Java Furniture

All our teak furniture is made in a small village called Parangtritus just half a mile from the Pacific Ocean in central Java, Indonesia...

The furniture is made in the workshops of Warjiyo whom we met on our first trip to Indonesia in 1990. At the time Warjiyo was a part time becak driver pedalling tourists around the town of Yogyakarta. As we have grown he has grown with us and he now employs 45 local people and makes 60% of all the furniture that we sell.

All 45 workers are paid well above the usual wage for this work and we guarantee no children are employed in the workshop. This furniture is not made in a large factory but by craftsmen using hand tools and the skills that have been developed over centuries. This, we think, gives it it’s unique hand crafted quality. We have sought to create a very natural and clean look to this range whilst maintaining a traditional hand made quality and feel.

Care of your java furniture

Your furniture is made from solid plantation teak. It may be liable to some small movement, especially if kept in very warm conditions such as too close to a radiator or fire. It has been finished with french polish and then waxed.

In order to keep its rich sheen we recommend a regular application of bees waxed based furniture polish.