Traditional seating, built to carry real weight
A takht, a bench or a jhoola is seating that is sat on by several people at once, often heavily and often outdoors. None of them has upholstery to hide behind — the timber and the joinery are the whole piece, in plain view.
Which is why these are the pieces where seasoned hardwood and properly cut joints matter most, and where a shortcut shows first.
What actually matters, before the design does.
A takht carries several adults, children standing on it, and sometimes a mattress and bedding on top. The leg-to-frame joint and the thickness of the platform are what decide whether it stays rigid. Appearance is the easy part.
A jhoola hangs from a fixing in a ceiling or a frame, and that fixing carries a moving load far greater than the weight sitting in it. Chains, hooks and the structure above must all be rated together, and we will tell you plainly when a ceiling is not suitable.
A bench on a terrace faces sun, rain and a far wider swing of humidity than anything indoors. Teak or a similarly oily timber with an appropriate exterior finish will survive it; ordinary indoor finishes lift within a season.
Traditional carved work is beautiful on a front rail and uncomfortable on a back rest or an arm where it will be leaned on. We will suggest where it earns its place and where a plain surface serves the person sitting there better.
Tell us where it is going, whether it is indoors or out, and roughly how many people will use it at once. That decides the timber before the design does.
Every piece is built after you order it — your size, your wood, your finish.
Send a photograph and rough dimensions. We will come back with options and a price.