Workshop & showroom open in Ruaka · Daily until 7pm
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Commission a piece

You describe it.
We build it.

Bring a photograph, a sketch, or nothing but a description of the room. Every piece that leaves this workshop was made to order, and choosing your own design, size, fabric and colour has never carried a premium here.

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No premium for custom

Your design, your dimensions, your cloth. It is not an upgrade, it is simply how we work. You pay for the piece, not the privilege.

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One piece or a whole house

A single armchair is as welcome as furnishing three bedrooms. We take small commissions seriously because most of them turn into larger ones.

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You can change your mind

Because it is built by hand, in stages, we can adjust mid build. Lower the arms, firm up the seat, change the piping. A factory could not.

The specification

Most people do not know what they are allowed to ask for.

So here is the whole list. Every one of these is yours to decide, and none of them changes the way we quote. Choose what you know, skip what you do not, and send it to us as a starting point. We will fill in the rest.

What are we buildingStart with the type of piece.
SizeSeats, or dimensions if you have them.
Arm styleChanges the footprint as much as the look. Square arms take less floor.
Back styleLoose cushions are softer. Fixed backs hold their shape longer.
Seat firmnessThe single choice people most often get wrong. Softer is not more comfortable over years.
Seat depthDeep suits lounging and taller people. Standard suits upright sitting and smaller rooms.
LegsQuietly decides how expensive the finished piece reads.
DetailingOptional, and where a piece stops looking generic.
Fabric familyYou will choose the exact cloth from the library. This is just the direction.
Colour directionA description is fine. We will match it in the library.

Your brief

Nothing chosen yet

Start choosing on the left and your specification builds here. There is no wrong answer, and you can leave anything blank.

Goes straight to Naomi on WhatsApp, written out for you.

Working from a picture

That photo you saved is a perfectly good brief.

Most commissions here start as a screenshot. Something seen in a hotel, a friend's living room, or halfway down an Instagram feed at midnight. Send it. We will tell you honestly what we can match, what we would change, and what would cost you more than it is worth.

We are not copying anybody's furniture. We are building yours, in your size, in your cloth, for your room.

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Send the picture

WhatsApp is easiest. A screenshot, a sketch on paper, or a photo of something you already own.

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We tell you what is possible

Which parts we can match closely, which we would adapt, and where the design would not hold up in daily use.

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We measure to your room

Your space decides the dimensions, not the photograph. We check the doorway and the lift before anything is cut.

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You approve the frame

Before upholstery, while it is still bare timber and everything can still change.

The open frame promise

Come and see it naked.

The riskiest thing about commissioning furniture is that you hand over money for something that does not exist yet, and by the time you see it, it is covered. Every fault is sealed inside.

So we do it the other way round. You are invited to the workshop while your piece is still a bare hardwood frame. Press the joints. Look at the timber. Say if the arms sit too high. Nothing is hidden, because nothing is finished.

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You are told when it is framed

We message you at the frame stage, not after. Come the same week if you can.

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Nothing is upholstered without your word

If you cannot visit, we send photographs and wait for you to say go ahead.

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Changes at this stage are normal

Arm height, seat depth, back angle. Adjusting now costs almost nothing. Adjusting later costs a rebuild.

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You see the materials, not a claim

The timber, the foam grade and the fill are all visible before they disappear under fabric.

Where we will push back

We would rather lose the sale than build you something you will resent.

Commissioning goes wrong when the maker agrees to everything. These are the conversations we have regularly, and we would rather have them before you pay than after you take delivery.

"That fabric will not survive your children."

Pale linen in a house with a toddler and a dog is a decision you will regret by month four. We will show you something that looks similar, feels similar and wipes clean.

"That size will not clear your lift."

Before we cut anything we ask for your doorway, your lift and the turn on your staircase. A seven seater that cannot enter the building is nobody's idea of a good outcome.

"That trend will look dated in three years."

Some shapes are having a moment. If you are buying a piece to keep for a decade, we will say so, then build whichever you choose. It is your room.

"You are paying for something you will not feel."

Some details add real comfort. Others only add cost. We will tell you which is which, even when the more expensive answer would suit us better.

A commission we still talk about

The yellow seven seater.

A client arrived wanting yellow. Not mustard, not muted, not the safe version. A bright, confident, unmissable yellow. Most makers would have talked her down to something beige.

Instead we built the five seater, so the three and the two, in the yellow she wanted, then made two single seats in royal blue to complete a seven seater. The blue grounds the yellow and stops the room shouting. It remains one of the most elegant sets ever to leave this workshop.

Yellow · 3 + 2
Royal blue · 1 + 1

The lesson we took from it: the bold choice usually just needs a second colour to hold it steady.

The brief, as it was written
"I want yellow. Everyone keeps telling me not to."
PieceSeven seater, built as 3 + 2 + 1 + 1
FabricYellow on the main set, royal blue on the singles
DetailRoyal blue throw pillows to tie the two together
Why it worksOne bold colour, one anchor. Never two loud colours competing.
The practical part

Time and money, stated plainly.

How long it takes

Confirmed in writing when you order, and we do not quote a date we cannot hold.

A single chair or ottomanTo confirm
A sofa or suiteTo confirm
Bed and headboardTo confirm
A full homePhased, agreed room by room

How payment works

Nothing is hidden and nothing is due before you have a written quotation.

Deposit to beginTo confirm
BalanceOn completion, before delivery
InstalmentsAvailable, agreed at order
After sales supportSix months, included
Before you ask

The questions we get every week.

No. Your design, your dimensions, your fabric and your colour are included in the price of the piece. We are a workshop, not a retailer adapting stock, so building to your specification is simply how the work is done here.

Yes, and it is how most commissions start. Send it on WhatsApp. We will tell you what we can match closely, what we would adapt, and whether the design will actually be comfortable, which photographs never reveal.

You are encouraged to. We contact you at the frame stage while the piece is still bare timber. Come to the workshop, press the joints, check the proportions. If you cannot visit, we send photographs and wait for your approval before upholstering.

This is exactly why the frame stage exists. By the time a piece is upholstered, you have already approved the shape, the size and the fabric. Genuine faults are covered by six months of free after sales support, and we would come and put it right.

Often, yes. Bring a photograph and, if you can, a small offcut of the fabric or a cushion. Matching an existing set exactly is harder than people expect, so we will be honest about how close we can get before you commit.

Beds and upholstered headboards, dining tables and chairs, coffee and side tables, stools, display stands, office and reception seating, and scatter cushions to match. Tables and stands are built in mahogany. If you are unsure whether we can make something, ask.

Ready when you are

Send us the room. We will take it from there.

A photograph and a rough idea is enough to start. You will get a price, a lead time and an honest opinion, usually the same day.