Who we are
MADE IN DERBYSHIRE SINCE 2020
MADE IN DERBYSHIRE SINCE 2020
OUR STORY
Timber Foundry started in 2020 in a shed in James's back garden. At the time he was working in a completely different industry, but loved nothing more than locking himself down there in the evening, making things for friends and family. His brother Nick, a fabricator by trade, started making the steel bases for the first tables, and through 2020 and 2021 we sold mainly indoor furniture, mostly through Etsy.
One day James's mum asked for a garden planter. She was frustrated in lockdown and couldn't buy anything online to finish off her garden. That planter has now become one of the things we're best known for: it's our best seller, and we ship hundreds of them across the UK every year, to gardens, restaurants, pubs and planting schemes, and even onto London Bridge and around St Paul's Cathedral as security units.
The shed gave way to a small workshop in 2021, a bigger one a year later, and in 2023 we moved into our current home: a 5,000 square foot workshop at Tansley, near Matlock, with CNC machines and edge banders alongside the traditional woodworking kit. Today we make indoor and outdoor furniture for homes, and fit out commercial spaces through Foundry Studio, our commercial arm.
Dining tables
Five designs on the same 45mm solid redwood top, in Clear, Walnut or Smoked Oak finish, made to order in 3–4 weeks. Or design your own in 3D, up to 3 metres.
Planters and garden furniture
Troughs, tall, corner, square and round planters, lined and delivered assembled in 2–3 days, plus garden tables, benches, log and bin stores. Any size through the planter builder.
Commercial and bespoke
Fit-outs, bespoke furniture and planter schemes for businesses: Pinewood Studios, Howden Insurance, Finisterre, The Woodland Trust and Mancave among them.
Wood
We buy our timber from a local merchant that has been trading for over 170 years, whose supply is independently audited for chain of custody from sustainably managed forests. Everything is kiln dried before we start. Dining tops are 45mm solid Scandinavian redwood, hand finished in hard wax oil; planters are pressure-treated and fully lined.
Metal
The steel is forged in the UK and delivered locally from a family-run supplier trading since 1889, now in its fifth generation. It is cut and fabricated in our workshop, then powder coated for durability.
What you can count on
Every piece is made to order in Derbyshire and delivered free across the UK mainland, dining tables by a 2-man team to the room you choose. Every table and planter comes with our 15 Year Warranty. We don't have a showroom, but you're welcome to visit the workshop at Tansley: call or WhatsApp first and we'll put the kettle on.
