Why the small pieces are the hard pieces
A wardrobe hides its joinery inside a carcass; a chair wears its joinery in public. Every joint is visible, every curve meets your hand, and the whole structure has to survive a lifetime of people tipping it onto two legs. This is bench work at its most exposed, and it is the work our senior makers ask for.
What we build in this category
- Accent and reading chairs — shaped seats and steam-bent or laminated backs, in walnut, teak or oak, with woven, upholstered or bare timber seats.
- Hall and entryway benches — with or without shoe storage, sized to the five-minute chaos of a Malaysian doorway.
- Window seats — fitted into bays with lift-up storage and cushions in your fabric.
- Dining and coffee-table benches — matched to tables we have built, or making peace with ones we have not.
The shaping process
Chairs begin as a full-size plywood mock-up you actually sit in. We adjust seat angle, height and back pitch on the mock-up — cheap to change in plywood, painful in walnut — and only then cut the real timber. Expect two workshop visits: one to sit, one to approve the timber selection laid out board by board.
| Starting price | RM1,900 for a hall bench in nyatoh; chairs from RM2,800 |
|---|---|
| Lead time | 4–6 weeks including the mock-up stage |
| Warranty | 5 years structural, 12 months on weaving and upholstery |
| Pairs & sets | Second identical piece at 15% less, made from the same boards |
The mock-up chair is waiting
Come and sit in plywood before you commit to walnut.