Boards that have stood up
Every board for a table is racked vertically for at least three weeks before milling. Wood that wants to twist is sent back to the rack, not the workbench.
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Dining tables, the chairs that earn a seat around them, and the bench at the end.
A dining table is the most-used piece of furniture in a Malaysian home — meals, mahjong, homework, working from home. We build them to absorb all of it.
The table top
One slab, seam-jointed boards, or breadboard ends — built so it does not split.
For thicker, statement tops we seam-joint boards of solid kembang semangkok, reclaimed merbau, or American white oak, with hand-cut breadboard ends pegged in the middle and floated at the ends. The top is allowed to move with the seasons, as wood does, but never to split.
Our standard top is 35 mm. Thinner is available, thicker is encouraged. The underside is finished in the same wax as the top so the boards age evenly.
- Round, square, rectangular, oval and bench-end shapes.
- Sizes drawn for six, eight, ten, twelve or fourteen, including extension leaves.
- Trestle base, four-leg base, central pedestal or steel-and-timber hybrid.
- Companion benches and side cabinets drawn into the same set of plans.
Dining specifications
Numbers we will reach for, the day we draw your table.
Top stock35 mm solid hardwood, seam-jointed
Standard height740 mm finished top
Suggested width900–1,100 mm for everyday use
Length per seat600 mm minimum per cover
FinishTwo coats hardwax oil, sanded between
Lead timeTen to twelve weeks from approved drawings
Indicative priceFrom RM 11,200 (table for six, seraya)
WarrantyFrame & joinery: lifetime. Finish: ten years.
Chairs that earn a seat around it
Six chair shapes we build, none of them by accident.
Dining chairs are not where you save money on a commission. They take more bench hours per kilogram than any other piece of furniture — and they are the ones the children swing on for thirty years.
i.
Ladder-back, rush seat
A quiet, traditional chair with a rush seat woven in-house. Best around a square or round table for six.
ii.
Spindle-back, hardwood seat
Inspired by Windsor chairs, sized for our climate. Saddled solid seat, hand-turned legs, brass tips on request.
iii.
Upholstered slipper
A low-backed dining chair fully upholstered in linen, leather or velvet. Easy to push under the table when not in use.
iv.
Caned-back armchair
Two armchairs for the heads of the table. Cane back, leather or linen seat, comfortable for the long meals.
v.
Slatted bench
A 1,500 or 1,800 mm bench in matching timber. Useful for one side of the dining table when the family is variable in size.
vi.
Klismos-leg dining chair
A sabred-leg chair in steam-bent ash or oak, leather sling seat. The chair our designers ask for the most.
Why our dining tables outlast their owners
Three things we will not skip.
Pegged, not glued only
Breadboard ends are pegged in the centre, slotted at the ends. The table can grow and shrink with the room, year on year, without cracking the top.
Re-finished every decade, free
If you commission a dining table from us, you can bring it back ten years later for a free sand-and-re-oil. It will look like the day it left.
Begin a dining commission
Tell us how many seats, how the room is shaped, and the wood you are drawn to.
The first set of drawings is on us. The wood block, swatch and quote land in your inbox within two weeks.