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(Re) Making Dorset

Historic Meets Contemporary – The Parsonage Kitchen

Something to celebrate!

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Choose Your Drinking Furniture Responsibly, Again!

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Six of the Best: No. 3 – Mundy Veneer

Finalist for Designerati ‘Kitchen of the Year’ 2023

Simon Thomas Pirie celebrates 25 Years of Contemporary Design & Making

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Six of the Best: No. 2 – Eaton Stonemasons

Bespoke Public Seating at the Dolphin Centre

Leafy Green Wimborne Kitchen

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Dining Tables in All Shapes and Sizes

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Six of the Best: No. 1 – English Woodlands Timber

South Coast Kitchen

Apprenticeship Opportunities with Simon Thomas Pirie Ltd

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10 Reasons why you should let Simon Thomas Pirie design your kitchen…

Bournemouth Penthouse Kitchen

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Say it with furniture – the gift that keeps giving

New Forest Contemporary Home

Furleigh Estate Winery Furniture

Blackmore Vale Kitchen – Rich Greens and Warm Oaks

Case Study – ‘Ace Sandbanks’ Luxury Penthouse

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Bespoke Bedroom Furniture – Fitted or Freestanding?

Ziggurat Show Table for Sale

Case Study – Chic Harbour-side Home

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Contemporary Wooden Wall Panelling

STP and Hillgrove @ Decorex 2019

Simon Thomas Pirie in Living Home Technology Showroom

‘Out of Wood’ Exhibition

The Island View Kitchen – Contemporary Home with Magnificent Sea Views

Bespoke Outdoor Benches for Gardens & Public Spaces: 7 of the Best

Blonde & Noir – The Special Edition Floating Benches

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Designer’s Journal – Colour and Wood

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Simon Thomas Pirie – A Chair Design History – Part 3

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Simon Thomas Pirie – A Chair Design History – Part 2

2018 Highlights of the Year

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Simon Thomas Pirie – A Chair Design History – Part 1

Norfolk Coastal Contemporary Interior – Bliss Blakeney Pt. 2

Simon Thomas Pirie scoops major design award for Bliss Kitchen.

Simon Thomas Pirie and Hillgrove Timber Co at Decorex 2018

Norfolk Coastal Contemporary Kitchen – Bliss Blakeney Pt. 1

Simon Thomas Pirie Ltd – Privacy Notice

Dorset Art Weeks 2018

Shows & Exhibitions 2017

Walnut & Elm Kitchen, Surrey

Exciting Opportunity For A Design Assistant At Simon Thomas Pirie LTD

Design Guild Mark For Floating Bench

A Grand Day Out

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Ash & Sycamore Drinks Cabinet – Chin Chin!

‘Making Dorset’ – 50 Dorset Makers

Blonde & Noir, Special Edition Floating Benches For 2017

Shows and Exhibitions 2017

The Rickyard Public Seating

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ZMMA Architects – Museum Collaborations

Around The Workshop – Best Of 2016

An Important Piece In The Puzzle…

Ash Pivot Drawer Console Tables

Floating Benches in Two RHS Gold-Medal winning Gardens!

Different Roads; Same Destination…

Chelsea Flower Show Launch

Hold on to your Swing Seats

RHS Chelsea Garden Product of the Year Finalist 2016

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Dating Games – The Sitting Spiritually ‘Simon Thomas Pirie Contemporary Range’

‘Fire & Water’ Kitchen

A Very Special Bespoke Whisky Cabinet in Dark Walnut

Shaftesbury Rickyard Seating Project

Blue Sky Thinking Out In The Garden

“Second to None” Chairs for the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Around the Workshop – Best of 2015

Double Prize Winning Design

Simon Thomas Pirie & Karina Gill bring London Show to Purbeck Art Weeks

The Apprentice – Who Made This?

2015 Exhibitions and Open Workshop Weekends

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Choose Your Drinking Furniture Responsibly!

