Meet the team here at Matthew Burt Workshop and Showroom

JUSTIN
Master maker & our resident zen meister keeping it calm.

HARRY
Senior maker & our major mathematician.

MATTHEW
Design, strategy & ethos. Co-founder of the Company.

TOP SALES DOG

ZAK
Senior maker, our guardian & keeper of machines

OLIVIA
Apprentice maker, entering that all-important middle stage of her apprenticeship.

RICK
Master maker & our guardian of standards.

CELIA
Administration, strategy & ethos. Co-founder of the Company.

DAN
Master maker & our 'get it done’ specialist.

CHIEF WORKSHOP DOG

TOM
Apprentice maker, beyond the halfway mark of his apprenticeship.

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We have a section of our work that we call 'Loudba

We have a section of our work that we call 'Loudbark'. These are pieces that have been swirling around in my head and clamouring for attention in my sketchbooks, demanding the light of day. I love the sketch book, its where I explore the impossibilities of the possible, privately without the embarrassment of scrutiny from piers, staff, clients or whomsoever. Its my private conversation with myself, it's my safe space where I keep my mind attuned to the myriad & millions of ideas within the universe, seeking out the one that'll work. I now have 34 sketch books! Needless to say, sometimes it proves too difficult to marry an idea with a client & if the idea is strong enough it just insists to be made manifest. That cause the double whammy of spending whilst not earning, that all speculative work incurs. It involves inherent risk & faith. These two pieces are examples of 'Loudbark' & I'm happy to report that both soon found homes & clients kind enough to pay for them. Without them we are nothing #supportpeopleinshed #hymntotheartisans #supportbritishstudiofurniture #studiofurniture #bespokefurniture #commissionfurniture #visitourshowroom #visitwiltshire #visithindonandtisbury #supportbritishdesign #handmadefurniture #artcraftanddesign #cultureandcommerce #lovenpeace

I'm feeling nostalgic. The pieces that came out of

I'm feeling nostalgic. The pieces that came out of my first workshop were lovely. My wife & I built the workshop from found materials, purloined from skips or battered for locally, in 1978. Yep we were self sufficient in veg & went for the dream hammer n tongs. The first piece I made, completely by hand because I had no machines, was a door for a generous cousin, may she be rewarded in heaven. We had no other means of income so ended up on marmite & milk tokens! We danced with debt, dodged realities and by 1985 were building another workshop in front of the original. This grew along with apprentices, consuming the original as it did so, until 6 or 7 of us toiled within it. We eventually realised we had to return our garden to its original purpose & seek a workshop elsewhere. We found it on the outskirts of a village where we already had our showroom, the bustling jewel that is Hindon, with its two famous inns offering respite for those negotiating the vagaries of the A303 as it dips in & out of dual carriageway, on its tortuous passage through Wiltshire. Here we now reside designing & making, achingly beautiful twenty first century English furniture. You can drop in and meet us & our furniture, via our showroom on Hindon High Street. Best witnessed after a wetting of the whistle in one of the two said hostelries @grosvenorarmshindon @lambhindon or the nearby and resplendently marvellous @birdandcarterfonthill #visitwiltshire #visithindon #fonthill #buybritishfurniture #buyhandmadefurniture #buybritishstudiofurniture #supportbritishdesign #supportbritishmaking #hymntotheartisans #supportpeopleinsheds #stopmeprattlingon #lovenpeace

Bog oak courtesy of the national living treasure t

Bog oak courtesy of the national living treasure that is @#hamishlow again. Having laid low for 6000 odd years, after being felled by the viscous gales of a global warming past & buried in the subsequent floods & deluge, it emerged back into the oxygenated world, courtesy of the modern plough. The mysteries that are its seasoning we'll leave with Hamish. The trees tend to have almost coal black exterior grain, which get progressively paler, towards olive green at its centre. This bureau was designed and made for a glorious family from Bath, for whom we are, as I write, making two more pieces. It's time to strew those rose petals again. #britishstudiofurniture #bespokefurniture #handmadefurniture #designedandmadeforyou #visitourshowroom #visitwiltshire #visithindon #visitisbury #supportpeopleinsheds #supportbritishmaking #supportbritishdesign #seasonofmistsandmellowfruitfulness. #lovenpeace

Last week's snapshots of pieces going through our

Last week's snapshots of pieces going through our workshop. A sycamore & mild steel kitchen piece, a rather wonderful bog oak sideboard & accompanying side table, a 'kissing Seat' leaving for a new home. The sharp eyed will notice some of @katiewalkerfurniture 'Weight & See' mirrors. Normally our workshop just makes my designs. A long & exciting 43 year journey. Recently we have decided to form relationships with a few other designers, three so far. Alan Tilbury, a design mentor of mine for decades. @KatieWalkerfurniture whose work I have long admired & with whom, along with Alan, we will jointly market & sell certain pieces. We have also put our foot in the water with @nickbarberton's 'Music Stand' all available from our Hindon High Street, Wiltshire Showroom & our online shop. #britishfurniturededign #britishfurnituremaking #handmadefurniture #britishstudiofurniture #designedandmadeinbritainain #supportpeopleinsheds #lovenpeace

More on the subject of fitted furniture which ofte

More on the subject of fitted furniture which often spills over into a bit of fit and a bit of free-standing, a great combo, with the fit taking the greatest amount of the 'logistics'. Here I've show a bit of kitchen, office & library, all designed & made by @matthewburtstudio in our Wiltshire studio & workshops. Some times these larger projects involve working with other designers. Always fun. In the case of the boardroom we worked with Tobias Vernon of @8hollandstreet . As with all of our work it's the clients taking glorious possession of the pieces, that breaths the extra life into them. Our heartfelt thanks to all of them. #britishfurnituredesign #britishfurnituremaking #britishtimber #studiofurniture #britishstudiofurniture #fittedfurniture #bespokefurniture #handmadefurniture #commissionenglishfurniture #8hollandstreet #designedandmadeinhindon #dedignedandmadeinengland #visitwiltshire #supportpeopleinsheds #lovenpeace
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Ah the joy of fitted furniture! Where attitudes an

Ah the joy of fitted furniture! Where attitudes and others' work have to meld. The workshop with its less mercurial, more predictable environment, buckles up against the moving goal posts of architects, builders, other trades & timings, not to mention the building itself & the fabric of its construction. It drums home the parity of skill & concentration required with management & communication. When asked what we do I say that we design, make, administer, market, sell & after-sell, twenty first century English furniture, each needs the same skill, creativity, compulsion, verve & creativity as the one you like doing. Applying furniture making principles to joinery is also pretty humbling #supportpeopleinsheds #hymntotheartisan #makersandmaking #designingandmaking #designmakeadministermarketandsell #thankgoditsfriday #timeforwine #lovenpeace

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