The Great Desking Experiment

'Virtual Walk-through Tour'

Take a tour around all 2,300sq ft of Delicious Alchemy's new Head Quarters in Sheffield.

This complete 'Design + Build' project brings together the 1874 majesty of Canada House, with its 18ft domed ceilings and the very best in custom, hand-crafted office space.

Up-cycling, Re-use and Re-purposing were a huge part of this office spaces story; click on the picture above to take the 'full' tour.

'Transforming Canada House'

Canada House

Fresco Ceiling

View from the Storage Room

Flooring Delivery

Flooring Upstairs

Old Kitchen - Meersbrook

Old Kitchen Sink Area - Meersbrook

New Kitchen Build

New Kitchen - Doubled-up Wall Units

Staff Kitchen

Main Office to be...

Planning Workstations

11 Workstation Concept

New Flooring

Old Call Centre Furniture

Cast Alloy Joints

Upcycling Old Table Frames Plan for 13 Workstations

Forming the Structure

Big Compass from Room Centre

Refreshed Walls and Fresco Ceiling

Sheet Material Delivery...shame they wouldn't fit in the lift!

Main Desk Boarded

The Long Cut...

Surfacing the Desk

Surfacing Progress

Custom-sized Edge Banding...at the start of the 146ft journey!

Bonding the Edge

Bespoke Shelving

Floating Shelves

Epingle Stripes by Paul Smith - Roll ends and Reclaimed Fabric

Reverberating Stripes by Paul Smith - Roll ends and Reclaimed Fabric

Herringbone Stripes by Paul Smith - Roll ends and Reclaimed Fabric

Paul Smith for Maharam

Picking Back 'Highlight' and Seat 'Lowlight' Colours

36 'Steelcase' (£800 when new) 2nd hand chairs off the be individually Reupholstered

Template for Top Back Panels

Individually Reupholstered Chairs - Epingle Stripe 005 Olive

Individually Reupholstered Chairs - Epingle Stripe 001 Caramel

Individually Reupholstered Chairs - Epingle Stripe 003 Violet

Circular Seating Area - Benches

Circular Seating Area - Framework

Circular Seating Area - Back and Seat Panels

Upholstered Seat - 1 of 7

Circular Seating Area - Upholstered

Boardroom to be...

Seating Plan

Repurposed Call Centre Framework

3 meter Compass

Surfacing Boardroom Table

Computer and AV Shelf for Projector and Video Conferencing

Projector Install

Projector Test...a certain 'Sir Paul Smith'

Herringbone Boardroom Seating

Entrance

Planning the Lab Bench

New Flooring, Sockets and Broadband

Temporary Delicious Alchemy Office during the 'Build'

Acoustic 'Sound Absorbing' Panel - 1 of 5

Commissioned Artwork Canvas Prints - 2 of 4

Lab Bench Structure - Upcycled from 'Old Office' Desks

25ft Development Lab Bench

Surfaced Development Lab Bench with 'Red' Channel

13,000 Lego Blocks...best delivery a boy could ever wish for!

Individual Lego Monitor Stands

Taking Telephone Box Measurements

Telephone Box Sofa Structure - Upcycling the Sofa from the 'Old Office'

Coffee Table Structure

Telephone Box Sofa with Dome and Coffee Table Surfaced

Coffee Table with its' 'Cake Slice' Magazine Rack

'Red' Telephone Box Sofa

Kitchen 'Whiteboard' 1 of 5 - Repurposed 'Old Desk' Glass Worktops

MDs Office to be...

Planning the Layout

Upcycled Structure from Call Centre Furniture

Boarding 'The Helm' - MDs Desk

Surfacing 'The Helm' which works as a Project Table for up to 4 People

Lime Waxed Reclaimed Pallet Coffee Table...also good for moving Vietnamese Vases

Planning the 'Off-Cuts' Covered Chesterfield

One-Off 'Herringbone and Colours' Paul Smith Upholstered Chesterfield

FACT TOTEM

'Poster Totem'

Fact Totem is a local not for profit social enterprise, motivated by a desire to develop a sustainable, ethical, effective and affordable alternative to expensive bill board, JC Decaux poster sites and fly-posting; exclusively for local independent traders and community groups.

Standing just over 3 meters high and 1.5 meters in diameter, the Totem is Made in Sheffield from box-section and galvanized Steel, and painted with the same 3 stage coating system used to protect North Sea oil rig equipment. The design is modular at fabrication and can be produced as a Full-round, Three-quarter, Half or Quarter unit.