3 Day Furniture Making Workshop | Thursday 8 – Saturday 10 July 2027

Three-Day Furniture Making Workshop

Learn traditional furniture-making skills and create your own beautiful hardwood side table.

Three days. Real woodworking. A piece of furniture made by you.

Spend three immersive days in our traditional Cambridgeshire barn learning the fundamental skills of furniture making while creating your own hardwood side table from start to finish.

This workshop is designed to take you beyond a simple one-day project and give you a genuine introduction to the craft of making furniture.

Over three days, you'll work through the same stages a furniture maker follows – preparing timber, marking out, cutting and forming joints, assembling, sanding and finishing – while learning to use a range of traditional hand tools and woodworking machinery.

Everyone on the course makes the same side table, allowing each stage to be demonstrated properly before you carry it out yourself.

This isn't about rushing to produce something.

It's about understanding the process, developing confidence with tools and experiencing the enormous satisfaction of turning raw timber into a finished piece of furniture you can take home and use.

During Your Experience

Over the three days you'll learn how to:

• Select and prepare timber for furniture making.
• Accurately measure and mark out components.
• Use hand planes, chisels and saws correctly.
• Use woodworking machinery safely under supervision.
• Understand the principles of jointing and furniture construction.
• Cut and refine traditional woodworking joints.
• Assemble and glue furniture accurately.
• Sand and prepare timber for finishing.
• Apply a professional finish to your completed piece.
• Understand the sequence involved in taking a furniture project from raw timber to completion.

By the end of the workshop, you'll have experienced the complete furniture-making process and created your own hardwood side table to take home.

More Than a Furniture Course

Three days gives you something that simply isn't possible in a short workshop: time to become absorbed in the process.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Develop genuine confidence with woodworking tools.
• Understand why furniture is constructed in particular ways.
• Learn skills you can apply to future projects.
• Work alongside other people learning the same craft.
• Switch off from everyday pressures and concentrate on making something real.
• Experience the satisfaction of producing a piece of furniture from raw timber.

You'll leave with considerably more than a side table.

You'll leave understanding how furniture is actually made.

What's Included

• All timber and materials required for the project.
• Use of all hand tools, machinery and equipment.
• Full tuition and supervision throughout the three days.
• Tea, coffee and biscuits throughout each day.
• Your completed hardwood side table to take home.

Please bring a packed lunch each day.

Who Is This Workshop For?

Perfect for:

• Complete beginners wanting to learn furniture making properly.
• People who have completed a shorter woodworking workshop and want to progress.
• DIY enthusiasts wanting greater confidence and accuracy.
• Anyone considering furniture making as a hobby.
• Anyone wanting an immersive, hands-on experience away from everyday life.

No previous furniture-making experience is required.

Everything is demonstrated and taught step-by-step in a relaxed, friendly and supportive workshop.

Location & Times

The Cambridge Woodwork School
Foxton, Cambridge

Duration: Three days – Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Time: 9.00am – 4.30pm each day
Level: Beginner
Maximum: Six participants
Minimum: Three participants

If the minimum number is not reached, we will contact you to offer either a full refund or the opportunity to transfer to a later workshop.

Investment – £625 per person including all Timber and other materials.