How our artisanal kitchen boards are made
A passion for wood and beautiful things
We are often asked where our kitchen boards are made and where the wood we use comes from.
Today, we want to share a little of that story.
It all started with a passion for wood and for simple, beautiful everyday objects. A weekend spent in Torgny was the starting point. Visiting a family sawmill, we noticed some wooden planks that immediately caught our eye. We took them with us… and that’s how our first kitchen boards were born.
Since then, wood has become a constant source of inspiration for us.
The choice of wood
We mainly work with species such as beech, elm, ash, or hornbeam, sturdy and durable woods that are perfectly suited for kitchen use.
Over time, we also found a supplier in Belgium for walnut and olive wood, beautiful but also rarer and more expensive species.
Each type of wood has its own character, its nuances, and its natural design. We could talk for a long time about the peculiarities of each species, but what interests us today is above all the journey the wood takes before becoming a board.
A long and meticulous process
When a board arrives in our workshop, it is often too long, too wide, or too thick. The first step is therefore to cut it, sometimes thin it, then carefully observe its grain.
This is a very important moment.
The wood often suggests the shape the board will take.
We imagine the cuts, we think about what we want to keep, what should disappear. Gradually, the future board begins to appear.
Natural and decorative boards
A large part of our creations are aperitif boards, decorative boards, or boards intended for daily use.
In these pieces, we try to preserve the natural design of the wood. Once the surface is sanded, the grain appears, the colors are revealed, and each board becomes unique.
It is often one of the most fascinating moments of the work: seeing the wood reveal its beauty.
End-grain boards
We also make boards using the end-grain method, a more technical and much longer process.
The wood is first cut into strips, then these strips are assembled and glued. Then, the piece is flipped, cut into blocks, and reworked to obtain a particularly strong surface.
This type of board requires many steps and a lot of precision. We like to talk about it because it helps to better understand the work behind the final product.
These are hours of work, often difficult to count. We advance step by step, with patience, until the moment the board finally takes its definitive form.
The joy of creating
Sometimes we look at a finished board with a certain astonishment.
As if the wood and the work of the hand had created something greater than we had imagined.
It is these moments that make this work so special.
A gratitude towards nature
Finally, we would simply like to say that we are deeply grateful to nature.
Trees offer us an extraordinary material, full of life, textures, and history. By working with this wood, we have the chance to transform these natural treasures into objects that accompany you every day.
Some customers tell us that they simply prepare a slice of bread, place it on their board… and that knowing it was handmade with care creates a little magic in their daily lives.
And that's exactly why we love what we do so much.
