My interest and flair for woodwork started in 1973 at the age of fourteen, when I was nurtured by my stepfather, a clock and watchmaker, to make repairs to antique clock cases and furniture for his clients. After leaving school in 1975 with a woodwork O level amongst my grades, I started my apprenticeship in carpentry and joinery in Chinnor, Oxfordshire and attended college in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. In 1978 I qualified with a certificate in the City and Guilds of London Institute. At this time I also went self-employed. Whilst continuing at college with the advanced City and Guilds qualification I returned to my birthplace, London, to be nearer to my father, a boat builder by trade, from whom I gained further and much more valuable knowledge about working with wood. I spent the next few years sharing a workshop with him, gaining experience and building my own reputation around London and the home counties.

Around 1990 I took the opportunity to live and work near Valencia, Spain. Here I experienced life in a foreign country and the building trade in general, before returning to England in 1994 and setting up Woodwork by David J Law in Chiswick, London.

Over the next few years I built up a steady business and good client base, but by 2002 I found I was starting to outgrow my workshop and to progress further I needed to move on to bigger premises. This became very difficult in London, with limited availability and extortionate rents. So as I also have family up north, I decided that this was the direction to go. I found suitable premises in the pennine town of Penistone, north of Sheffield. Here I made many friends and extended my client base. But in 2011, like many others I found times very hard, due to the recession hitting the building trade and people being very cautious with their money. Sadly and reluctantly I was presented with a choice to make, a) hang on and hope things were going to turn around for the better, whilst overheads escalated or b) relocate again. I choose the latter and now operate from Tipton, West Midlands where I have lived for the last six years.

I have retained my London and Sheffield telephone numbers; these are on permanent redirection to me allowing me to continue serving both these regions, as well as West Midlands and Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire. From these four locations I am able to serve on a nationwide basis.