12-week Furniture Making
12 weeks
An intensive and highly practical 12-week course suitable for complete beginners. In addition to learning hand skills, students also design and make a piece of furniture under expert supervision.
The Boat Building Academy has been teaching furniture making since 2008, over the last 12 years the popular 12 week course has taught over 200 students how to make fine furniture.
12 weeks
An intensive and highly practical 12-week course suitable for complete beginners. In addition to learning hand skills, students also design and make a piece of furniture under expert supervision.
12 weeks
Tailored for intermediate makers: Explore woodworking techniques including furniture construction, steam-bending, CAD, project design/development, and business studies. In the last four weeks, you will make a piece of furniture to your design.
2-5 Days
The BBA Furniture School runs a popular programme of 2-to-5-day short courses in woodworking, aimed at all skill levels, whether for beginners or the more experienced. We also run courses in marquetry, antique furniture restoration and bench making.
Our flagship 40 week Boat Building course teaches men and women how to build boats to industry standards.
Visit the Boat Building AcademyWe are delighted to announce Robert Igham will be joining us for a talk on Monday 14th November at the Boat Building Academy. Robert is a renowned furniture designer/maker and a leading figure in the development of the cabinetmaker’s art. Robert uses beautiful and unusual timbers, sometimes in combination...
Our Furniture Making Course of September 2022 are already on week 7 of the course. Here’s what our furniture making students have been up to: They have recently finished building a Chesnut side table as part of the second phase of the course and they are onto building an...
Graduate Jerry Fleming has joined us as the new Machinist, taking over from Sam Robinson, who is taking over the role of Technician later in the month. Jerry brings a wealth of experience to the Academy, having worked in yacht maintenance around the Mediterranean and sailed the Atlantic.