Studio Beom Shop

Designed, made
& fitted by hand

Bespoke furniture and fitted joinery, made in Kent.

Kitchens, dining tables, libraries and dressing rooms for clients in London and the South East. Each commission is drawn for one room and fitted by the same hands that built it.

Begin a commission
A long dining table made from one thick slab of English oak with its natural wavy edge kept along both sides, on slim blackened steel frame legs, in a spare room with a board-marked concrete wall and late afternoon sun across the top, a rubber plant in a clay pot in the corner.
01Live-edge oak, blackened steel

01 / Work

Studies in timber

Studies in the studio's way of working: solid timber, joints left on show and proportions drawn from architecture. Each began with a particular kind of room. A commission begins with yours.

A tall narrow cabinet in fumed oak, dark and smoky with the grain showing, its two doors faced in fine vertical reeding with no handles, one door ajar, standing on a low plinth of smooth cast concrete against a limewashed wall.
02Fumed oak, cast concrete

Fumed oak cabinet

Oak darkened with ammonia fumes, so the colour runs right through the wood instead of sitting on its surface. Reeded doors open from the edge without handles, and the cabinet stands on a plinth of cast concrete.

A fitted alcove beside a tall window, with pale ash shelves above low flush-fronted cupboards. A trailing plant hangs from one shelf, with books and two stoneware pots, and a hidden warm light runs under the lowest shelf.
03Ash, integrated light

Ash alcove

Shelving and cupboards scribed into an alcove from wall to wall, in pale ash. A channel beneath the lowest shelf hides the light fitting, so only the glow shows.

A heavy Norse-inspired oak trestle table with a square-edged three-board top and breadboard ends, A-shaped trestle ends joined by a long stretcher locked with oak wedges, hand-forged black iron straps at the joints, in a whitewashed stone room with a flagstone floor.
04Oak, forged iron

Norse trestle

A table descended from the long halls. Oak boards rest on splayed trestles, and the stretcher is driven through each leg and locked with tapered wedges. The frame holds without glue; it knocks down to move house and tightens again under a mallet, while forged iron straps take the knocks of a working life.

Freestanding

Dining tables, benches, cabinets and seating, made to anchor a room and sturdy enough to move house with you.

Fitted

Kitchens, libraries, wardrobes and dressing rooms, alcove cupboards and the awkward space beneath a stair, all scribed to walls that were never quite true.

Interior details

Window seats, panelling, counters and planters set into a wall: the smaller pieces of architecture that finish a room.

02 / Approach

Materials

Solid hardwood does most of the work, chosen for its figure and colour. Steel, glass and cast concrete come in where a piece needs them.

Close-up of a wedged through-tenon on an oak trestle table, the stretcher end passing through the post with a tapered oak wedge driven through it, and a hand-forged black iron strap with square nail heads below, in raking window light.
05Wedged through-tenon
  • Timber

    Walnut, oak, maple and mahogany, with ash and sweet chestnut for lighter work. Solid wood wherever a hand will rest.

  • Concrete

    Cast bases, tops and planters, sealed and left to take on a patina with use.

  • Blackened steel

    Frames, rails and brackets, drawn as fine as the load will allow and finished dark.

  • Glass

    For looking into a cabinet, or borrowing light from the room beyond.

  • Planting

    Planters designed with the piece from the first drawing, lined and drained so plants and timber can share a room.

  • Light & power

    Recesses and channels for lighting and sockets are resolved in the drawings. A qualified electrician makes the connections.

Sourcing & finish

Built to outlast the room it was drawn for.

Timber is bought from suppliers who can document where it grew and that it was legally felled, with English oak and ash from South East sawmills wherever possible.

Oil and wax in place of solvent lacquers, so a worn surface can be renewed by hand instead of stripped back.

Offcuts are made into the trays, boards and planters in the shop, so good timber is never wasted.

  1. Your room

    Photographs, rough measurements and any images you have collected, however loose the idea.

  2. Drawings

    Sketches, material options and an indication of cost. The drawings go back and forth until the piece is resolved and you are sure of it.

  3. Making

    Made by hand in the Kent workshop, with photographs sent as the piece takes shape.

  4. Fitting

    Delivered and fitted by the maker, and scribed on site to floors and walls.

03 / About

About

One maker, from the first drawing to the final fitting.

Studio Beom is a bespoke furniture and joinery workshop in Kent, making one-off pieces for homes and businesses across London, Surrey, Essex and East and West Sussex. Every commission is designed, built and fitted by the studio's founder, so the person who measures your room is the person who installs the finished piece.

Commissions range from dining tables and free­standing cabinets to kitchens, fitted libraries, dressing rooms and alcove cupboards, in solid walnut, oak, maple and mahogany. For businesses, that means reception desks, boardroom tables and fitted joinery for offices and restaurants. What a commission leaves behind becomes the smaller pieces in the shop.

A quiet, dim workshop with a hand plane resting on an oak board on a heavy timber bench, stacked boards and wall-hung clamps behind, lit by a low band of daylight. No people.
06Oak, hand plane

04 / Enquire

Commission a piece

Tell me about the room and what you're looking for. A photograph and rough measurements are enough to start.

Or write to hello@studiobeom.co.uk. Every enquiry is answered personally, and in confidence.

01You

A town or postcode area is enough.

02The project

The room, rough sizes if you have them, what it needs to do, and anything awkward like sloping ceilings or radiators. Links to things you like are welcome too.

Materials you like (optional)
03Photos and budget
Photos (optional)
Add photosThe space as it is now, and anything you've seen and liked. Screenshots are fine. Up to 6.

    A rough range helps shape the first drawings.

    A month, or "no rush".

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