Bespoke Furniture

Do you make furniture to a designer's drawings?

Yes. Most commissions begin with your concept or technical drawings, and your design intent leads throughout.

We assess feasibility, advise on materials and construction, and turn the design into shop drawings that fix every dimension, joint, finish and hardware item before anything is cut. Physical samples of each finish (lacquer draw-downs, veneer coupons, upholstery panels) are made for sign-off, and for repeated or complex pieces we build a prototype first, so proportion and comfort are judged in the round rather than on paper. Where a detail can be improved or a tolerance matters we will say so, but the creative direction stays yours. Design development typically takes two to four weeks before production begins. We work to your specification across casegoods, upholstery, fitted pieces and outdoor furniture, and coordinate with your project team from brief to installation as a single point of contact.

What types of bespoke furniture do you make?

Everything we make sits in five families (casegoods, fitted, loose, upholstered and outdoor furniture), and most projects draw on several at once.

Casegoods are the structured, cabinet-made pieces: cabinets, sideboards, credenzas, tables and desks. Fitted furniture covers wardrobes, storage walls and built-in pieces scribed to the architecture. Loose furniture includes dining tables and chairs, consoles, stools and occasional pieces. Upholstered furniture (sofas, armchairs, dining chairs and banquettes) is built on hardwood frames so it can be re-covered rather than replaced, and outdoor pieces are engineered for weather without losing an interior's refinement. Because the families are produced together, the casegoods, seating and fitted work in a scheme share one palette and one standard of making. Each is made by the partner workshop best suited to it; our partner in High Wycombe, for example, has 35+ artisans making upholstery and case goods in England's historic furniture-making town.

What are typical lead times for bespoke furniture?

Most bespoke furniture takes 10 to 14 weeks from approved drawings to UK delivery, for casegoods and upholstered pieces alike.

That clock starts at written approval of shop drawings and samples, not at first enquiry; before it sits design development, usually two to four weeks of drawings, specification and sampling. Complex or large commissions, rare veneers or a prototype stage can extend the programme, and stone or specialist materials typically add four to six weeks. The surest way to protect a date is to decide early on long-lead items such as stone, specialist fabrics and bespoke hardware, and to approve samples in batches, so production can start on agreed components while the rest are resolved. We agree the programme at the outset, report progress against it and align delivery and installation with your fit-out schedule, so pieces land when the site is ready. For hotel or multi-room packages we phase delivery by floor or room type. See our lead times.

Do you work with interior designers as well as private clients?

Both. We work as a trade supplier to interior designers and architects, and directly with private clients on residential commissions. For the trade we handle drawings, sampling, pricing and coordination as a single point of contact. See our page for designers and architects for how we work together.

How is bespoke furniture priced?

Every commission is quoted individually against your drawings and finishes schedule, with an itemised breakdown of materials, labour, finish and hardware. As a guide, a dining table runs from £3,000 to £30,000+ and fitted wardrobes from £2,000 to £10,000+, with a simple upholstered piece from a few hundred pounds; the figure depends on materials, size and complexity, finish and decorative craftsmanship, and hardware and engineering. Where a package needs to come in lower we show the as-drawn price alongside alternatives, and we agree how samples are handled before they are made.