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Australian Hardwood Custom Furniture - Tasmanian Oak
March 01 2021
(Some) Other names: Mountain White gum, Woollybutt, Australian Oak, Mountain Ash, Whitetop Stringybark... Though Tasmanian Oak is a light timber, it can vary in colour from straw to reddish brown, it has exceptional staining qualities that allow it to be matched with other timbers and finishes. This timber planes, sands, glues and finishes beautifully and readily steams and bends which...
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We Made it!
January 06 2021
Here comes 2021. Are we ready? Who knows! What we do know here at Wildwood Designs is, we’ve already begun preparing for new projects and collaborations and we’ll start at a running pace when everyone returns from their much-deserved R&R. After the initial road humps and wipe-outs that became the norm of 2020 for all of us; Wildwood had to...
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Australian Hardwood Custom Furniture - Red Gum
June 10 2020
River Red Gum is sort after because of the depth and richness of its warm red hues, which range from a light pink to the deepest of red, they catch your eye like a fire burning. Other features of this timber include fiddle-back (pressure marks when the tree is growing), birds’ eye (irregularities that look like a birds eye), gum veins and...
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Australian Hardwood Custom Furniture - Spotted Gum
February 25 2020
We're getting a lot of requests for Spotted Gum pieces at Wildwood Designs, so we thought we’d give a quick run down on one of our premium Australian hardwoods. This Australian Native grows along the east coast of Australia; from the Victoria / New South Wales border all the way to the Maryborough area of Queensland. It’s smooth bark and...
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Custom Furniture In Your Dining Room
July 23 2019
Happy memories are often formed around the dining table. Whether it’s a large family gathering, an intimate dinner or playing card games with friends over a glass of wine. This makes it one of the most important rooms in the home. Whether selecting the piece or creating a custom furniture piece, the "right" table for your dining room will help...
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Australian Hardwood Custom Furniture - Wormy Chestnut
July 02 2019
To be clear ‘Wormy Chestnut’ is actually a collection of several Eucalypt species from Victoria. And as a result of years of fighting for survival; they endure flooding, drought, bush-fires, super strong winds, all of which stunt their growth, even beetle attacks; this particular timber produces characteristics that ensure that no two pieces are alike. Features that are brought to...
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From Tree To Your Custom Furniture Piece - The Journey
June 18 2019
Here at Wildwood Designs we’re proud of our work from imagining to creating to delivering your custom furniture piece. Whether it be a buffet, dining table, bed, entertainment unit or mirror, we take pride in what we do and how we do it. To see some of our custom pieces, please click here. So, we thought it might be interesting...
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Custom Furniture Storage Solutions
May 22 2018
Ugh. Storage! The bane of modern society. Never EVER enough. And what you do have; Generally non-specific cupboards that aren't really doing the job... But it doesn't have to be this way... NO! A bookcase - open or closed, a wine rack - with or without glass storage. Cubes, room partitions, cabinets, buffets and so many more receptacles for hiding our hoarding...
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