“When I am too exhausted, ill or busy to work in my shop, I will shuffle down the stairs to my 15' x 25' workshop and simply stand there for a few minutes with my hands on my tools.

To be sure, I thought I was a touch nuts because of this personality quirk. But after reading the oral histories and diaries of craftsmen from the last 300 years, I found it's actually a common trait among artisans. I am drawn, married or perhaps addicted to the things that allow me to coax wood into new shapes. At the same time, my relationship with my tools is like a tumultuous combination of an Italian family drama, a bigamist's decision about who to sleep with and a careful gardener.” Christopher Schwarz

The benefits of custom made furniture:

- Tailored to your needs. No matter how wild or creative your ideas are, we help bring them to life.

- You avoid cheap, mass produced flat packed furniture made with toxic glues and resins, which often end in landfill.

- Furniture that can potentially last a lifetime. Or maybe two.

- Honour traditional skills and techniques, keeping them alive throughout the ages.

- You support small business, sourcing materials locally.

“There’s a lot of work being done today that doesn’t have any soul in it. The technique may be the utmost perfection, yet it is lifeless. It doesn’t have a soul. I hope my furniture has a soul to it.” Sam Maloof