Whenever we have time on our hands, we like to work on big and small additions to the atelier. Currently we are remodeling old, used bookcases into new ones that fit the style of our atelier.

Remodeling used, discarded furniture is fun, because it presses one to come up with creative solutions with the available components. More importantly, it considerably lengthens the life span of a piece, or at least its materials, and is therefore also a very responsible and sustainable thing to do.

Vlekken is a box-jointed cabinet designed to store your wine and liquor, but is also perfectly fitted for other items of comparable height and size. A curious tiger pattern meanders along the oak case and delicately figured knots in the maple doors give the cabinet a distinctively charismatic face rivalling that of Danny Trejo. The irregularities are also where the cabinet takes its name from; vlekken is Dutch for blemishes.

The hallway of Het Ambachtslab, the collective of which Atelier Espenaer part, is becoming more beautiful by the day thanks to the efforts of artist Daan Kneppers.

These marvelous vintage tools belonged to the great-great-grandfather of a relative, who was so kind to give them to Atelier Espenaer.

Terrassen is a medium-sized cabinet destined to become an eye-catcher in any room it is placed. Its four compartments allows for storage of a diversity of objects, from wine and liquor to books and various paraphernalia.

The hand plane is an indispensable tool when getting wood to the right dimensions. Shots of a big project a while ago.

Knots are generally considered a deficiency in the industry, but we cherish them. Here you see how the knot has ended up in coffee table Allegaar.

One of the most used tools in the atelier: the mallet.

The end grain of quartersawn oak is particularly beautiful, showing an intriguing pattern of growth rings and rays. The difference with other species of wood is immediately visible in this serving board, composed of a variety of woods. Soon available in our shop.

This beautiful grain pattern and vivid colors belongs the honey locust, a tree that is native to North-America. However, this particular piece comes from a tree that once stood in Amsterdam and had to be cut down. It’s going to become a serving board. Soon available in our shop.

Part of that wonderful find of some time ago were also these gouges.

Geraamte is a medium-sized side table designed to adorn a modern living room or a spacious hallway. Its neat and airy frame design offers a distinctively minimalist sense and is so characteristic that we decided to simply call it like it is: geraamte is Dutch for frame.

Geraamte is a celebration of mortise and tenon joinery and in particular its wedged through-tenon variant. All frame components and even the ‘hanging’ shelf are attached to one another with this joint type, using maple wedges.

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