A Corinthian kitchen arranged around an island with full-height and painted cabinetry

Neil O’Brien · Little Crosby · Est. 1994

For one house,
and no other.

Bespoke kitchens, fitted interiors and furniture restoration. Drawn, made and cared for in Little Crosby.

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Made to order

No ranges.
No replicas.

Every project begins where it will tell us most: in your space, at The Well Barn or alongside the team already leading the work. We can join as cabinetmaker or lead the room.

How we work
A pale fitted kitchen arranged around a dark stone fireplace

Kitchens

The room
at the centre.

Made around how a household cooks, gathers and moves.

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A view through an arched doorway into a fitted library

Interiors

Cabinetry as
architecture.

Libraries, studies and fitted rooms drawn into the house.

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An antique expanding table restored by Corinthian

Restoration

Age retained.
Purpose renewed.

Fine furniture conserved with the minimum useful intervention.

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The stone entrance to The Well Barn workshop in Little Crosby

The Well Barn · Little Crosby

Designed here.
Made here.

Drawing, cabinetmaking, finishing and fitting stay closely connected. The workshop is not a showroom of ranges; it is where each piece of work takes shape.

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Selected work

Made for its place.

Kitchens, fitted rooms and careful restoration—each resolved on its own terms.

A curved timber kitchen island in an open-plan Corinthian kitchen
KitchenThe Holman Kitchen
A deep green fitted library designed by Corinthian
InteriorA Library in Green
The complete Kenningley kitchen and its central island
KitchenThe Kenningley Kitchen
A solid timber cutlery drawer fitted within a Corinthian kitchen
Kitchen detailMade Around Daily Use
An antique pedestal table restored in the Corinthian workshop
RestorationStructure and Finish Recovered
An interior with illuminated fitted display cabinetry
InteriorThe Alcove Room

Neil O’Brien

The whole room,
seen by a furniture maker.

Neil O’Brien working on an antique table at The Well Barn

Neil founded Corinthian in 1994. His work as a cabinetmaker and furniture restorer brings a long view to every new project: how timber moves, where construction matters and how a surface should age.

Private clients form the heart of Corinthian’s work. Architects and interior designers are equally welcome.

Neil O’Brien’s signatureThe workshop and Neil

A shared framework

A route.
Not a formula.

Most commissions move through four broad stages. What happens within them depends on the room, the people involved and the decisions already made.

  1. Understand

    The room, the house, what should change and who else is involved.

  2. Develop

    Layouts, drawings, materials and connected details resolved together.

  3. Make

    Cabinetmaking and finishing at The Well Barn, with design kept close to the bench.

  4. Fit

    Delivered, installed and adjusted in the room it was made for.

How we work

Limited annual commissions

Worth making.
Worth waiting for.

A small team, one-off designs and no production line. Current availability is discussed openly at the first conversation.