Art Of Wooden Living
Crafting Excellence For Over 20 years
Solid wood
Acacia, mango, haldina and sheesham. No veneer, no particle board.
Shaped by hand
Cut, finished, and on the carved pieces patterned by hand.
No two alike
Every board carries its own grain. Yours will not match the photograph.
Hand wash only
Wash, dry standing on edge, keep it out of the dishwasher.
Our craft
Wood, and the people who shape it
Every board starts as a plank and ends on someone's kitchen counter. In between it is cut, shaped and finished by hand. Because no two pieces of wood are the same, the grain on the one you receive will not match the photograph exactly, and we have stopped treating that as a flaw to correct.
- WoodsAcacia, mango, haldina and sheesham
- MadeShaped and finished by hand
- CareHand wash only, never the dishwasher
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Gifting
Shop by occasion
The wood
Why we work mostly in acacia
A cutting board asks two things of a wood that pull against each other: hard enough to survive daily knife work, soft enough to leave an edge alone. Acacia sits in the narrow band where both are true. The checkered board is different. Haldina and sheesham are cut into blocks and stood on end, so the knife meets the fibres tip-first and parts them rather than cutting across.
- HardnessDense enough for daily knife work, soft enough to spare the edge
- GrainNo two boards share a pattern
- RepairA wooden board can be sanded back rather than replaced
In the making
How a board is made
Each piece is worked by hand, which is why the carved boxes take longest and why no two finish quite alike.
1
Choosing the wood
Grain direction and colour decide which board a plank becomes.
2
Cutting
Cut to size, then the corners and edges are worked back by hand.
3
Smoothing
Sanded until the surface is even and the edges are comfortable to hold.
4
Finishing
Finished, checked, and packed. The carved roti boxes take longest of all.
Gifting
A gift that is still in use in March
Most gifts get shelved. A board does not. It goes on the counter and stays there. Solid wood, worked by hand, and unlike anything else on the table.
Journal
From the workshop
18 August 2026
Wooden vs plastic chopping boards: the hygiene question, honestly
What the research actually says about bacteria on wood and plastic, what plastic is genuinely better at, and how to choose.
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18 August 2026
How to clean a wooden chopping board (and what ruins one)
The full routine for washing, deep cleaning and oiling a wooden board, plus the one habit that cracks most of them.
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