Bespoke bed frame Vrede, fully crafted by hand using traditional tools and techniques. Made out of maple and honeylocust salvaged from Amsterdam trees. For more info visit the product page of Vrede.

Navy blue and wood: the colors of Atelier Espenaer. <3

The good old (literally) jack plane and a regular day of planing 🙂

Pieces of wood in the atelier, wonderful on their own, waiting to turn into yet even more wonderful things. It’s such a delight to work with wood!

Vlekken is a small cabinet designed to store your wine and liquor, but is also perfectly fitted for other items of comparable height and size. The cabinet is conceived specifically to expose the natural irregularities in wood, which are often considered deficiencies and blemishes in industrial production.

A curious tiger pattern meanders along the oak case.

Stretchers consisting of a set of three slim oak sticks connect the legs at the bottom for stability purposes.

Atelier Espenaer is located in a former technical school in Amsterdam-West. Since 2016, the building is home to popular club and restaurant De School, creative hub LTS, and Het Ambachtslab, which we are part of.

Some curious antique tools, part of a batch we were lucky to get a while ago. Can’t guess the use of the first one…

After having roughly shaved off the paint and other deficiencies, it’s time to plane the parts flat, square, and smooth.