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“I am fulfilling an unquenchable desire I have to<br />
create beautiful objects and interior spaces and<br />
immerse myself in the world of design.”<br />
Mike is extremely handy having built and<br />
renovated houses for a long time and had<br />
always longed to build bespoke furniture.<br />
He crafted my much yearned for trestle desk<br />
after we got married. It was so beautiful and<br />
the detail was meticulous!<br />
Then, without realizing it I started focusing all<br />
of my down-time on designing different types<br />
of trestle tables and talking through with Mike<br />
how they could be made.<br />
Unbeknownst to us, it was completely out of<br />
our hands and we had no choice. Interests/<br />
worlds/dreams/hobbies/lives had collided and<br />
the trestle revolution had begun. Plank and<br />
Trestle had been born.<br />
Plank and Trestle is a dream come true for us<br />
– I am fulfilling an unquenchable desire I have<br />
to create beautiful objects and interior spaces<br />
and immerse myself in the world of design.<br />
For Mike, it gives him time with his beloved<br />
timber and an opportunity to create beautiful<br />
pieces of furniture that will be loved and<br />
cherished by their owners.<br />
When did you start Plank and Trestle?<br />
Plank and Trestle formally began in 2011,<br />
although the idea was in our hearts for some<br />
time before we finally acted upon it.<br />
As no one was specialising in trestle tables at<br />
the time and we weren’t sure whether other<br />
people out there would share our passion.<br />
Whilst we had no idea where this crazy trestle<br />
adventure would take us we knew that if<br />
we didn’t follow our heart we would always<br />
regretfully wonder ‘what if we had…’<br />
We wanted our kids to see us being brave and<br />
following our dreams in the hope they would<br />
too when they were older. We also wanted to<br />
live a life that was more authentic to who we<br />
are and what our passion is.<br />
2011 was a great year – we made a seachange<br />
from Sydney’s Inner West to the NSW<br />
South Coast which gave us the space to<br />
establish our workshop and a lifestyle more<br />
conducive to our desire for a more creative life,<br />
launched our first collection and sold our first<br />
trestle table.<br />
What are your different Plank and Trestle<br />
ranges?<br />
We have four collections at the moment with<br />
another three or four collections in the pipeline<br />
which we hope to release next year.<br />
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