CRAFTSMANSHIP
From rough lumber to a finished frame, every step is done by people who started in construction. Here is the whole process.
THE PROCESS
We buy rough hardwood by the board, inspecting grain and moisture before anything is cut.
Boards are dried to 7% moisture and milled flat and square — the foundation everything else depends on.
Mortise-and-tenon and dovetail joinery, glued and pinned. Mechanical strength, not just adhesive.
Frames are clamped, squared and stress-tested before any upholstery or finish is applied.
Hand-sanded to 220 grit and sealed with repairable hard-wax oil, applied in thin coats.
Every piece is signed, photographed and checked against your order before it leaves the shop.
JOINERY
Most furniture fails at the joints. We over-build them. A DEPASI seat frame uses mortise-and-tenon joinery rated well beyond daily load, so the piece never develops the wobble that ends most furniture’s life. It’s the same logic we use framing a building — the connections carry the load.
MATERIALS, IN DEPTH
White oak, walnut and ash — solid through, never veneered. Finished with hard-wax oil that can be repaired, not stripped.
Vegetable-tanned hides that develop a patina instead of cracking. We use the whole hide, marks and all.
Cold-rolled steel, welded and blackened in-house. Structural where it needs to be, invisible where it doesn’t.
RESPONSIBILITY
The most sustainable piece of furniture is the one you never throw away. We build for repair: finishes that can be touched up, cushions that can be re-filled, frames guaranteed for life. We source hardwood from FSC-certified mills and reclaim offcuts for smaller pieces.
See, sit on, and specify your piece in person — a few blocks from Union Station.
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