01 — Portfolio

Portfolio

TV unit and living room storage in Tasmanian oak: a long bank of drawers with a tall cabinet, timber fronts over a dark recessed plinth — TV unit and storage, BrunswickTasmanian oak. Eight drawers, two tall cabinets and a cube unit over a recessed plinth.

Blackwood drawer box with the drawer pulled open, showing a divided tray and a small shaped pull in pale timber — Drawer box, KewBlackwood. Mitred box with a single drawer, a divided tray and a small shaped pull in pale timber.

Three Tasmanian oak floating shelves fitted into a narrow hallway nook, no visible fixings — Nook shelves, BrunswickTasmanian oak on concealed fixings, scribed to the walls of a hallway nook.

Blackwood artwork frame with a shaped cut-out mount around a black and white print, resting on a sideboard — Artwork frame, NorthcoteBlackwood. Deep frame with a cut-out mount following the print.

American white ash artwork frame with mitred corners and a stepped rebate, on the workshop bench — Artwork frame, NorthcoteAmerican white ash. Mitred corners and a stepped rebate for the canvas.

02 — Craft

Craft

Most of what leaves the workshop is solid hardwood. For built-ins, a trade joinery cuts the carcass to my drawings and I make the fronts and panels here, so the timber is where you see it and touch it.

Practical where nobody sees, beautiful where everybody does.

Furniture

Freestanding pieces in solid hardwood, sized to the room. Proper joinery, and drawers that still run true in ten years.

Bedside and side tables
Benches and small cabinets
Wall shelves and ledges

Objects

Smaller pieces you pick up, hang or reach for every day, made with the same care as the big ones.

Artwork and mirror frames
Door handles and pulls
Trays, boards and small boxes

Cabinetry

Built-ins for alcoves, nooks and awkward walls, measured and fitted on site so they look like they were always there.

Alcove and TV units
Nook shelving and window seats
Laundry and hallway storage

03 — Method

Method

1

Conversation

I start by listening: what you need, how you will use it and where it has to live. Then I measure the space to the millimetre, because older homes are rarely square.

2

Design

I come back with a few considered options for proportion, timber and finish, and we refine them together. You get a drawing and one clear quote.

3

Make

I make each piece in my workshop, start to finish. For built-ins, a trade joinery cuts the carcasses to my drawings.

4

Delivery & install

I deliver and fit it myself, level, plumb and scribed to the wall. Doors adjusted, space swept, and one last check before I go.

TV unit and living room storage in Tasmanian oak seen from the side: two tall cabinets, a low bank of drawers and a cube unit on timber floorboards

Lead time and pricing

Most pieces take four to six weeks from deposit to delivery or install.

Every job is quoted after a conversation and, where needed, a visit. No two pieces are the same, so I don't publish prices.

04 — Studio

Studio

One maker, one job at a time.

Delord Studios is run by me, Sascha, a German-born furniture maker. After twenty-odd years in retail and operations, the workshop is where I would rather be. I work in the inner north of Melbourne and see each piece through myself, from the first measure to the final wipe-down. Careful, practical and a bit pedantic, which is probably just German precision. Mostly, anyway.

TimbersVictorian ash, Tasmanian oak and Blackwood (my favourite), American oak and white ash, WalnutEthically and sustainably sourced whenever I can.

WorkshopInner North, Melbourne

Member, Victorian Woodworkers Association

Sascha, furniture maker at Delord Studios

05 — Contact

Contact

Tell me about the thing you need made.

The piece or the space, rough sizes, what it needs to hold. Photos help; you can email them after. I reply within a business day.

Email[email protected]