Hutch Custom is the Cape Town studio of furniture designer Warren Turnbull. In a world that makes everything faster, cheaper and in its thousands, Hutch moves the other way - slowly, deliberately, and entirely by hand. Every piece of custom furniture is drawn, joined and finished at a single bench, then signed and numbered as a one-off that will never be made again.
Warren Turnbull is the multi-award-winning designer and carpenter behind Hutch Custom - a Cape Town studio producing one-of-a-kind fine furniture entirely by hand. He designs and builds every piece himself, in solid timber and traditional joinery: signed, dated and numbered, made to be passed down.
He doesn't design pieces for others to build, and he doesn't build pieces others have designed - both happen at the same bench, by the same hands. He films each build in full, from the first rough board to the final hand-rubbed finish, and accepts only a select number of commissions each year.
A selection of recent bespoke furniture commissions and exhibition pieces, each one custom designed and handcrafted in Cape Town. Five of an evolving body of work.
A sustained musical note, shaped in wood.
A single continuous curve gives the piece a quiet sense of movement - like a sustained musical note shaped in wood. Both sculpture and instrument, it is a study in the harmony between craftsmanship, material and music - and the standout piece of Warren's Decorex year.
An intimate ritual, raised on slender legs.
A standing bar cabinet in figured walnut - fluted drawer fronts, hand-turned pulls, and a glass cradle that floats above tapered legs. Designed to be the most considered object in the room.
Light, drawn through a curtain of oak.
A low, softened console wrapped in hand-spaced oak slats that let warm light bleed through from within. Rounded ends and fine tapered legs keep a heavy form feeling weightless.
A quiet frame around a floating shelf.
An exposed-joinery oak frame cradles a soft-cornered cabinet that appears to float within it. Built as a pair or singly, the Tsururu brings a calm, architectural rhythm to the bedside - every leg and rail joined by hand.
A low plane, balanced on splayed legs.
A generous oak top with softly eased edges rests on hand-shaped, splayed legs and a sculpted stretcher. Light enough to feel airy, grounded enough to anchor a room - a quiet centrepiece built to be lived around.
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Hutch Custom takes on a small number of private commissions each year. If you have a piece in mind - or simply a space that deserves something truly bespoke - start the conversation.
