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Character oak refectory table 303c, angle view — handmade by Bryn Hall in Suffolk

Handmade English Furniture

Every Bryn Hall piece is made to order in our Suffolk workshop — dining tables, chairs, dressers, cabinets, beds and desks in oak, cherry, mahogany or walnut.

This is the full range of what we make. Not a stock list — a starting point. Every piece is built from scratch in our workshop at Mickfield in Suffolk, to your dimensions, in your timber, in your colour.

Reeve & Co made every piece of Bryn Hall furniture for thirty years. The Phillips family have retired, and the workshop that always made it now carries the name. Nothing about the furniture has changed, except that you can now commission it directly from the people at the bench.

Use the type pages below to find a form; use the collections to find a style.

Dining tables

The work we are best known for. Start at the dining tables hub for sizing guidance, or go straight to a form.

Chairs and seating

Windsor and ladder back, panel back and Cromwellian, carvers in every pattern, and the settles and stools that go with a long table. Seats can be wooden, rushed, drop-in, wrap-around or fully upholstered, in your own fabric or in leather we supply.

Dressers

The Welsh dresser in its several forms, with racks, and bases sold on their own. See dressers, Welsh dressers, dresser bases and potboard dresser bases.

Sideboards, servers and side tables

Buffets with carved baluster legs, six-leg and square-leg servers, potboard bases, farmhouse side and sofa tables, tea caddy servers, tea trolleys and wine racks. See sideboards and servers.

Cupboards and cabinets

Glazed and panelled corner cupboards, display cabinets, chimney cabinets, breakfront cabinets, food cupboards, drinks cabinets and chests of drawers. See cupboards and cabinets, corner cupboards, drinks cabinets and chests of drawers.

Beds and bedroom

Panelled beds in 4’6″, 5′ and 6′, four posters, half testers, Gothic beds in cherry, and the wardrobes, dressing tables and mirrors to go with them. See beds, four poster beds, half tester beds, panelled beds, wardrobes and dressing tables and mirrors.

Office and study

Pedestal and partners’ desks with leather tops, bureaux, filing cabinets and bookcases up to a fitted library wall. See office and study, bureaux, pedestal desks and bookcases.

Occasional furniture

See occasional furniture, coffee tables, lamp and side tables, nest of tables and blanket chests and coffers.

Television and media

Stands, corner units and cabinets with up-and-over doors, plus rise-and-fall TV lift cabinets — solid timber cases with the screen concealed until it is wanted. See TV cabinets.

Timbers, finishes and sizes

Every catalogue piece is made in oak, cherry, mahogany or walnut as standard. Specials, quoted on application, include character oak, pippy oak in light, medium and heavy grades for tops, oak selected for its medullary ray, and clean timber with no knots at all. Ash is used for Windsor chair frames.

Finishes run from polished and painted to limed, sand-blasted, rub-through paint and natural. We also colour match to a sample you send us — we can match furniture that is 100 years old to new reproduction purchases made the year before.

Sizes are yours to set. A few millimetres to fit an alcove, or a table two feet longer than the drawing: the piece is being made for you either way.

Order free timber and finish samples before you decide anything. They arrive by post and settle most questions no photograph can.

Prices and lead times

There is no price list on this site because there is no stock. Tell us the piece, the size, the timber and the finish, and we will give you a guide price. Standard lead time is typically ten to twelve weeks; a one-off commission usually adds about four weeks. See commissioning and bespoke.

Frequently asked questions

Can I buy anything on this site off the shelf?

No. Every piece is made from scratch once you order it, which is why sizes, timbers, finishes and details are all open to you. If you need something by a date, tell us and we will say whether we can meet it.

Do you make contemporary furniture as well as period pieces?

Yes. The same construction, timber and finishing shop apply to a clean modern piece as to a seventeenth-century form. See contemporary furniture.

Can you match furniture I already own?

One of the things we do best. Send photographs and, if possible, a sample of the finish. See matching antique furniture.

Do you make fitted furniture too?

Yes — bookcases, panelling, wardrobes and whole rooms, made in the same workshop. See fitted furniture. For whole-house joinery, our sister company Reeve & Co Interiors handles the work.

The photographs

12 pieces from the workshop
Guide price on requestEvery piece is made to order, so the price depends on size, timber and finish. Tell us what you have in mind and we will send a written quotation, usually within a few working days.
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Start with samples

We will post you timber and finish samples so you can see the colour in your own light, against your own walls, before you commit to anything.