Spaces with Soul.
Style with Substance.
A Kampala-born studio for premium wall finishes, furniture, and décor — plus full design & fit-out for residential, commercial, hospitality and exhibition spaces. Shop a piece, or commission a room.
A working studio, not a stock photo.
Live from the Kyambogo workshop floor — what's on the bench, in the finish room, and out the door this week.
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Bench 03Walnut credenza.Hand-rubbed oil · day 4 of 7
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Finish roomLime-wash swatches.Kobe matt · 12 tones
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UpholsteryBoucle three-seater.Custom · Muyenga client
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DispatchDining table 08.Blanket-wrapped · Mbarara
Take a piece home.
Bench-made furniture, fragranced air, and quiet décor — finished in Kyambogo, shipped insured.
- A. Furniture · sofas · tables · beds
- B. Décor · lighting · textiles · mirrors
- C. Home fragrances · candles · diffusers
- D. Custom orders · any finish, any scale
Build a room.
Full design & fit-out — residential, commercial, hospitality, exhibition. One accountable studio from brief to handover.
- 01 Listen · brief, budget, behaviour
- 02 Specify · BOQ, finishes, mood
- 03 Make · Kyambogo workshop, bench QA
- 04 Install · sequenced, snag-free, warranted
We design, build, and furnish environments where ideas come to life — whether it's a cozy home, a buzzing café, a bold office, or a show-stopping exhibition booth. From the big picture to the tiniest details, we bring creativity, craft, and a deep love for beautiful, functional design.
Three rooms.
One catalogue.
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01 · FurnitureBrowse Furniture
Made on
the bench.Sofas, tables, beds and storage — built in Kyambogo and finished by hand.
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02 · DécorBrowse Décor
Small things,
finished well.Lighting, textiles, mirrors and trays — the small moves that make a room read as deliberate.
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03 · FragrancesBrowse Fragrances
Air with
intent.Candles, reed diffusers and room sprays — blended for our climate.
A boutique hospitality floor,
finished.
Four moves,
every project.
A repeatable process for spaces that aren't.
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01
Listen.
Brief, budget, brand, behaviour. We walk the site at three times of day before we draw a thing.
1–2 wks -
02
Specify.
Mood becomes material. Every finish to a swatch, every dimension to a piece — line-item BOQ, no surprises.
2–4 wks -
03
Make.
Four benches and a finish room in Kyambogo. Two-stage QA: once on the bench, once at the gate.
4–10 wks -
04
Install.
Sequenced site work, snag-free handover, 30-day site walk, and a written workmanship warranty on every finish.
1–3 wks
One bench
at a time.
Notes from
the workshop.
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Field notes · 06 min
Why we lime-wash before we paint.
Eleven hand-rubbed finishes, one stubborn climate. A short essay on what humidity does to oak in May, and what we do back.
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Guide · 04 min
Five sofas, five rooms.
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Tour · 03 min
A morning at Kyambogo.
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Fragrance · 02 min
The notes that survive a Kampala afternoon.
Walk the bench,
touch the finish.
The questions we always
get asked.
The things every client asks in the first call.
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Yes — blanket-wrapped, on our own truck within Uganda, and freight-forwarded internationally. Recent dispatches: Mbarara, Kigali, Nairobi, Lagos, Dubai. Insured to landed value, every leg.
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Shop pieces in stock ship within 5 working days. Custom furniture: 4–8 weeks on the bench. Full fit-outs: 8–14 weeks brief-to-handover, depending on scope and finish complexity.
We commit to a date in writing on the BOQ — and pay a daily late-fee penalty if we miss it.
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Yes. Booths, pavilions, retail pop-ups. Three air-freight-survivable builds last year alone.
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Always. We work with named architects and interior designers from concept through site management. Roles agreed in writing before the BOQ.
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Line-item BOQ, no lump sums. Materials, finishes, labour, transport, taxes — each as a separate line so trade-offs are obvious. Quotes valid 30 days.
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Twelve months on every finish; six months on furniture frames; two-week snag walk on every fit-out. Warranty card on day of handover.
Bring your project
to life with Dawin.
Share your brief and we'll come back with a curated quote and timeline within five working days. Every enquiry is assigned a project lead from day one.