Paul Sellers’ Furniture Gallery
Paul Sellers is a world renowned hand tool woodworker. Making and teaching are his life’s work. Over the course of several decades, Paul has created many, many items of handcrafted furniture. We offer a selection of these for your perusal in the gallery below.
Sellers Home
Sellers Home is a multi-year project that sees Paul undertake the design and creation of every piece of wooden furniture for a typical family home. The house is a real Oxfordshire address. Below are the hand-crafted pieces that Paul has made so far, as he proceeds room-by-room. You can find the entire process documented in video on the Woodworking Masterclasses website.
Rocking Chair
The rocking chair was the first piece Paul made for Sellers Home and its elegant curvature remains breathtaking. You can watch Paul’s introduction to this definitive take on a woodworking mainstay here.
Coffee Table
Paul’s next addition to the living room is this table with artfully tapered legs, curved accents and a neatly concealed drawer. You can watch Paul’s introduction to this striking and thoughtfully constructed piece here.
Bookshelf
Presenting a union of structural and aesthetic design, Paul ties his bookshelf together with the coffee table using an arched element that also complements the diagonal bracing used at the rear of the shelving. You can watch Paul’s introduction to the piece (while having a closer nose at our book collection) here.
TV Unit
The TV unit introduces a system of slats that Paul will elaborate on in several future Sellers Home pieces. In this instance, they are made from light cherry, to match the coffee table and bookshelf. You can see Paul discuss some design conundrums relating to this piece here.
Coasters
A canny use of pieces of scrap wood — the kind of project Paul really enjoys — the coasters bring together multiple colours and textures to great effect. You can watch Paul enthuse about this nifty little set here.
Mantle Shelf
Paul returns to the slat motif with the mantle shelf, using it as the centre of an effective display piece. He creates interest with curved shelves, positioned off centre to add a diagonal element to the composition. You can see Paul explain the unique way the shelf is hung here.
End Tables
Simplicity is the watchword with this series of tables. Paul uses efficient joinery in a design that can be utilised in any number of variations. Watch Paul describe how it works here.
Dining Table
Treating the dining room as a blank canvas, Paul begins to fill it with a large dining table. Designed with this specific space in mind, this large project certainly tests a traditional woodworker’s endurance, but Paul still approaches it with care and his usual eye for detail. You can listen to Paul talk about how he made his start in the dining room here.
Dining Chairs
When you think of sitting in comfort, a well stuffed sofa or a wingback might be the first thing that springs to mind, but please take it from us: sitting in one of Paul’s wooden chairs feels so good on the back! Here we have six chairs (plus one prototype) featuring beautiful curved, laminated slats and legs carefully figured to match the table. You can see Paul reflect on the satisfaction of completing such a large project here.
“We’re here to preserve the legacy of hand tool woodworking for generations to come. That’s what I’m all about.”
Drinks Cabinet
With this piece Paul creates the quintessential cabinet, incorporating all the crucial aspects you’d need to tackle any cabinet project, while also incorporating enough design intricacies to keep things visually distinctive. You can see Paul discuss the cabinet here.
Kitchen Shelf
Maintaining the mixed wood effect he included in the dining chairs and drinks cabinet, Paul uses oak with walnut inlays to create a shelf that is simple looking, but not so simple to make. Paul takes us through the design here.
Oval End Tables
Paul was oval the moon to revisit the end tables. This time he uses oak and brings out the texture of the grain with black milk paint. You can see him explain his technique here.
Side Cupboard
Paul challenges himself to match the side cupboard to the drinks cabinet without using the same wood. Here he employs mesquite he sourced himself during his time in Texas, using stylistic flourishes to tie the two pieces together. Paul talks about his aims in creating this piece here.
Bed
Paul’s nuanced use of curves helps give the bed an unique identity, drawing together the laminated slats, their roundovers and variated lengths, with the sweep of the head and foot panels. You can hear Paul discuss his aims for this project here.
Bedside Cabinet
With this cabinet, Paul combines traditional joinery with some more modern design elements. The main door panel is populated by multiple thin slats, following the motif used in many of the living room pieces. Here the variation between slats is even more pronounced and is paired with multilayered door pulls. You can watch Paul talk through his aims for this project here.
Wardrobe
Paul adds interest to the large flat planes of the wardrobe by breaking them up with multiple slats. Further nuance is added through the use of partly exposed tenon joints. The use of oak throughout results is a unified piece with a multifaceted aspect. You can see Paul discuss his design decisions for this piece here.
Chest Of Drawers
Using oak to match the rest of the furniture in the bedroom, Paul carefully selected the grain for the drawer fronts for its complementary texture and the subtle gradient running top to bottom. When bathed in warm sunlight, the overall effect is practically idilic. You can watch Paul reflect upon his approach for this piece here.
“My main goal isn’t just making this piece of furniture. My main goal is to make you a furniture maker.”
Dressing Table Mirror
Here Paul makes use of scraps left over from the wardrobe and chest of drawers to create a small item that is packed with variety in terms of design. Paul talks about his aim in using this as a teaching aid here.
Corner Desk
The spalted beech is the star of the show here, and Paul is very careful in how he presents it. He bookmatches the shelving and arranges the tabletop laminations for a seamless effect. You can see all this in more detail here.
Filing Cabinet
Employing spalted beech again to match the desk, Paul uses cherry for the top and sides to prevent the filing cabinet from becoming too busy in appearance. The top panel includes a new joint which Paul came up with for this project. He provides an explanation for it here.
Paul begins work on the Sellers Home Filing Cabinet.
Single Bed
As an exercise in practical and achievable woodworking, Paul created this bed entirely from 2×4 studs — around fifteen in total. The panels are shaped with a pillow effect and made visually distinct with a little emulsion paint. Paul sets out his stall for this unique piece over here.
Clock
With this clock, Paul presents a minimalist design underpinned by a complex structure. The floating panel is safe to expand and contract, while displaying the intricate grain in american elm. You can see Paul clock in with an introduction to this project here.
Bedside Table
In keeping with his unique choice of timber for the single bed, Paul branches out once again. This time he uses wood from a shipping pallet to create this bedside table. That includes the legs, which are rounded and tapered using a plane and spokeshave. Paul reflects on this fun little piece here.
Woodworking Masterclasses
We hope you’ve enjoyed this exploration of Paul Seller’ furniture. If you want to see more of Paul’s creative work, please have a look at the Woodworking Masterclasses website. Here we have numerous videos where Paul goes step by step through his process to make a huge variety of furniture. Woodworking Masterclasses features free and paid membership, with paid membership giving access to a greater number of projects as well as allowing us to keep the workshop lights on! Thank you for your consideration!