Solid means solid
Plenty of “solid wood” tables in Malaysian showrooms are veneered chipboard with hardwood edging. Ours are full boards, jointed and glued along their length, thicknessed to 38–45mm. You can plane, sand and refinish the top for decades — something veneer never allows twice.
Movement is the whole game
Solid wood in this climate moves with every monsoon: a 1,000mm-wide teak top can swing several millimetres between March and November. A table that ignores this splits or cups. Ours are built for it:
- Tops float on slotted fixings so seasonal movement is absorbed, never resisted.
- Breadboard ends are pinned at the centre and slotted at the edges — the traditional answer, done correctly.
- Both faces are finished equally, because a top sealed on one side only is a top that will cup.
- Boards are rested in our workshop for two weeks minimum after kiln-drying and checked to 10–12% moisture.
Sizing for real seating
The arithmetic is unforgiving: 600mm of table edge per diner, 900mm of pull-back space behind each chair. We measure your room and draw the biggest table that still lets someone carry a hotpot around the outside safely. Sometimes that means talking a client down from the table they wanted to the table their room can host — we consider that part of the service.
| Starting price | RM4,200 for a 1.8m six-seater in nyatoh |
|---|---|
| Typical range | RM6,500–RM18,000 in teak, merbau or white oak |
| Lead time | 4–6 weeks from confirmed drawings |
| Warranty | 5 years structural; free first-year check and re-oil for oiled finishes |
One table, three generations
Tell us how many chairs on a normal Tuesday and how many at Chinese New Year. We will draw for both.