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Be-spoke furniture · Kampala, Uganda

Mid-century lines, old-world craft, and Ugandan wood. Made one piece at a time.

A mid-century wooden armchair with green upholstery

The Forest Armchair

Musizi & wool

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Mid-century linesIndian craftEgyptian geometryUgandan woodMade in Kampala

( What we do )

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Three roots,one workshop.

The Nile starts in Uganda and ends in Egypt. Our furniture travels a similar road.

A terracotta corridor of repeating arches

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It started on the road.

A quest to bring back tasteful things.

A woodworker shaping timber at the bench

ii.

Local wood. Local hands.

Mvule, mahogany and musizi, cut and joined in Kampala.

A carved teak drawer pull on a mid-century sideboard

iii.

The detail is the point.

Carved pulls, caned doors, joints you can see.

Hand-carved wooden printing blocks
Hands carving a piece of wood

( The craft )

Pressed by hand.Never flat-packed.

Every joint, carve and cane panel is made slowly in our workshop, and built to be fixed rather than replaced.

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Terracotta breeze-block screen wall

( Our rule )

“Mid-century,but made for how we live now.”

( To know )

Wood and direct sun are like 1 and 10.

Wood loves light…

…but not the midday sun.

If it cracks, don’t panic. It’s fixable.

Keep pieces out of harsh sunlight and away from damp walls.