Made to order · Family workshop

Furniture and play pieces, built by hand for the spaces children grow up in.

Gardens|Schools|Play areas

We are a small workshop that makes one-off pieces in solid timber: mud kitchens and outdoor classrooms for preschools, name boards and reading nooks for aftercares, planters and benches for gardens at home. You send us the idea or a photo. We build it to fit your space.

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SolidPine & hardwood

4 weeksTypical build time

Any sizeBuilt to your space

Any designTell us your ideas

Hand-drawn workshop plan of a house-shaped children's mud kitchen with roof, hob, sink bowl and shelves.

Who we make for

Most of our work goes to people looking after children, and to the places they spend their days.

Long wooden mud kitchen with a stainless sink bowl, painted hobs, an oven door and a heart-cut cupboard.

Preschools & daycare

Mud kitchens, water walls, sandpits, low tables and cubbies. Built heavier than domestic pieces because twenty children will use them every day.

Square wooden outdoor play table with a slatted lower shelf, used by two children with bowls and pans.

Schools & aftercare

Outdoor classrooms, reading nooks, benches, notice and name boards. We quote per project, invoice the school directly, and can deliver in phases across a term.

Wooden planter shaped like a watering can, with slatted boards, an angled spout and a curved handle.

Parents

A bed, a play kitchen, a name board, a piece for a birthday. Small enough orders are welcome. Most of our parents come back for a second one.

Wooden standing-height activity table with raised edges and a lower storage shelf, used by a young child.

Home & garden

Planters, benches, herb boxes, screens and décor made to weather outside. Sealed for South African sun and rain, and re-oilable years later.

Safe for small hands, and worth the play value.

Finishes

Non-toxic, child-safe sealers and paints. Nothing that flakes into a sandpit.

Edges & fixings

Every edge rounded and sanded. Screws countersunk and capped, no exposed heads at child height.

Learning through play

Mud kitchens, water walls and sensory boards are designed for open-ended, messy, outdoor play: the kind teachers actually plan lessons around.

The gallery

Pieces we've built for schools, gardens and homes.

Nothing here is a catalogue item. Every piece was made for one customer, at their size, in their finish. Tap any photo to enquire about something similar.

Two handmade wooden birdhouses with pitched roofs, round entrance holes, perches and small slatted fences. — Wooden BirdhouseFrom R300

Wooden bird house with pitched roof, round hole, dowel perch and small fenced veranda, hanging from a rope. — Hanging Bird HouseFrom R300

Wooden mud kitchen under a pitched boarded roof, with a tap, metal bowl and slatted lower shelf. — Covered Mud KitchenQuote on request

Long timber mud kitchen with two metal sinks, painted oven with knobs, hanging pots and a chalkboard menu. — Double Mud Kitchen with OvenFrom R4 500

Three small wooden Adirondack-style bird feeder benches with slatted backs and wide armrests, standing on grass. — Children's Adirondack Bench Bird feedersQuote on request

Wooden wishing well planter with a hexagonal slatted box, two posts, crank handle and pitched shingle roof. — Wishing Well PlanterQuote on request

Two low wooden children's benches with slatted tops, splayed legs and long lower stretchers, standing on grass. — Slatted Play BenchQuote on request

Wooden mud kitchen with a round steel sink bowl, four painted hob plates, upper shelf and lower slatted shelf. — Mud Kitchen with SinkQuote on request

Wooden play shop stall with serving counter, scalloped awning and black chalkboard front panel, child leaning over. — Play Shop StallQuote on request

Wooden play kitchen with stainless sink bowl, painted four-plate hob, oven door, chalkboard and shelf. — Large Mud Kitchen With OvenQuote on request

Wooden mud kitchen with three steel bowls, painted hobs, oven door, chalkboard back and lower slatted shelves. — Large Mud Kitchen With OvenFrom R4 235

Wooden mud kitchen with a stainless steel bowl, painted hob and oven, slatted shelf and chalkboard. — Mud Kitchen With OvenFrom R2 500

L-shaped wooden mud kitchen with double stainless sink, water bottle holder, painted oven and hob. — Corner Mud Kitchen With Sinks And OvenFrom R3 500

