Focal Designs

Shaun from Focal Carpentry led a partial renovation project form my new home. Key features of this included new wooden flooring throughout the ground level and a dining table/bench set. The flooring is probably the best I've ever seen - with a great choice of material - a dark wood with light highlights and a bevel/wave effect. So it looks the part and feels great under the feet. The fitting and attention to detail where also first class - with the flooring going all the way into recesses and cupboards, and also around the radiator pipes in each room.The dining table is also superb. Shaun recommended using wood from Brighton pier along with industrial style steel legs. The finish and detail look amazing and the set has had many positive comments from visitors. Recommended!

Sean from the outset was clear on what was achievable for our budget and worked hard with us to get the best design we could. When it came to installation Sean and team were a pleasure to have on site and the finished product - Kitchen and bespoke under stairs storage is of a very high standard. Highly recommend.

The team at Focal designs recently completed our new kitchen. I have to say, they where very pleasant, professional & informative throughout. They appear to use only the best tools & materials to get the job done well, & where also conscientious about cleanliness at the end of each working day.Shaun, the owner, was also easy to communicate with & we feel like there was a good mix of input from both sides.Very happy in our spiffy new kitchen!

Focal Designs created the kitchen and a bespoke lounge shelving system for our new build in Brighton. Shaun and the team were fantastic from start to finish: creative, collaborative and meticulous in the detailing, they did what they said they would when they said they would, and the results are spectacular. Thanks, Pilar and Nigel

I cannot recommend Shaun and Focal Designs more readily. The quality of his kitchens are fantastic. He had great input into the design while still allowing me to have creative ideas that were incorporated. He also fitted into our building work schedule beautifully and worked very tidily with no mess. I have since had potential clients of his over to view his work and would be happy to do so again on request.

Focal Designs completed a kitchen for us last September. Our contact Shaun was super friendly and had some great ideas, listened to our requirements and gave us what we wanted. Highly recommended! Professional, tidy, trustworthy and on schedule. Thank you! Ben & Katherine -Hove

We selected Shaun to do our kitchen based on his different and individual approach. We knew what we wanted from an overall objective, but gave Shaun free rein to put his creative ideas into it. It was a really good engaging experience to work through it, and I’ve got the kitchen I wanted that looks great. One year down and it looks like we finished it last week.

We had just moved into a period property in Brighton (constructed in 1830's) and wanted some bespoke shelving and a television stand built into two alcoves. The house being the age it is meant there was no straight lines to work with so we couldn't go for an off the shelf" solution. Our builder recommended Focal Carpentry based in Brighton and Shaun came around to discuss my thoughts and what could be achieved.I wanted shelving in walnut wood (an excellent and under-rated dark brown wood) and together we came up with the shelving we wanted and a built in TV stand in the alcove. We went along to the workshop and viewed examples of the walnut wood and also to discuss our ideas. Shaun kept us up to date with progress particularly as the wood needed to be imported.We were delighted with the results

Shaun did a fantastic job on our new kitchen, from the initial design to project managing the other trades required - all for a very reasonable price. We got exactly what we wanted from a bespoke kitchen, in that he took our ideas and requirements, then improved on them. Highly recommended!