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The 6ft Garden Bench in heavy tanalised timber, standing on long grass in front of a hedge

Drawn by hand.Built by hand.

Garden furniture, sheds and garden rooms from a one-man workshop in Lostwithiel. Heavy tanalised timber, delivered and set up across Cornwall.

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Est. 2020 Lostwithiel 5.0 from customer reviews Delivered and set up across Cornwall

Pick a plank.

Six things come off my bench. Everything is made to order, so think of these as the start of a conversation.

The Workbench

Draw it before I do.

Set the size, roof, cladding, doors and windows of a shed, garden room or log store. Watch the drawing and the price change as you go, drop it into a photo of your own garden, then send me the job ticket.

Open the Workbench
A white-line technical drawing of an 8 by 6 foot apex shed with a single door and one window

Why it lasts

Every ring is a year.

Tanalised timber is pressure-treated, so the protection goes right through to the core. That green tinge on new wood? That's it working. Atlantic rain, salt on the wind; it takes both, winter after winter.

heavy stock, tanalised right through

Handmade benches and tables lined up on gravel in front of the Turps Wood Design workshop in Lostwithiel
the workshopall built here

The maker

James Turpin

It started in lockdown with a table for our own garden. People kept asking who'd made it. Six years on, I'm still the only one making anything here.

I trained in product design and I come from a family of woodworkers. So everything starts as a pencil drawing on the bench. Then I build it by hand, in heavy tanalised timber, and bring it to your garden myself.

No production line. No middlemen. The person who quotes your job is the person who builds it.

James

About the workshop

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What customers say · 5.0 from customer reviews

  • “Ordered within a week and received a workshop, log store and full deck materials, delivered and installed on time. The quality is far better than sheds costing twice as much.”

    Lisa Nowell ★★★★★

  • “A shed for the back garden, very pleased. Good materials and great service from James throughout.”

    Shoaib Syed ★★★★★

  • “Bought a log store as a gift and I'm delighted, beautiful finish and quick delivery. James was very professional throughout.”

    Rory Nixon ★★★★★

Path of a piece

Made to order is simple. It just means the thing you get was made for you. This is how it goes.

  1. Your idea

    Call, email or send the form. A photo or a rough sketch helps, but a few sentences is plenty. It's a conversation, not a form-filling exercise.

  2. The drawing

    I draw it up properly and send you an honest, itemised price. No obligation and no pressure.

  3. The build

    Once you're happy, I build it by hand in the workshop in Lostwithiel. Heavy-duty tanalised timber, every joint done by me.

  4. Delivery

    I bring it across Cornwall and set it up in place. It arrives ready to use, not flat-packed in your hallway.

  5. The decades after

    I'll show you how to keep it at its best. And I'm on the end of the phone if you ever need me.

Delivery

Delivered and set up across Cornwall.

Every piece leaves the workshop in Lostwithiel with me. I deliver it in person and set it up where it's going to live, so it arrives ready to use. Not flat-packed in your hallway.

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A map of Cornwall with lines running from the workshop in Lostwithiel out to towns across the county Bodmin Fowey St Austell Liskeard Looe Wadebridge Camelford Padstow Newquay Truro Saltash Launceston Perranporth Falmouth Redruth Bude Helston St Ives Penzance the workshop

Got a piece in mind?

Tell me about it. I'll come back to you myself (usually the same day) with honest advice and a price.

Hours
Mon to Fri, 8am to 5pm
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