Wooden mud kitchen with two stainless steel bowls, painted hob, oven door, chalkboard and lower shelf. — Double Mud Kitchen With OvenFrom R4 300

Wooden double mud kitchen with two blue basins, painted hob, oven door, slatted shelves and a glass water dispenser. — Double Mud Kitchen with OvenFrom R4 200

Wooden child-sized picnic table with two white tubs set into the top, one filled with water and toys. — Sand And Water Picnic TableFrom R2 100

Wooden children's mud kitchen with steel sink bowl, four painted hob plates, oven door and heart cut-outs. — Mud Kitchen With Heart DesignFrom R3 865

Two low child-height wooden benches with slatted seats and braced splayed legs, standing on grass. — Wooden benches.Quote on request

Square wooden braai board with three sunken serving wells and engraved 4x4, mountains and "Take It Off-Road" wording. — Custom braai board for braai snacksQuote on request

Rectangular dark wooden cutting board with a green resin stripe and a green resin leaf motif. — Custom wood and resin cutting boardQuote on request

Rectangular dark wooden board with pink resin-filled cracks and burned-in treble clef and music notes. — Custom wood and resin cutting boardQuote on request

Round wooden coaster with a heart-shaped recess filled with red resin and one live edge. — Custom wood and resin coasterQuote on request

Square wooden cutting board with a teal resin stripe, a treble clef, music notes and the words "Music Soothes the Soul". — Custom wood and resin cutting boardQuote on request

Custom Made CoastersFrom R50

Décor

Two square light timber side tables on grass, each with a top made of small squares in a grid. — Unique puzzle coffee tablesQuote on request

Plywood birdhouse with its hinged roof panel open, showing a red window, dowel perch and burnt bird motif. — Birdhouse With Hinged RoofQuote on request

Three timber raised planter boxes on legs in long, square and narrow sizes, standing on a driveway. — Raised Planter BoxesQuote on request

Two timber wishing wells of different sizes on a lawn, each with a round barrel and pitched slatted roof. — Wishing Well PlanterQuote on request

Square wooden wall panel carved in relief with a joined sun and crescent moon face inside a plain frame. — Sun And Moon Wall PanelQuote on request

Looking for something that isn't here? Send us a photo of it. Most of what we build starts that way.

How it works

From your idea to delivered

Send us the idea

A WhatsApp message, a sketch, or a photo you saw somewhere. Tell us the space it has to fit.

We quote, in writing

Sizes, timber, finish, delivery and price. A deposit confirms the order and we start the build. Schools get a formal quote and invoice for their order number.

We build it

Around four weeks for most pieces. You get progress photos before it is sealed, so changes are still easy.

Delivered and placed

We deliver assembled where we can, and put it where it needs to stand. Larger playground pieces are installed on site.

About us

A small workshop, a short bench, and everything made in one place.

We are a family workshop in Johannesburg. Every piece is drawn, cut, sanded and sealed here, by the same people, which is why we can change a size for you the week you ask.

Large timber workbench with a built-in table saw inside a thatched workshop, tools on the walls behind.

The workshop

One bench, one spray booth and a yard to assemble in. Small enough that nothing leaves without being looked over, big enough to build an outdoor classroom in sections.

A young woman shaping a small curved wooden block by hand on a saw table in an outdoor workshop.

The people

Ian draws and builds, and the rest of the family sands, paints and delivers. You will speak to whoever is making your piece rather than to a call centre.

A CNC router spindle cutting into a clamped wooden board covered in sawdust.

The tools

Table saw, router, planer and a lot of clamps. Nothing is flat-packed or bought in: joints are cut here, edges are rounded here, and the finish goes on here.

What our customers say

“The mud kitchen has not stopped being used since the day it arrived. It is heavier and better made than any of the other ones we have purchased, and it cost us less.”

Principal · Preschool, Johannesburg

“They built all the pieces for our outdoor play area in two phases so we could split it over two terms. Quoting and invoicing was straightforward for our admin.”

Grade R Head · Primary School

“I sent a photo I found online and asked if they could make it in a smaller size for our patio. It came back better than the picture.”

Parent · Pretoria

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