The Best of 2014

Latest Kitchen Project Takes Shape

Wood Awards 2014 – Winners!

Maker’s Eye – St Hugh’s College, Oxford Project

Around the Workshop – Summer 2014

Maker’s Eye / St Hugh’s College, Oxford Project Shortlisted for Wood Awards

Makers Eye St Hugh’s College, Oxford Commission

Furniture for Sale – Special Offers 2014

Around the Workshop – Early 2014

Preview: Dorset Art Weeks 2014

The Magazine Rack – Dorset Magazine Feature

Open Workshop Weekend, 5-6 October 2013

Shaftesbury Public Art Projects

The Magazine Rack – Archive

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Ron Carter – A Furniture Designer’s Designer

Purbeck Art Weeks Open Workshop

Dining Tables at Less Than Half Price!

The Furniture Makers Company

New English Walnut Timber Log: The Sourcing Process for Our Furniture

A Cook and Wine Lover’s Kitchen

The Magazine Rack

May / June Events – Open Workshops 2013

‘Rosa’ and Her Brother…

Simon’s Top 5 Favourite Projects

Mike’s Top 5 Favourite Projects

Floating Bench Film – a Bench with a View

John’s Top 5 Favourite Projects

The Magazine Rack

21st Century Furniture IV Exhibition

Walnut & Cherry Kitchen, Salisbury

Around the Workshop – The New Year

The English Walnut Kitchen, Bath

2013 Shows and Open Workshops

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Elm and Quilted Maple Kitchen, Poole

Out of the Workshop – Fitting

Around the Workshop – Autumn Arrives

Around the Workshop – Mind the Language

We’re on the Telly!

The Dorset Art Weeks Diaries 2012 – A Long View

“We’re out in the Garden”

The Dorset Art Weeks Diaries 2012 – The Last Post (Days 15 & 16)

The Dorset Art Weeks Diaries 2012 – Week 2 (Days 12-14)

Public Art Projects – Shaftesbury

The Dorset Art Weeks Diaries 2012 – The Longest Weekend (Days 8 to 11)

Tudor Arcade Public Seating, Dorchester

The Dorset Art Weeks Diary – Day(s) 3 to 7

Scorched Oak Torii – Press Release

The Dorset Art Week Diaries 2012, Day 2

The Dorset Art Week Diaries 2012, Day 1

The Dorset Art Week Diaries 2012, Day -1

Torii, Torii, Torii, and one last Torii…

Not Just Any Old Log…

Tudor Arcade Bench Launch

Dorset Art Weeks Auction

Fitting the Tudor Arcade Bench, Dorchester

Dorset Art Weeks Diary 2012

Torii, Torii, Torii

Scorch & Steam Video. The Tudor Arcade Bench, Dorchester

Walnut and Elm Kitchen Surrey

Around the Workshop – March

Dorset Art Week – Courtyard Events

Sculpture (and some seating) by the Lake

Dorset Art Weeks 2012

Around the Workshop – February

Around the Workshop – The New Year

Dorchester Seating Commission On the Way

Art Deco Penthouse, Sandbanks

New Work on Makers Eye Website

Insight – Craft Dialogues with Walford Mill

Merry Christmas and the Last Post

Fred Baier Exhibition

Around the Workshop – December

East Shaftesbury Public Art

Gabriel’s Time Lapse

North Dorset Barn Conversion

Around the Workshop – Update

Around the Workshop – October

Open Workshop Weekend – Just Days Ago

Open Workshop Weekend – Just Days To Go

Public Art for Dorchester

001 Returns Home

North Dorset Kitchen Project

Around the Workshop – August

Double Exposure Kitchen Shoot

Celebration of Craftsmanship and Design

Around the Workshop – July

New Forest Show 2011

Around the Workshop – May & June

Torii, Torii, Torii

Millinery Works Exhibition – 21st Century Furniture Makers III

Public Art Commission

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