Christmas Elves by Joanna Scoones

Our Christmas Opening Times:

Christmas Day - closed

Boxing Day - closed

Tuesday Dec 27th - closed

Wed Dec 28th - Sat Dec 31st - OPEN 11.00 - 5.00

New Year’s Day - closed

Mon Jan 2nd - OPEN 11.00 - 5.00

Enjoy the break and come see us soon!!

All the best for 2012….

Chris

reindeer kiss by Joanna Scoones

and .. (it leads on nicely!!)…. they will also be playing at the preview party for December’s ‘art in the furniture store’ exhibition ‘Colour at Christmas’ which will then run throughout December…..

Preview Party:                            Fri Dec 2^nd 6.30 – 10.00.pm:   art, jewellery, gifts, log fire, mulled wine, other wines, nibbles and live music from an array of musicians culminating in a performance by ‘The Woodstock Snow Stars’! 

The exhibition introduces you to the wacky world of Joanna Scoones whose colourful fun pictures please little ones and adults alike and are guaranteed to make you smile… Christmas cards, prints that can be personalised on the spot, cute stocking fillers, perfect prezzies for under the tree…. Expect harebrained characters, naughty reindeers, cheeky elves, goofy giraffes, funny elephants, pretty ballerinas, swashbuckling pirates …..and lots more to boot!     

Hotmetal jewellery, designed by Jo Mitchell and featuring brightly coloured metals, glass and silver….     

hotmetal jewellery - fiesta

Mary-Lou Crown’s collection of sterling silver fashion accessories - simple, elegant and contemporary jewellery.

mary-lou crown jewellery

Also on show, will be a dazzling array of Christmas gifts for all pockets and tastes – candlesticks, clocks, glass, figures, lighting, ceramics, mirrors, platters etc., all tastefully displayed around the room sets of stunning furniture -  the trademark of The Real Wood Furniture Company…

Some of you may remember that in previous years we have celebrated ‘A Night of Colour’ which last year became ‘A Weekend of Colour’ …and this year to help counter ‘austerity measures and cut backs’ we are pushing the boat out and celebrating for the whole month!!

or visit anytime Mon - Sat 10.30 - 5.30, Sun 11.00- 5.00

Each month we unveil a new ‘furniture piece’ and this month we present a stunning waney edged slab of polished ‘Molave’  from the Philipinnes as a coffee table and a brand new addition to our furniture range - a cheval mirror in  oak and burr oak.

Please RSVP for the party to: colour@rwfco.com / tel: 01993 813887        

 Think Christmas, think a visit to The Real Wood Furniture Company…

See you soon…and all the best for the festive season!

Chris

sarah moncrieff, 'the blue loch' northern scotland

 art, wine, log fire (yes…winter has come) and live music from ’tp and woodman’….    

Sarah is a qualified lawyer, teacher of art and an accomplished artist who has exhibited widely. Her work brings a freshness to familiar Oxfordshire scenes and to interpretations of landscapes she discovers, when indulging her passion for trekking in the wilderness.  She will be in the gallery, on the preview evening, to meet guests.  

The exhibition will run throughout November.

Each month we unveil a ‘one off’ furniture piece and this month we present a small coopered oak barrel from France, made to distribute cognac, with its own set of eight shot glasses.  The work won the maker, the accolade of ‘best craftsman in France’ at the time it was made in the 1930s and is truly ‘scrumptious’!!  We will also be offering a superb cherry and chestnut coffer, also made in France around 1750.  It has amazing deep relief diamond panels to the front and sides and a patina that ‘glows’.

We hope to see you!  Watch out for news of ‘Colour at Christmas’ …coming this way soon!!

art in the furniture store - Sarah Moncrieff invitation

All the best

Chris

art in the furniture store - sarah moncrieff

We will however be displaying as our  artist for October in the  ’art in the furniture store series’, the work of   

PETER ROSS                                                       

match day 1956 - acylic on board by Peter Ross

You are warmly invited to the

PRIVATE VIEW PARTY                                      FRI OCT 7th 6.30 - 9.00pm      

in our Woodstock showrooms     

Peter paints about his childhood in the 1950s and 60s in South Wales with the themes of conflict, journeys, faces and cultural/literary figures.  

Peter has had numerous one person and joint shows. He has also taken part in the Royal Academy Summer Show and in the Welsh Artist of the Year Show.  We very much hope to emulate the success of the Rod Craig exhibition, during which we have sold 15 original works!

Our ‘one off’ furniture pieces  to be unveiled Fri Oct 7th are two stunning pieces of antique Chinese elm - a Shanxi dresser base with 3 drawers above 2 doors (about 5ft long) and a lovely low ‘kang’ table about (3ft long, 18″ high).

We hope you will be able to join us for great art, great furniture, fine wines, fun and live music….

Chris, James, Scrumps & the team

It’s happened again…another month past and another ‘Private View’ party and exhibition  to tell you about…or not quite….        

rod-craig-intense_blue2 ink and watercolour

Due to a great response, some serious sales and the fact that a lot of you have been on holiday, we are extending Rod Craig’s exhibition until the end of September.  New pieces will be unveiled on the evening of :

Friday 2nd September 6.30 - 9.00pm

At the party and over the weekend, between 12.00 and 4.00pm Rod will be ‘painting in the furniture store’…so come along and see ‘art in action’!

We also welcome Georgina Jane Honey, a young artist  who will be ‘debuting’  her work, which she calls ‘HoneyArt’, with us.  She will be showing a small number of selected pieces and in the spirt of ‘art in action’ she will be ‘body painting’ during the party….

