John, Paul, Peter & Paul

Thank you all for your replies. I'm in Sydney - left that off the original message!?

Having loooked in the yellow pages and asked for a few quotes - going without the coves and beads sees a viable option. I guess I would just need to shape the edges to fit with a plane as suggested.

Paul - I'll drop you an e-mail to find out more info about timber in Sydney.

Thanks again.