The workshop
Four people and a drying room
Loam & Larch is a four-bench workshop outside Aarhus. We do not hold stock, we have never run a sale, and the eight weeks you wait is mostly timber sitting still. Here is the whole arrangement, including the parts of it that are inconvenient for you.
- 4People at the bench
- 8 wksTypical lead time
- 12 yrsSince the first table
- 100%Made to order
Nothing is cut before it is bought
There is no warehouse. A machine does not touch a board until an order is paid, which is why the lead time is eight weeks and not two days. It also means we have never discounted anything to clear a stockroom, because there has never been a stockroom to clear.
Four benches, not a production line
One cabinetmaker takes a piece from cut list to finish. It is slower than splitting the work across stations and it is the reason the underside of a drawer is finished to the same standard as the top — nobody is passing a problem down the line to someone they will never meet.
The wait is doing something
Timber comes in at 8–10% moisture and sits in the shop for two weeks before it is machined, so it moves in our building rather than in yours. Skipping that is how a tabletop cups in its first winter.
We would rather repair it than sell you another
Every joint in the catalogue is one we can take apart. Rails are pegged and shouldered rather than glued into a housing, seats unbolt, and stone tops lift off. A repair is a day of somebody’s time; a replacement is eight weeks of a forest’s.
A workshop that holds no stock can never be in a hurry to move any.
Who actually makes it
Four names, because at this size the question “who built mine?” has an answer.
Mira Lindqvist
Cabinetmaker, founder
Trained in Jutland. Cuts every prototype herself and still takes the difficult commissions.
Tomas Haugen
Cabinetmaker
Case goods and drawer work. Nine years at the bench; the Norreby is his drawing.
Elin Sørby
Upholstery
Runs the frames and covers. Decided the three-seater would not ship in linen.
Jonas Reier
Finishing and repair
Oils, lacquers, and every piece that comes back through the door.
Materials and care
Nine materials, each with a fault
Travertine stains, bouclé catches, walnut lightens in the sun. The materials page names every one of them rather than photographing around it.
Built to come apart
Pegged and shouldered joints, bolted seats, lift-off stone. The care guide covers what you can fix at the kitchen table and what to send back to us.