Bespoke Joinery

About Footprint Joinery

Footprint Building's sustainable joinery workshop makes handcrafted wood products for discerning, ethically-minded customers.

The pioneering woodworking shop is in Ashton, Bristol. It's run by Jan Francis, a master joiner with 18 year's experience, a sharp eye for design and meticulous attention to detail. Jan and his team work with you to design, create and install unique wood products that compliment your home and meet your practical needs.

Skilled in innovative and traditional design, we use sustainable timber that is locally sourced or recycled wherever possible. We'll help you to create a home that not only looks stunning but also helps you live responsibly.

What we do

Our projects include:

• Hand-built kitchens

  Inspired and practical kitchens, in sustainable or recycled timber and traditional, contemporary or freestanding designs

• Made to measure doors

  Including sliding folding (bi-fold) and traditional doors

• Handmade windows

  Including timber box sash and casement windows, sensitively designed and exceeding the required standards of thermal efficiency

• Bespoke staircases

  Traditional and contemporary, made to your requirements

• Fine wooden furniture

  Design and build of elegant freestanding or fitted furniture, including tables, chairs, dressers and bookcases

• Fitted cupboards and freestanding wardrobes

  Innovative and practical storage solutions for your home

• Conservatories, porches and greenwood structures

• Architectural renovations and restorations

  Preserving the character of old buildings and bringing them up to modern standards in an environmentally sensitive way

Have a look at our showcase of previous projects and see what our customers think.

Our green promise

All our products - hardwoods and softwoods - are from sustainable sources and we use reclaimed wood where we can. At our woodworking shop we use non-toxic products such as varnishes and glues and we use green electricity suppliers. We dispose of all our waste responsibly, recycling all that we can. Find out more in our Environmental and Ethical Commitment.

'Tree to table' service

We are currently using a lumber yard in Calne where the estate manager knows all of his trees individually. We call him with specifications for a job and he will advise on which tree will suit our purposes. He'll even take you to the forest to pick out the tree of your choice from which we'll make your furniture before he fells it. Then he'll replant the tree.

Find out more

We'd be delighted to talk to you, discuss your options and give you a quotation. Please contact us about your project.