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Furniture: Designed with you,
and Made only for You.

This is furniture that you cannot simply buy. This is unique, handmade, genuine Quality. David Savage, a furniture designer with thirty years experience will sit down with you, listen to your needs, your requirements, then design just for you. Nobody else will have the same piece as you will. Your furniture will be modern, classy, sharp and absolutely unique. It will then be hand made under Davids supervision in his country workshops in rural devon . Simply the best.....

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Luxury pure luxury...

Forget for a while about those so called luxury items that are really mass produced.
 
This is genuine luxury. Only made for you. Modern Contemporary Furniture designed by an artist, just for you. Unique, nobody else has the same piece as you. It simply is not possible to just buy this furniture. You need to get involved you need to play a part in its creation, spend a little precious time. Talking to us , thinking and helping us to understand you, your home how you live. What it is you need this piece of furniture is to do for you, to say about you.
 
 
Fenella and John
I feel like these chairs have been in the studio for years, and indeed they have been. John and Fenella, our lovely clients have needed infinite patience to follow our slow progress. However, what I feel now is a product that iswell worth the wait.... [ read more ]
The Walnut Tree that lives forever
There was a time many years ago when I felt that selling my furniture was best achieved by standing in front of a few carefully chosen pieces at an exhibition and talking to people. In many ways... [ read more ]
  
 
Million Dollar Table
What I want is a table that looks a Million Dollars. My client pointed to a dining room that was visible from the Carrara marble floored entrance hall. It was to sit there all dark and magnificent, not really for use mind you, a bit like limo heels are on shoes... [ read more ]
Useable sculpture
When I was first asked if we made garden furniture, I did pause for thought. Had the enquiry not come from an established client who knew me and knew how we worked I might have said, no, not usually... [ read more ]
  
   Linen fold sideboard
We call it Linenfold because the effect i want is similar to the folds of fabric hanging from a curtain pole. It is also an allusion back to Tudor period oak panelling when there was a fashion for carved "linen Fold" panels... [ read more ]
A Loving Story...
I do so love a good story, well it all started when I was getting married to my Muse, I know artists should never marry Muses but what the hell... [ read more ]
  
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  • Gracie, a beautiful woman ,or just a chair …

    When I have an opportunity to make a new chair I tend to jump at it. This was a commission to design a dining table a possibly a set of chairs to be first seen at a distance. the context is a hard modern space with lots of glass and white marble floors. my challenge and i always love a challenge was to design a set of chairs that would have an organic feel to them ......

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  • New Table from Jonathan …

    Lovely furniture is being made at Rowden all the time. This dining table in English Cherrywood is the latest of the pieces being made here by my students. Inspired by a table made by Edward Barnsley which was interpreted most notably by Alan Peters and ......

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  • Your Chance to buy inexpensive student work …

    Dont get me wrong, students work is still going to cost you more than the high street and alot more if you commission a special piece. but here is an opportunity for you to buy from talented furniture makers before they get really expensive......

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  • Savage San in the land of the heated toilet seat…

    Japan was an amazing experience. I landed in Tokyo and had half a day to recover before a half day press conference for Kodansha, my hosts. This was a serious event with over 90 Japanese journalists and three TV crews present. I did my work successfully, and the book was duly launched to the world. I now had 5 more days to enjoy Japan.

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  • Death by H……..

    I dont have a verb suitable for the description of being undone by the intervention of an Interior Decorator but the above will have to suffice.

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    Woodworking Tools DONT BUY ANY

    We are in the happy position of seeing new students buy tools every four months so we see a lot of the choices they need to make. PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE SPENDING YOUR MONEY

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    Synagistic Life drawing

    We have had a great spell of life drawing classes recently. That probably because i feel that my drawings are going in a new and interesting direction.

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  • Aero deskJapan

    I recently sent out the following PR release. I am really excited to get the chance to spend a week in Japan at the invitation of Kodansha. Watch this space.

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