Solid teak · Nilambur, Kerala
Teak that outlives the house.
Chairs, benches, tables and swings cut from air-dried teak, joined without a single nail and finished by hand with oil. Build your lounge chair on the right; the price follows every choice.
- 18 months
- air-drying the teak
- 0 nails
- mortise and tenon only
- 3 coats
- of hand-rubbed oil
W 72 × D 80 × H 84 cm · seat 44 cm
Nilambur Lounge Chair
₹38,500
Made to order in 5–6 weeks. Free delivery and placing across India.
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From the workshop floor.
Every piece comes in three finishes. Cushioned pieces come in linen, ikat or velvet; tables and benches come in more than one length.
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Rub the oil in yourself.
This is a board of sanded, raw teak. Pick an oil and rub it in with your cursor or finger, the way we do it by hand, three coats over three days.
0% oiled
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Five steps, no shortcuts.
Our workshop sits on the Chaliyar river road in Nilambur. Twelve craftsmen, one dust extractor, and a stack of teak that is always older than the orders.
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Seasoned for 18 months
Plantation teak from Kerala, stacked and air-dried under a tin roof until the moisture meter reads 12%. Wet wood cracks; patient wood doesn't.
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Cut and joined
Mortise and tenon joints, cut and test-fitted by hand. No nails, no screws in the frame, nothing to rust in a coastal monsoon.
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Pegged and planed
Every joint is locked with a teak peg, then the piece is hand-planed and sanded through four grits until it feels like stone.
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Oiled three times
Three coats of oil, rubbed in by hand a day apart. No lacquer, so a scratch years from now is sanded and re-oiled, not repainted.
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Numbered and delivered
Each piece is numbered and signed underneath by the craftsman who made it, then delivered and placed in your room by our own team.