams