Materials
We chose seven materials. Then we stopped.
Most furniture brands list dozens of materials to look broad. We narrowed it down to seven, then we stopped. Each was chosen because it ages into something better — not synthetics that fade out of fashion in five years.
European oak, slow-grown
From FSC-certified forests in Galicia. Slow-grown, dense-grained, kiln-dried to 8% moisture so it stops moving in your home. Every chair frame, every tabletop, every drawer pull is solid oak — no veneer pretending to be solid. Wax it once a year and the grain only deepens.
Belgian linen, washed twice
Woven on family-run looms in West Flanders. We ask for it pre-washed twice before it leaves the loom — stiff at first, softer every wash, never pilling. It's an investment textile: the linen tablecloths and bed covers we sell today will be the ones your kids fight over in thirty years.
Glazed stoneware, single kiln
Fired at 1240°C in a single firing. One kiln, one workshop, one set of glazes mixed by hand. Each piece carries the kiln's fingerprint: a small variation in the celadon, a kiss-mark where a stilt touched the foot. Restaurant-grade, dishwasher-safe, but made one batch at a time.
The other four
Solid brass (Italian, hand-patinated, not lacquered — it will tarnish, slowly, and that's the point). Vegetable-tanned leather (Tuscan, finished without chromium). Worsted wool (a Yorkshire mill that's been spinning since 1844). Paper cord (a Danish weaver who supplies the joinery shops that supply us). Each chosen because it improves with use.
What we don't use
No MDF or particleboard, even on hidden surfaces. No melamine veneer pretending to be wood. No polyester filling that crushes in a year. No PU-coated "leather". No flame retardants. No synthetic rubber. If a material can't be repaired, we don't put it in something we're asking you to keep for fifteen years.