Live-edge · Bespoke · Johannesburg

Furniture made
to last a generation.

Live-edge epoxy tables and bespoke joinery, drawn up with you and built by hand in our Johannesburg workshop.

Live-edge river-pour dining table in a Johannesburg home
Marula River Table · black resin · 2025
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Dining tablesRiver-pour resinCabinetry & built-insBar topsCoffee & side tablesCommercial installsLive-edge slabs

A small studio with
a considered hand.

Three things we make better than anyone else in Gauteng — each piece commissioned, none of it off a shelf.

Live-edge dining table
01

Dining tables

Single-slab and river-pour tables, sized to your room and seating.

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Dark-stained coffee table in a living room
02

Cabinetry & built-ins

Storage and joinery made to the millimetre for the space it lives in.

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Industrial bar shelving
03

Bar tops & commercial

Statement counters and shelving for restaurants, lodges and offices.

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Featured commission
Smoke-black resin river pour, close-up
Bryanston · 2025

The Marula River Table

A six-seater commissioned for a double-volume dining room. We matched two book-matched marula slabs around a smoke-black resin river, then finished in hardwax oil so the grain stays open to the touch.

Dimensions
2400 × 1050 mm
Primary wood
African marula
Resin
Smoke-black pour
Build time
8 weeks
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How a commission works

Four steps from a conversation to a piece in your home.

01

Brief

We talk through your space, your taste and your budget — in person or over a call.

02

Design

Sketches and slab selection, with a transparent quote and a 50% deposit to begin.

03

Build

Your piece is made by hand in the workshop, with photo updates as it progresses.

04

Install

We deliver, place and level the piece, and leave you with care instructions.

Typical project · 6–10 weeks Deposit · 50% to begin Balance · on delivery

What clients say.

A few words from people who now eat, work and gather around our work.

“It’s the first thing every guest comments on. Ten years from now it’ll still be the best thing in the room.”

Lerato M. · Bryanston · River dining table

“They understood the brief instantly and the updates through the build made it feel like a collaboration.”

Daniel & Kate · Parkhurst · Kitchen island

“Our bar top is the reason people photograph the restaurant. Worth every cent.”

The Copper Room · Sandton · Commercial

[ founder portrait — replace ]
4:5 · natural light
The studio

Somebody made this. Here’s who.

Timber Tops is a one-bench workshop in Johannesburg. Every piece that leaves here is drawn, cut, poured and finished by the same pair of hands — no outsourcing, no flat-pack.

I started making furniture because I wanted things that would outlive their owners. A table should be the thing your grandchildren argue over one day.

— [ Founder name ], maker

Let’s make
something lasting.

Tell us about your space and what you have in mind. Most enquiries are answered within one working day.

Phone / WhatsApp081 767 4004
Emailinfo@timbertops.co.za
StudioJohannesburg · by appointment
ServingGauteng & surrounds

Most enquiries answered within one working day.