Sustainability

There is a lot of loose language in this corner of retail. We would rather tell you exactly what we do, material by material, and leave the rest alone so you can judge it for yourself.

We start with what already grows

Mango wood is grown for fruit; our timber comes from trees at the end of their fruiting lives. Jute is a fast-growing annual that needs little water. Linen comes from flax, cotton from the field. Brass and silver are endlessly recyclable. None of it is scarce, and none of it is plastic pretending to be something else. Where we use epoxy, we say epoxy.

Solid, not surfaced

A solid piece can be sanded back and re-oiled in ten years. A veneered or composite one cannot — once the surface goes, the piece goes. The same logic runs through every range: real fibre rather than blended, real cloth rather than coated, solid metal rather than plated. It costs us more, and it is the single biggest thing we do to keep our work out of a skip.

Finishes

Food-safe finishes on anything meant to meet food, so a serving piece can be used rather than admired. Nothing we sell needs a special cleaner.

Packaging

Plastic-free wherever we can — and we say “wherever we can” deliberately, because a heavy table sometimes still needs corner protection we have not yet found a good alternative to.

Small batches

We make to real demand rather than filling a warehouse, which keeps waste down at the source.