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Spaces finished
since 2014
— Dawin Finishes · Est. 2014
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
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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
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— Shop
See all
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.
— Featured project · 07 / 64
Latitude House —
a boutique floor, finished.
Lobby hero — lime-washed reception
Suite — walnut headboard
Bath — terrazzo + brass
Stairwell — patina finish
Restaurant — banquette in moss
"Dawin handed back a hotel floor that felt like it had always been there. The finish room is the secret."
— Voices from the room
What clients say
once the dust settles.
Eleven years, one hundred and eighty-four spaces, zero anonymous testimonials.
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Dawin handed back a hotel floor that felt like it had always been there. The finish room is the secret — we kept walking guests past the same wall just to watch them touch it.
★★★★★ Aine N. Hospitality Director · Speke Group · Handover Feb 2025 -
They walked our café at six in the morning before they drew a line. Four months on, the banquette still gets compliments.
★★★★★ Patricia M. Owner · Endiro Coffee · Bukoto -
A line-item BOQ, on the day they promised it. Rare. The credenza is even rarer.
★★★★★ Joel & Faridah K. Private residence · Muyenga · 2024 -
An exhibition booth that survived three air-freight legs and looked better in Lagos than in Kampala.
★★★★★ Bryan O. Brand Lead · MTN Uganda · Africa Tech Week -
The 30-day snag walk turned up four things. They fixed three on the spot.
★★★★★ Diana K. Operations · Latitude 0° · Kampala
Eleven years,
one bench at a time.
Latitude 0°
Café Javas
Speke Group
Endiro Coffee
Serena Hotels
MTN Uganda
UN Habitat
Tugende
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Kyambogo workshop
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On-time handover
last twenty-four months
— Get Inspired
All journal
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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.
— Visit the studio
Walk the bench,
touch the finish.
Eleven years of FAQs,
distilled.
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.
— Start something
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.