How We Design Our Collections

I recently read a quote from the interior designer, Beata Heuman, that she decides on a piece for her home when she knows she can’t not have it. I think our designing process is a little like that.

We find antique furniture, which may not be quite the right dimensions, or in the case of our upcoming second collection, we miss out on it at auction, and we create it for ourselves, making antique designs of today.

Now I know a lot of people don’t like having/ antiques in their house, but it is nothing to do with the design, they simple don’t like having old things in their new homes. I personally love the old things, filled with stories of past lives told through coffee and wine stains, knicks on legs and tears in upholstery. To me it brings the very design to life.

Each collection is designed around a specific style, the first of which is Bobbin Furniture. As you may have noticed, the turned leg style has been having a renaissance of late. We chose each piece from a chair we have, a side table we’ve lusted after and an ottoman we made for a friend as part of an interior design project and knew we had to keep making. Each piece is different to the tiered side tables, shelves and dining chairs you see in other shops. We wanted a chair you could comfortably sit on whilst knowing you would look beautiful doing it!

Thanks to 7 years working in the furniture industry I was lucky to know so amazing craftsman so that each piece of furniture is hand made, using traditional techinques. Our furniture is made with solid wood frames meaning that one day these will be the antiques you leave to you children or children’s children - they will last that long!