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How a piece becomes yours.

No automated quote generators, no online configurators. Just an old-fashioned conversation that ends in a piece of furniture you actually wanted.

The process, step by step

Six steps from first email to delivered piece.


First contact

You write, call or walk in. We ask three questions: what room, what's it replacing, and roughly when do you need it.

Studio visit one

45 minutes at the workshop. Sit in the shapes you're considering. Touch timber. See and hold our fabric and leather samples.

Sketch and quote

Within five working days you receive a hand sketch with dimensions and a written quote. No obligation, no follow-up calls.

Prototype sign-off

Once you confirm, we build a full-scale frame mock-up. You come back to the workshop, sit in it, and sign it off — or ask us to change it.

Build phase

The build runs 6 to 12 weeks depending on the piece. We send you a photo of the frame in-progress at the halfway mark.

Delivery and install

We deliver in one of our own trucks. We unwrap, position, and remove all packaging — your weekend doesn't end with a flat-pack.

What can change

Almost everything. Within structural limits.


Customization is not a marketing word here. About a third of our annual orders are pieces we have never built before; another half are catalogue shapes modified beyond easy recognition. Below is what we typically vary at no extra design charge.

  • Dimensions. Length, width, seat depth, back height. Sized to your room and to the bodies that will use it.
  • Timber. Walnut, white oak, chengal, merbau, plus seasonal availability of other species.
  • Finish. Hard-wax oil, water-based lacquer, traditional French polish. Five standard tones plus colour-matched on request.
  • Upholstery. Eight standard fabrics, twenty-six on request. Leather (semi-aniline), linen, boucle, performance weave.
  • Hardware. Visible joinery vs. hidden, brass vs. blackened steel, exposed-screw vs. plugged.
  • Configuration. Modular, sectional, with-or-without drawers, with-or-without arms.
A sample board with timber chips, fabric swatches and a hand sketch of a sofa
What can't change

Where we politely push back.

01

Structural joinery

Mortise-and-tenon, dowels, dovetails. We will not biscuit-join a load-bearing frame to hit a price point.

02

Particleboard in frames

Not in our seating, ever. Drawer bottoms in non-load areas — yes, in real plywood. The hidden bits matter.

03

Mystery hardware

We name the brand and supply spec sheets for every metal component. If something fails in year four, you know what part to ask for.

I came in with a Pinterest board and left with something none of those photos showed — a sofa that actually fits my landlord's awkward bay window. The hand sketch they produced after the first visit was already 80% of the final piece.

Mei W. · Mont Kiara · Client since 2023

Start with one studio visit.

We block 45 minutes. Bring photos of your room and rough dimensions. You'll leave with at least three concrete options.