Notes on the collection

On the woods, the workshops, and the long way a piece travels from Java to a house in Escazú.

Care·5 September 2026

What Teak Wants in a Costa Rican House

Fifteen years working with Indonesian hardwood taught us that caring for it in the tropics is mostly a matter of doing less, and doing it patiently.

Collecting·1 September 2026

After fifteen years across Indonesia, the difference between the two comes down to time, provenance, and what you are willing to leave empty.

Provenance·28 August 2026

What teak, suar, and carved ironwood reveal about the workshops and centuries that shaped Indonesian furniture.

Craft·24 August 2026

Fifteen years buying in Java and Bali taught us what the grain, the joint, and the finish reveal about how a piece will live for a century.

Collecting·20 August 2026

Fifteen years of buying in Java and Bali taught us that the good rooms are never all old or all new. They are a conversation.

Architecture·16 August 2026

The Javanese joglo stands on four posts and a stacked timber roof, held by joinery rather than fasteners. Here is what the wood tells you.

Architecture·12 August 2026

The difference between a resort that reads as Southeast Asian and one that reads as a set is decided in the workshop, not the rendering.

Wood·8 August 2026

Three woods, three temperaments. What fifteen years in Java taught us about choosing the one that suits your house.

Provenance·4 August 2026

Fifteen years buying across Java and Bali taught us that age is not a claim. It is a set of things you can see and touch.

Provenance·2 August 2026

Before it becomes a table in Escazú, a plank of reclaimed teak has already lived a century in Java. Here is what that century leaves behind.

Provenance·31 July 2026

A century of Indonesian wood already knows how to live in heat and light. The modern tropical house is where it belongs.