3 Big Cats by Georgina Honey - HoneyArt

add to this mix, some nice wines, Pimms if the weather holds, some cool music and some nice people,  and we hope to have another busy evening.

This month’s ‘feature’ furniture piece will be a stunning burr elm centre piece bowl, hand hollowed, with natural features…a wood person’s delight!

We look forward to seeing you at the party or during the month…..

and don’t forget, we still have some Daren Greenhow sculptures in our garden, guarateed to make you smile…

time for a ‘petit verre’…

A Bientot…

Chris

We are just recovering from a busy weekend exhibiting at the CLA Game Fair and another month has slipped by!  The good news is that means another party to celebrate the opening of our August ‘art in the furniture store’ exhibition.

Private View Party Friday 5th August 6:30pm - 9:00pm

This month we welcome two artists who bring a breath of ‘fresh air’ with their work. Celebrated local artist, Rod Craig works with ink, watercolour and photographic techniques. The work he will show with us will include quirky watercolours of familiar Woodstock scenes, images inspired by his recent sojourn in New York, more abstract calligraphic pieces and photographic manipulations.    

The Real Wood Furniture Company and Hope House, watercolour by Rod Craig

Daren Greenhow works out of Reading with ‘found’ materials mostly from old bicycles. His unique metal sculptures make statements ‘with a smile’ …

Chinese Dragon by Daren Greenhow

Come along and enjoy a glass of pimms, wine and juice with live music from Vanilla and tp & woodman

Fri Aug 5th 6.30 - 9.00pm

Each month’s ‘art in the furniture store’ exhibition  features an interesting ‘furniture piece’ as well as new artists.  Last month’s amazing burr oak  cricket table was snapped up by one of our discerning regular customers and it now has pride of place in an open plan hallway.

This month we are offering a large antique steel bound chest  from Rajasthan in India.  Its burnished teak timbers really glow!  Measuring 54″ x 33″ x 20″ high, it would make a fabulous coffee table!  Alongside this, we will be unveiling the most amazing trunk of an English ash tree, fashioned as a wine rack, standing 6ft tall and holding 20 bottles….

We hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be a great evening!

Chris

Exhibition runs to Thursday Aug 4th        

I cannot believe where the time flies…another month has passed and it’s time to tell you about a new exhibition and another party!!  of which, more in a bit…

This month, the stunning glass artworks of Jo Downs have been much admired and we have sold several pieces to our discerning customers!!  We opened that exhibition to coincide with the arrival of Rodney Salter’s stunning abstract figures to The Sculpture Garden.  His exhibition runs throughout July as well….             

'Evocation' by Rodney Salter

So what delight do we have for you this month?  Not a well kept secret, but still exclusive…. eminently affordable, the result of the application of oils on to cork, with an eye for flow and texture… landscapes, carefully reproduced as limited edition prints by the artist himself and sympathetically framed by ourselves….        

'Valley Slope' by James Wheeler

We welcome James Wheeler who studied originally at The Glasgow School of Art and takes his inspiration from his native Scotland, the Lake District and the wilds of Yorkshire as well as from visits to warmer Mediterranean climes.

Fri July 1st, 6.30-9.00pm is the private view party and you are warmly invited to join us for Pimms, wines, juices etc…. live music from the 40’s and 50’s by Katie Humble…and a chance to wander the showrooms and see what’s new.

We will be unveiling the largest single piece of intense burr oak we have ever come across …originally the top to a pedestal table dating to the late 18th century, by the time it found its way to us, it had lost its original base, so we have made a lovely ‘cricket table’ base for it.  It’s a cracker!!  First come….blah, blah…

Hope to see you there!

Chris

To kick off June’s ‘art in the furniture store’ exhibition with Jo Downs.

Jo is widely acknowledged as this country’s leading fused glass artist.  She has undertaken commissions for P&O, Hilton Hotels Group and many other corporate and private clients. 

We have known Jo for quite a few years now, and she exhibited with us at our first ‘Night of Colour’ back in 2006.  We have always displayed her stunning mirrors, dishes and coasters.  She has now embarked on creating ‘glass art’ pieces which we will be displaying during her exhibition with us.

She will be with us at the party, so if you want to discuss individual commissions or just have a chat, please come along.  The exhibition then runs until Thusday June 30th.

The party will be a relaxed affair…pimms, wine, juices, live music from tp and woodman and other friends….

A chance to wander the showrooms relax and party; 

….hope to see you there!

Chris

Billinge Wigan ladder back armchairs in ash, left new, right antique

Well…here we go again…

After the succesful launch of  ’art in the furniture store’, we are off to exhibit at the forthcoming  Thames Valley Antique Dealers Association Antiques & Art Fair behind The Swan at Tetsworth :

Friday 20th May 10.00 - 20.00

Sat 21st May 10.00 - 18.00

Sun 22nd May 10.00 - 17.00

35 dealers will be exhibiting traditional and decorative furniture, jewellery, fine art, clocks, barometers, rugs, ceramics, collectables and specially selected contemporary pieces…and that’s where we come in!  We used to exhibit our antique country chairs at TVADA fairs until about 6 years ago…now after a change of heart, the association is allowing us to exhibit some of our new furniture as well.  We will be exhibiting a good mix of the old and the new…for more details and a complimentary invitation for up to four people, read on….

Click on the brochure below to download a printable invitation.

TVADA Brochure

We will be exhibiting new and old chairs, some stunning new burr oak tables and some antique Chinese pieces.  I look forward to seeing you there!

Best wishes

Chris