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Colour, and things to put it on

Furniture made to order in Kirkwall, and a paint range mixed to match it.

Slow furniture, on an island

Everything is made here, by four people, out of oak and ash that comes up on the boat. A dining table takes nine weeks and there is no way to make that shorter that we would be happy to sell you.

The Scapa chair

Steam-bent ash, wool from Shetland, and one colour a year.

Recent commissions

Nine-week dining table

Three metres of island oak for a farmhouse at Birsay.

Twelve Scapa chairs

A dozen steam-bent chairs for a restaurant that wanted them all slightly different.

Library wall, Stromness

Four metres of shelving into a wall that was not straight anywhere.

Shop counter and back bar

Ash and brass for a bakery on Victoria Street.

4

People in the workshop

9

Weeks for a table

18

Colours in the range

1

Boat a week

A furniture bench mid-job, tools where they were left

The paint came second

We mixed the first eighteen colours because nothing off a chart sat right next to the wood. People kept asking for tins, so now there are tins.

Mixed here, two litres at a time, and matched to the piece if you ask.

The colour range

Ceramic vessels arranged along a shelf — Ceramics

A hand-painted wall, close in, brush marks showing — Colour

A lamp on a sideboard in a low-lit room — Lighting

Fabric swatches fanned out by colour — Swatches

A designer's desk with drawings and samples spread out — The studio

A mid-century living room in strong flat colour — The showroom

A single armchair set against a painted wall — The chair

A furniture bench mid-job, tools where they were left — The workshop

Commissions open in March

We take twelve a year. Tell us the room, the wood and roughly when, and we will tell you honestly whether we can do it.

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