My interest and flair for woodwork started at the age of fourteen, when I was nurtured by my stepfather, a watch and clockmaker, to make repairs to antique clock cases and furniture for his clients.

After leaving school, I served an apprenticeship in carpentry and joinery in Chinnor Oxfordshire and attended college in Aylesbury Buckinghamshire, qualifying with a certificate in the City and Guilds of London Institute.

Whilst continuing at Aylesbury College with the advanced qualification I returned to my birthplace, London, where I immediately turned self-employed and rented a workshop, shared with my father, a boat builder by trade, from whom I gained further and much more valuable experience in the art of woodworking.

After approximately ten years I took the opportunity to live and work near Valencia in Spain. Here I stayed for almost four years, experiencing life in a foreign country and the building trade in general, before returning to England and setting up WOODWORK BY DAVID J LAW in Chiswick, London.

Over the next seven years I built up a steady client base and successful business, but found I was going to need a bigger workshop to progress, so I went in search for larger suitable premises. This proved to be a bigger problem than expected, with limited availability and extortionate rents, so, as I have family in the north, I decided that this was the direction to take. I now have a fantastic fully equipped workshop in the small town of Penistone, north of Sheffield, surrounded by beautiful Pennine countryside and easy access to M1 - (Junction 37 Barnsley, towards Manchester).

I have retained my London telephone number, which is hosted by Chiswick Hardware and re-directed straight to the Joinery, this enables me to continue working for clients in the south as well as in the north. I now live in the West Midlands, giving me the opportunity to offer my services on a nationwide scale from these three locations, providing clients with a wealth of experience and a high standard of workmanship.