Furniture
Custom furniture in Abu Dhabi
Most furniture is bought to fit a room it was never designed for. You find something close, then you live with the gap at the end of the run, or the table that seats eight when the room wanted ten. Custom work removes that compromise, which is the whole point of it.
We have made furniture in Abu Dhabi since 2003, all of it made locally in the UAE. We work in beech and oak. Both take a carved detail cleanly and hold a joint in this climate, which matters more here than it does in Europe.
The games table in the gallery below has a chessboard and a backgammon board inlaid into the top, and a green baize card surface on the reverse. The pedestal table has its base carved from the solid. We can tell you exactly what is happening to your piece in any given week.
If you are weighing a made piece against buying one, we have written about when custom furniture is worth it and what timber does in Gulf humidity.
Process
How we work
- 01
Measure the room, not the catalogue
A piece is drawn to the space it will stand in. Ceiling height, the swing of a door, where the light falls, how much clearance a chair needs behind it.
- 02
Drawings and a named specification
You see the piece drawn before anything is cut, with the material and the finish written down. Changing your mind at the drawing stage costs nothing.
- 03
Made locally in the UAE
A wide range to choose from, and pieces made to measure where the range does not fit. Cutting, assembly, veneer and finishing are all covered.
- 04
Delivered and set
We deliver and place the piece ourselves. Anything that needs adjusting on site gets adjusted on site.
Gallery
From this part of our work
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Questions
Questions we get asked
- What can you make?
- Case furniture and seating, mostly. Desks, dining and side tables, cabinets, chests, bed frames, chairs and stools. The gallery on this page shows a games table with a chessboard and a backgammon board inlaid into the top, and an executive desk with a matching side table, both made by us.
- Can you match furniture I already own?
- Often, yes. Bring us the piece or good photographs of it with measurements. Matching an existing finish is the harder half of that job, and it is worth being honest that an exact match on an aged finish is not always possible.
- Do you make one-off pieces or only full sets?
- Both. A single dining table is a normal job for us.
- How much does a custom piece cost?
- It depends on size, material and how much hand work the design needs. A carved and gilded chair takes a different order of labour than a plain side table. Send us a photograph or a sketch with rough dimensions and we will price it properly rather than guess.
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Tell us about your project
Send a floor plan, a photograph, or just an idea. We will tell you what it takes and what it costs.