Bespoke Wooden Furniture Manufacturers
Luxury Bespoke Wooden Furniture & Custom Wood CNC Machining in Durban
Custom Wooden Furniture.
At Scotsmen Woodworking, we specialize in creating custom wooden furniture that is as functional as it is beautiful. Based in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, our team of skilled craftsmen is passionate about transforming raw hardwood into one-of-a-kind furniture pieces that are tailored to your style, space, and needs. Whether you’re looking for a striking dining table, a built-in storage unit, or a full set of furniture for your home or office, we bring together traditional woodworking techniques and modern design to craft something exceptional.
Each piece we create is made to order, carefully designed in collaboration with our clients, and built by hand using high-quality, sustainably sourced hardwoods. Our goal is to build furniture that stands the test of time in both form and function. While we are proudly rooted in Ballito, we work with clients throughout Durban, greater KZN, and across South Africa, offering nationwide delivery and support from concept to completion.
Custom Wooden Furniture.
At Scotsmen Woodworking, we specialize in creating bespoke wooden furniture that is as functional as it is beautiful. Based in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, our team of skilled craftsmen is passionate about transforming raw hardwood into one-of-a-kind furniture pieces that are tailored to your style, space, and needs. Whether you’re looking for a striking dining table, a built-in storage unit, or a full set of furniture for your home or office, we bring together traditional woodworking techniques and modern design to craft something exceptional.
Each piece we create is made to order, carefully designed in collaboration with our clients, and built by hand using high-quality, sustainably sourced hardwoods. Our goal is to build furniture that stands the test of time in both form and function. While we are proudly rooted in Ballito, we work with clients throughout Durban, greater KZN, and across South Africa, offering nationwide delivery and support from concept to completion.
WHY CHOOSE SCOTSMEN.
Choosing Scotsmen means choosing a deeply personalized approach to furniture-making. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all. Every project we take on begins with a conversation so that we can understand your vision, your space, and how the furniture will be used in your everyday life. From there, we design and build with precision, ensuring every detail is thoughtfully considered and expertly executed. Because we work almost exclusively with hardwoods such as oak, ash, and blackwood, the result is furniture that not only looks beautiful but is durable and crafted to last for generations.
Our team is dedicated to quality over quantity. We’re a small, focused workshop that prioritizes attention to detail and genuine relationships with our clients. Whether you’re furnishing a coastal home in Ballito, a family house in Johannesburg, or a boutique office in Cape Town, we bring the same care, professionalism, and craftsmanship to each piece we create. We’ve built a reputation in Durban and beyond for delivering work that reflects a true love for the craft — and we take pride in being a name clients can trust, no matter where they are in South Africa.
Handcrafted Furniture
Creating one of a kind, beautifully handcrafted, bespoke hardwood furniture that will make a statement in your home.
Quality hardwood
We use the highest quality hardwoods including Rhodesian Teak, Kiaat, Oak, Mahogany, Oregon and Saligna.
Design & Function
We create beautiful and intricate designs, with comfort and usability for everyday use.
Bedroom Furniture
Explore our handcrafted wooden beds, headboards, bedside tables, cots, and compactums, custom-made for comfort and timeless style.
Dining Furniture
Discover custom dining tables built from premium hardwood, designed to bring people together in beauty and function.
Cabinets & Console Tables
From wardrobes and TV units to sideboards and consoles, our custom cabinetry is built for elegant, practical storage.
Outdoor Furniture
Browse our durable, made-to-order outdoor benches, tables, chairs, and bars crafted for stylish South African living.
What we Create..
What we handcraft from hardwood for our clients?
ChaIrs
Occasional Chairs, Dining room Chairs, Outdoor Chairs, Loungers, Armchairs.
Tables
Dining Tables, Coffee Tables, Occasional Tables, Side Tables, Desks.
Shelving
Book Shelves, Floating Shelves.
Cabinets
Dining cabinets, Media units, Sideboards.
Bedroom
Beds, Headboards, Side Tables, Cots, Compactums.
Micellaneous
Toy Boxes, Doors, Coat Racks, Fishing Rod holders, Chopping boards.
Raw Materials to Bespoke Wooden Furniture!
From Solid Hardwoods, to bespoke furniture, our Scotsmen will bring your designs to life.
Types of Hardwoods
Our clients can choose from a variety of Hardwoods, including:
Rhodesian Teak
Teak is one of the world’s most well known and coveted woods. It’s heartwood is light-medium brown, with a tint that can range from muted gold to pale red. (It’s colour darkens as it ages)
Oak
The trees commonly live for hundreds of years, if left undisturbed. The colour of heartwood can vary from light golden tan, to a light – medium brown.
Kiaat
Kiaat is closely related to African Padauk (both are species of the Pterocarpus genus), sharing its characteristics of being durable, extremely stable and easy workability.
Ash European
In appearance, it is nearly identical to American Ash, but it is often found in wider boards and whiter/clearer appearance.
European Ash is ideal for counter tops, cabinets and interior design.
American Ash
This wood is generally straight grained with course uniform texture.
Combined with its easy working properties, generally light overall colour and good finishing characteristics, American Ash makes a popular wood for a variety of practical and utility applications.
Iroko
Iroko is a tough, long lasting wood with a golden to medium brown colouration, course texture and interlocked grains that resemble Teak but are significantly less dense. Despite its toughness, it is relatively easy to work with and glues/finishes well. Some of its common applications are Boatbuilding, Flooring, Furniture and Cabinetry.
Black Ofram
Ofram has a distinctive light base colour that varies from pale yellow to light golden brown to pale tan – and is sometimes muted to the point of appearing greyish. It frequently has dark brown or black overlapping highlights.
This wood has a medium to course texture, straight grains and is moderately hard. Under a clear varnish finish, its base colour takes on a more golden hue.
American Walnut
American Walnut is prized for its typically deep chocolate colouring (often highlighted by red or purple streaks/tint), straight grains (though sometimes irregular), fine texture and warm natural shine. Black Walnut has excellent working properties due its cooperative grain structure and moderate density, which has made it prized by fine furniture craftsmen for centuries.
Iroko
Iroko is a tough, long lasting wood with a golden to medium brown colouration, course texture and interlocked grains that resemble Teak but are significantly less dense. Despite its toughness, it is relatively easy to work with and glues/finishes well. Some of its common applications are Boatbuilding, Flooring, Furniture and Cabinetry.