News — Projects

Hello to all our wonderful customers! We hope you and those close to you are keeping safe and well as life slowly returns to some normality.  For those of you who have placed orders with us over the last few months, we would like to assure you that our service is back to normal after we had to temporarily extend our dispatch times.  We'd like to thank you for your patience and loyalty over this period. We'd also like to introduce you to a new feature - the Littlefair's Fan Forum on Facebook!  For a while now, via our social media...

A little while ago my wife was looking for a large blackboard (The old-fashioned school type) as a presentation aid. Eventually she found the ideal one online albeit rather old and tatty looking. I was tasked with turning this into something more presentable. Not easy given its condition. The first area to be addressed was the easel stand, though solid, it was badly scarred in places and, over time, had lost the supporting pegs and the chalk tray. After cleaning the rust off the hinges I set about disguising the worst of the scratches (I didn’t want to strip, stain...

In our last blog we invited guest bloggers to write about using our products and we were delighted when Box Fox got in touch.  Ben runs a popular Instagram page showcasing his wonderful projects, often finished with our products. In this blog, he talks about our Water Based Sensual Soft White Wood Dye. Take it away, Ben... Littlefair’s Products for Outdoor Furniture I undertook a fun project recently, making a trellis and planter for my balcony’s wisteria plant using reclaimed 2x4s from an old project that were cluttering up my workspace. The project was built entirely with hand tools, using a...

Back in 2008, Shelly Wright left 20 years in social care behind to follow her dream of becoming a paramedic.  It was exactly what she'd hoped for, working hands on as she directly helped people.  Being 'small but mighty', she was never one to shirk a challenge and could be quite often found lugging around heavy equipment and riding unicycles (we're assuming this was on her days off!)  All this lead to a few injuries, including a particularly nasty one when a lifting belt snapped resulting in a damaged shoulder and torn bicep (ouch!) Unfortunately, these injuries took their toll...

Here at Littlefair’s Wood Finishing products we’re lucky to have such an eclectic mix of customers, from varying industries and walks of life. That’s just one of the reasons we love hearing from our customers, finding out what they are up to and how they are using our environmentally friendly wood dyes and varnishes. Our latest spotlight features self-taught artist Caroline Cousin. Caroline has turned a passion for painting and glass making into a business.  Starting out as just a hobby when visiting a local studio to attend a glass making taster session, her interest grew from there. For the...