Gippsland · Victoria · Est. workshop

Furniture made by one pair of hands.

Every piece is selected, shaped, jointed and finished by me — made with care, made to last, made to be something I'd want in my own home.

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“When you buy a piece from me, you're buying something made to outlive us both.”

Tim Coles · Maker
Selected work

Pieces, and the timber
they remember.

Enquire about a piece
Shaker-inspired timber nightstand by Tim Coles

Shaker-inspired nightstand

Clean lines, hand-cut joinery, a quiet bedside companion.

Timber · Recycled redgumOne-off
Tinamba Hotel console table by Tim Coles

Tinamba Hotel console

A console table carrying timber with a hospitality past.

Provenance · Tinamba HotelCommission
Yvonne's chair, a bespoke timber chair by Tim Coles

Yvonne's chair

A bespoke chair shaped to one person's request.

Made for · A clientOne-off

Provenance tags shown are illustrative — real piece histories slot straight in.

Sourcing the best

Timber that arrives
with a history.

The wood I use is salvaged from a previous life, or grown in responsibly managed plantations. Wherever I can, I keep the story of the timber alive in the finished piece.

  • 1865A cabinet from timber craftsmen last touched building a hotel over 150 years ago.
  • SalvageA lacewood jewellery box from a giant plane tree once endangering a hospital.
  • BostonA table in rare flame maple, carried home when a friend moved back from the US.
The workshop

At the end of a
single-lane road.

My workshop looks over dairy paddocks to the trees and mountains that supply the timber I work. Ideas begin as lines on paper; time stops while I chase the precision in every joint — until form, function and beauty stop being separate things.

You're welcome to visit, see pieces in progress, or view what's available for purchase.

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Commissioning a piece

Four steps, no rush.

Step 01

Enquire

Tell me the piece, the room, and roughly the timeline. We start a conversation.

Step 02

Design together

We settle the form, the timber, and the details — drawn out before a cut is made.

Step 03

Hand-built

I select and machine the timber, cut the joints, and finish it with oils and waxes.

Step 04

Delivered

A finished piece, with the story of its timber — made to last generations.

Start a commission

Tell me what you
have in mind.

A short note is plenty to begin — the piece, the space, the timber if you have a preference, and when you'd love to have it.

WorkshopGippsland, Victoria · visits by arrangement