The journal

Behind the work

How a piece is made, how to judge a workshop, and how to keep furniture alive for thirty years.

Craft · 7 min

Caring for furniture in Lahore: a year in twenty minutes a month

Not a list of products. A seasonal routine built around what this specific climate does to timber, leather, stone, brass and wool — and the five household habits that quietly destroy furniture.

21 Aug 2026

Craft · 7 min

How to choose a furniture workshop, and the questions that separate them

Two quotes for the same sideboard can differ by 60% and both look reasonable. Eight questions, a workshop visit and one measurement tell you which one to take.

21 Aug 2026

Craft · 8 min

How a piece is made: from a measured drawing to a delivered object

Follow one commission — a fluted sideboard for a DHA drawing room — through every stage, including the two where it nearly went wrong.

20 Aug 2026