Beyond the Grain builds tables, benches and storage from solid hardwood, one piece at a time, in our workshop in Carrum Downs.
Some pieces are ready to ship. Most are made to order for a particular room. Everything is drawn before it is cut.
- Made by
- Beyond the Grain
- Workshop
- Carrum Downs, VIC
- Material
- Solid Australian hardwood
- Sold as
- Ready to ship, or made to order
PHOTO TO COME — workshop interior, wide, morning light, bench in the foreground
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Available now
PHOTO TO COME — table in room, 3/4 view, daylight Dining table, 1800 Made to order from $3,840 PHOTO TO COME — bench against wall, front-on, daylight Hall bench Ready to ship $980 PHOTO TO COME — board on bench, overhead, daylight Serving board Ready to ship $145 PHOTO TO COME — side table beside armchair, portrait, daylight Side table, one of one One of one $620
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How a commission works
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You tell me what you need
What it is, roughly how big, which room, and when you’d like it. Photos of the space help. I reply within a few working days.
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I draw it and quote it
You get a dimensioned drawing, a timber suggestion and a fixed price. We change it until it’s right.
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I make it
A deposit books the timber and a place in the queue. Usually about a week, depending on the piece; you see photos at each stage.
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Pickup or delivery
Collect it from the workshop or have it freighted, packed to travel. Delivery and care notes come with the piece.
Custom orders: 20% deposit once we’ve agreed the design and price. Proposed term, subject to the quote. Lead time: Usually about a week, depending on the piece. Estimate, confirmed when we agree the piece.
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The workshop
We work in a [size] workshop in Carrum Downs, with a table saw, a jointer and planer, a bandsaw and a lot of hand planes.
We buy hardwood from [local mill or yard] and let it dry in the shed before it comes inside. We keep offcuts; some become boards and small pieces.
PHOTO TO COME — Maker at the bench planing a board, workshop daylight PHOTO TO COME — timber rack, boards stickered and drying
Material index
- American walnut
- Imported. Used for boards and small pieces only. Serving boards and small pieces.Sample
- Jarrah
- Deep red-brown that darkens with age. Small tables and pieces where colour is the feature.Sample
- Spotted gum
- Hard, with a colour range from tan to chocolate. Benches, kitchen tops and anything that takes wear.Sample
- Tasmanian oak
- Pale, straight grain. Even and easy to work. Tables and shelving.Sample