Everything is made after the conversation, not before it. That is slower than buying
something off a shelf, and it is the only way to get a piece that fits your room, your
use and what you actually want to spend.
Reference A slatted bench, in the light it was made for
Two ways to begin
Start from what you have seen.
Show us a form you like — from us, from a photograph, from anywhere. We work out what
it takes to make it well, then adapt the dimensions, timber, finish and detail to
your room and your budget.
You do not need a drawing. A rough sketch, a room measurement, a photograph of the
space, or a description of the problem is enough to begin. We will tell you honestly
what can and cannot be done.
The traditional work is the most visible, so it is what people assume we do. The
workshop's range is considerably wider than that, and all of it is built to the same
standard.
Reference The density of traditional South Indian carving
Traditional
Turned members, carved panels, substantial frames. The vocabulary of South Indian furniture, built the way it was built.
Reference Frame and proportion carrying the piece
Restrained
The same construction with the ornament taken out. Timber, proportion and joint doing all of the work.
Reference Contemporary rooms, traditional construction
Contemporary
Slab tops, spare frames, clean lines. Made to the same standard, with none of the traditional detail.
Custom
Something that fits nothing above, because you have a room, a use or an idea that needs its own answer. This is the one we cannot show you a picture of — it does not exist yet.
What we make
Most things that a house is furnished with.
Seating
Benches, settees, chairs, daybeds.
Tables
Dining, low, work, occasional.
Beds
Frames, headboards, four-post.
Storage
Wardrobes, cabinets, sideboards, chests.
Work & study
Desks, shelving, reading furniture.
Built-in
Furniture that becomes part of the room.
Reference Turned members, repeatedReference Furniture built into the wall
Ours
One of ours, so you can judge the work.
Rooted Spaces
Carved teak headboard, photographed in our workshop
This is the level of carving the workshop does, photographed where it was made rather
than styled in a room. As more pieces are finished and properly photographed, this
section becomes the collection — each one genuinely ours, none of it borrowed.
We do not build the business around one timber. What a piece is made from depends on
what it has to carry, where it will stand, how it will be used, what finish it needs
and what you want to spend. A dining table in a humid coastal house and a wardrobe in a
dry room are not the same problem.
That decision happens in the consultation, with the reasons explained, so you are
choosing rather than being sold to.
Tell us what you are imagining.
A photograph, a screenshot, a sketch, a room, or a sentence. Whatever you have is enough
to start.
