Handcrafted Timber Work, Made in the Heart of the Moor
Steve Brimble
Our carpentry is grounded in traditional methods and a respect for the timber itself. We work with English oak and sustainably sourced hardwoods, creating pieces that feel rooted in their environment and built for decades of use.
Hand-built porches that give your home a stronger sense of arrival. Designed to proportion, crafted from solid oak, and finished by hand in our workshop.
Benches, arbours, and timber seating areas built to settle naturally into your garden’s terrain, weather, and views.
Carefully designed, hand-cut and installed to create safe, durable paths and platforms around the home or garden.
Oak, ash, and beech countertops handcrafted to size, built for kitchens, studios, garden rooms, and utility spaces.
Timber structures and features that work with Dartmoor’s contours — built to withstand weather, wind and time.
Sheltered spaces, covered seating, and bespoke timber elements crafted to fit your garden without feeling “fitted in”.
Each piece is built not just to serve a purpose, but to become part of your home’s story, one that will last for decades.
“He was extremely knowledgeable and meticulous in his work, resulting in a fantastic job and completed on time.”
Precision workmanship with a focus on detail
Handmade stair components built for character, strength and long-term use — whether traditional or contemporary in style.
Solid timber doors crafted to size, hand-jointed, and fitted with the care they deserve.
Character oak or hardwood gates, built to endure the weather and designed as both a feature and a functional part of your property.
From small timber rooms to bespoke joinery within existing spaces, we design, build and install everything ourselves.
Traditional methods, long-lasting structures
Crystal Woods also specialises in oak framing, using classic techniques that have stood the test of centuries: mortise and tenon joints, hand-cut rafters, pegged bracing and carefully selected oak posts.
Timber work made in the moor feels different, sturdier, quieter, more connected to its materials.
Our Dartmoor setting shapes the joinery: careful, robust and built for every kind of weather.
We choose our hardwoods for grain, character and longevity, with sustainability always in mind.
No pre-made solutions. Everything is built from scratch in our workshop.
We regularly complete projects in:
Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Postbridge
Manaton
Ashburton
Buckland-in-the-Moor
Bovey Tracey
Lustleigh
Holne
Dartmeet
Princetown and surrounding areas
If you live within Dartmoor National Park or its edges, we can help.
“We have no difficulty in recommending him”
