Dining table
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1.6 m seating six, up to 2.6 m seating ten. Solid top, breadboard ends, trestle or four-leg base.
A table built to your room, in timber you picked, made in Bayswater in about ten weeks.
Marri, jarrah and blackbutt, cut and joined by one maker and an apprentice in a workshop off Railway Parade — delivered and installed across the metro.
Since 2016 · 210 commissions · every piece signed and dated underneath. Prices and lead times are published on this page, not held back for the enquiry.
What we build, and what it starts at
Every price below is the smallest size in that piece. The timber is named against the figure, because a “from” price that only exists in the cheapest board and does not say so is the oldest trick in this trade.
Sideboard
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Two to four doors, 1.4 m to 2.2 m. Hand-cut dovetailed drawers, soft-close hinges, adjustable shelves.
Bed frame
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Double, queen or king. Slatted base, bolted rails so it comes apart for the next house.
Desk
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1.2 m to 1.8 m, with or without a drawer bank. Cable pass-through cut where you want it.
Bench seat
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Seats two to four. The usual first commission — people order the bench, then come back for the table.
Delivery & install
Included inside the metro, over $3,000
Below that, quoted by suburb on the day.
We carry it in, level it, and take the packaging away. Nothing arrives flat-packed and nothing is left in the driveway.
Price your commission
Three choices. A range and a date, not a single made-up number.
Dining table in marri
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How a commission runs
Four visits, one deposit, no surprises at the end
The whole thing takes eight to fifteen weeks depending on the piece and the timber. You will hear from us at each of these four points and not much in between, because in between we are cutting.
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The workshop visit
Half an hour, free, at the bench. You put your hands on marri, jarrah and blackbutt boards and see the joinery in the flesh. Bring the room’s measurements and a photo of where it goes.
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Drawing and firm quote
Within five working days you get a dimensioned drawing and a fixed price — not a range. We start when you accept it and pay a third.
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Timber selected and cut
We buy the boards for your piece specifically and send you a photo of them laid out before anything is cut. Come and watch if you want to.
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Delivered and installed
We carry it in, level it on your floor and take the packaging with us. The balance is due on delivery, not before.
Three timbers, and the honest argument for each
Marri moves less than the other two once it is in your house and it takes a warmer, softer finish. It is the one we build most and the one we would pick for a table with underfloor heating or a west-facing window.
Jarrah is harder, darker and dearer — about twelve per cent on the price — and it adds a week, because it is slower to work and slower to finish. Choose it if you want the piece to look older than it is.
Blackbutt is the value option and the palest. It is imported, not local, and we say so; it is honest, straight-grained and about five per cent cheaper than marri.
We do not publish a certification, grading or provenance claim for any of these boards, because we buy from a merchant and we would only be repeating what we were told. What we will do is show you the actual boards for your piece before we cut them.
What people say after the delivery
Demonstration copy for a fictional workshop — written to show how a real customer’s words would sit here, and deliberately not marked up as review data.
“Our room is an awkward 3.4 metres and every table we looked at was either too short or blocked the door. Hollowbank measured it and built a 2.6 that actually fits. Eleven weeks, and it landed the week they said.”
Dining table in jarrah · Mount Lawley
“I asked for the cheap timber and was talked into the middle one for a hundred and fifty more, with a reason. That is the opposite of every other quote I got.”
Sideboard in marri · Bassendean
“They sent a photo of the boards on the bench before cutting, which I did not expect and now think everyone should do. The bench seat is signed underneath with the date.”
Bench seat in blackbutt · Inglewood
We deliver and install across the Perth metro
Joondalup to Rockingham, the coast to the hills. Included on commissions over $3,000; below that it is quoted by suburb. The workshop itself is off Railway Parade in Bayswater and you are welcome in it by appointment.
Delivered and installed, no extra charge over $3,000:
- Bayswater
- Maylands
- Mount Lawley
- Inglewood
- Bassendean
- Guildford
- Morley
- Midland
- Perth CBD
- Subiaco
- Victoria Park
- Applecross
- Fremantle
- Scarborough
- Canning Vale
- Joondalup
- Rockingham
- Mundaring
Outside the metro we still build for you — a good number of our tables have gone to Margaret River and Albany — and we quote the freight separately at what it actually costs us.
The six questions we get every week
How long does a commission actually take?
Six to eight weeks for a bench seat, ten to fourteen for a dining table, and add a week for jarrah because it works and finishes slower. Those are the figures the estimate above uses. The clock starts when you accept the drawing and pay the deposit, not when you first ring — the drawing itself takes about five working days.
Can I come and see it being made?
Yes, and most people do at least once. The workshop is off Railway Parade in Bayswater and it is an appointment rather than a showroom — there are machines running. We send you a photo of your boards laid out before we cut them, so even the people who never visit see their own timber first.
What if it doesn’t fit the room?
That is what the drawing is for. Before anything is cut you get a dimensioned drawing with the piece set in your room’s measurements, including the walking space around a table and the door it has to come through. We have turned down two jobs because the finished table would not have made it up the stairs, and we would rather do that than deliver a problem.
How do I look after it?
Wipe it, do not soak it, and use a mat under anything straight off the stove. Everything leaves here in a hard-wax oil, which means a scratch can be spot-repaired rather than the whole top re-sanded. We give you a small bottle of the same oil and a one-page sheet, and we will re-oil a top for you at the workshop for the cost of the materials for as long as the piece exists.
Do you take a deposit?
Yes — a third, when you accept the drawing and the fixed price. It buys the timber for your piece, which is the point at which we are out of pocket. The balance is due on delivery, after it is in the room and level, not before. We do not ask for anything in between.
Can you match an existing piece?
We can match a species, a profile and a finish closely, and we will tell you honestly at the workshop visit how close we expect to get. What we will not promise is an exact colour match to a piece that has been in your sun for fifteen years — new timber has not aged yet, and anyone who promises you otherwise is guessing.
Book a workshop visit
Half an hour at the bench, no charge and no obligation. Tell us roughly what you are after and we will have the timber samples and a rough drawing out on the bench before you arrive.