Sebastian Cox Ltd

Sebastian Cox Ltd Designers, makers and environmentalists. Fine furniture with a nature-first perspective. Proving that a traditional approach can be radical.

The Sebastian Cox workshop and studio were founded in 2010 on the principle that a traditional approach could be radical and that the past can be used to design and make the future. Without nostalgia or sentimentality but with respectful inventiveness and new technology. We mill trees, design and make furniture.

A new Sebastian Cox treehouse has emerged in the Hertfordshire hills.People have been building treehouses for centuries;...
17/08/2026

A new Sebastian Cox treehouse has emerged in the Hertfordshire hills.

People have been building treehouses for centuries; from ancient civilisations choosing to build homes high up with good visibility and protection, to the imaginative treetop hideaways we know today. They inspire a great sense of adventure, a deep connection with nature and a view of the land from a different perspective.

I’m delighted to share one of our latest treehouses with you, designed and made for a Grand Atlas Tree in Hertfordshire. A structure conceived where cabinetry meets medieval timber framed buildings. It is an English-grown ash frame with pegged mortice and tenons clad with scorched larch and cleft chestnut. The windows are glazed and the railings are coppiced wood. The walkways are fitted around the undulations of the trunks and its branches become part of the architecture.

No two Sebastian Cox treehouses are the same. Each one is thoughtfully designed in conversation with the unique character and form of its host tree.

If you’re interested in finding out more or commissioning your own treehouse, please visit the link in our bio and send us a message.

Photography by Andy Firman
Created in collaboration with Jeremy Wyatt of Root and Shute

For all of our young tree enthusiasts out there! Sebastian’s ‘What’s in your plant pot?’ episode on oak is now available...
04/08/2026

For all of our young tree enthusiasts out there! Sebastian’s ‘What’s in your plant pot?’ episode on oak is now available to watch in series 1 on iPlayer.

Sebastian introduces the Fact Pack to an acorn and they discover how acorns grow into oak trees, why oak trees are important for wildlife, and how wood can be used sustainably to make furniture and even a bicycle!

It was such a pleasure to welcome the crew to our workshop, explore the woods together and, most of all, to meet the very knowledgeable and fun Fact Pack!

30/07/2026

Join us in the Sebastian Cox workshop in Margate this autumn and learn how to make your own wooden keep-sake box to take home, using British wood and traditional hand tools.

Led by Sebastian, an award-winning furniture designer, maker and environmentalist known for his sustainable, zero-waste approach to craftsmanship, this day class is perfect for anyone interested in making something beautiful, simple and functional, with no previous woodworking experience necessary.

As well as sharing an introduction to timber technology, Seb will invite you to choose from a selection of British-grown wood and teach you how to make hand-cut dovetail joints, route rebates and how to sand and finish your box before taking it home.

Following a series of workshops hosted in our former London workshop, this experience returns for a limited number of dates in our new Margate workshop this year. All tools will be provided and a delicious lunch served around the table in our welcoming studio space.

If purchasing the workshop as a gift, let us know, as we can post you a special printed gift voucher in an unmarked envelope to share with a loved one.

Visit our link in bio to find out more and book your place!

Our Bayleaf collection is a true celebration of woven wood - an ode to its strength, beauty and versatility. Each piece ...
20/07/2026

Our Bayleaf collection is a true celebration of woven wood - an ode to its strength, beauty and versatility.

Each piece in our collection is carefully made by our makers in our workshop in Margate, using a process that keeps us deeply connected to the fibres of the trees that gave is the wonderful timber we adore working with.

The Bayleaf settle provides a cocooning place to sit; visually, acoustically and comfortably soft which can be upholstered in a fabric of your choice or in fabric supplied by us.

Whereas, the desk provides a secluded workspace, rich in material texture with elegantly tapered legs, three dovetailed drawers and wrap-around woven collar.

The floating bedside table is a wall hung shelf perfect for a cup of morning tea or evening read, with storage space beneath, partially hidden from view by a woven front panel.

To find out more and to view the whole Bayleaf collection go to our website via the link in our bio.

Lovely photography by Beth Davis

We have been busily delivering statement outdoor tables this month, made from spectacular boards of wood, carefully and ...
10/07/2026

We have been busily delivering statement outdoor tables this month, made from spectacular boards of wood, carefully and individually sourced.

From waney-edge 20 seater tables for woodland banqueting to more refined sets designed for elegant terraces, each piece is entirely bespoke and takes its design cues from hand-picked English-grown wood.

If you can’t find what you’re looking for in our ready-to-go in-house collections, we can create it together. Have you thought about what your perfect outdoor table would look like?

To find out more and get in contact, there is a link to our website in our bio

Calling our friends who make furniture in America!We regularly send our work overseas. Increasingly, to the states. We’r...
09/07/2026

Calling our friends who make furniture in America!

We regularly send our work overseas. Increasingly, to the states. We’re looking to build our team of specialist makers in America who can visit sites, check and review our work in situ. Sometimes we need a steady hand and skilled eye to act on our behalf. If you’re a brilliant maker with experience working solid wood with hand and machine tools and would like to join our freelance team overseas, please send an email to [email protected] with a little bit of information about yourself, your training or professional experience and some photographs of your work.

I still adore every woven piece that I see going through our workshop, seeing our apprentices learn the point between fr...
07/07/2026

I still adore every woven piece that I see going through our workshop, seeing our apprentices learn the point between fragility and strength of the different species of British-grown hardwood, through weaving.

Every maker will have experienced the pleasure of pulling the weft through the warp in one smooth action, and then felt the frustration of the next strip snapping over some short grain.

It’s a process that keeps us deeply connected to the fibres of the trees that gave us the wonderful timber we adore working with.

The Bayleaf armoire is full of subtle texture and thoughtful details. It is made from solid British-grown London plane in our Margate workshop using traditional timber frame construction joints. Inside, there can be a choice of shelves or a hanging rail alongside the four solid internal drawers, behind either solid, woven or glazed doors.

The armoire is available to view on our website, there’s a link in our bio to take you there with ease.

Lovely photography by Beth Davis

22/06/2026

There’s something primal about the sound of cleaving wood. The splitting of a tree’s fibres, as a means of reducing wood’s width, predates the sawing of wood along its length. I love the way cleft surfaces show the tree’s true form, unconstrained by sawn or planed lines. These faces will be left split on each of the table’s two legs and just lightly sanded for comfort.

In this huge bespoke outdoor dining table for .blom we’re using sweet chestnut for its propensity to cleave and cedar of Lebanon for the top.

Finished table coming soon!

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Woolwich

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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