By Cranbrook Workshop
An unloved tiled space above a Sydney apartment provided the perfect opportunity for a swift Robert Plumb design, build and installation. The uniformity of the 80 sqm area was given warmth and character by removing some existing concrete tiles and replacing them with timber duct board inserts. Continuing the use of timber, custom-built furniture and pots in New Guinea rosewood were flat-packed to fit in the apartment’s lift and assembled onsite. With a focus on giving shelter from the wind, walls were battened and planter boxes installed, together with a new streamlined barbecue and bench attachment. Balancing the lines of timber are the curved terracotta ceramic pots by Cameron Williams, a highly regarded potter with whom Robert Plumb has been collaborating for many years.
Builder // Robert Plumb Build
Cranbrook Workshop is a quality custom joinery business established and run by skilled joiner Richard O’Sullivan in Sydney’s Botany. With its foundations in made-to-last, crafted furniture in solid timbers O’Sullivan has grown Cranbrook Workshop into one of Sydney’s leading custom furniture, bespoke installation and joinery companies.
“Our understanding of the different attributes of timber - for indoors and out - along with our collaboration with some of Australia’s leading architects, interior designers and landscape practices, allows us to give speciality advice and deliver a great end result,” he says.
Cranbrook Workshop is characterised by its fine balance between craft and commerciality. The depth of experience and skill across its growing team, in combination with the acquisition of a 5-Axis CNC machine, allows Cranbrook Workshop to tackle the fine detail of custom furniture pieces as much as large-scale external screens and hospitality fit outs.
With a new streamlined process, Cranbrook Workshop makes it their mission to combine design and function, to problem solve for their clients and to deliver long-lasting, quality results.