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C & L Hodge
Dawesville, WA
1 March 2008
In following up our long term dream for quality jarrah
furniture, we took our time and looked at various
displays around Perth. Given our awareness of Cameron
Whan's integrity, we decided to place our trust in
Natural Edge Fine Furniture Designs, particularly since
he offered to make furniture to our own design - in fact
he provided us with a very broad range of options,
including natural edge and traditional style.
Our first option was a four door/three drawer jarrah bureau
in which we were able to choose every aspect of the
design. We were immediately struck with the high quality
of the work. This was a wonderfully constructed item
made completely out of jarrah. Even the rear panels
(normally out of sight - therefore out of mind) were
solid jarrah.
We were convinced that Cameron would be the one to build our
dream dining room suite. What followed was a long period
of consultation between us regarding the natural edge
design of the table, chairs and coffee table. The chairs
were of a design not tackled by Cameron before, but he
willingly accepted the challenge, and sourced some high
quality leather for the seats. He made up a prototype of
one of the chairs and invited us to sit in it and make
comments.
What really blew us away was that the eventual suite was
crafted entirely out of one tree. This tree which was
located near our previous residence in Roleystone was
collected and milled by Cameron himself. This one tree
provided the table, chairs, coffee table, coasters and a
picture frame. The challenge we present to our visitors
is to try and find the joins in the table tops. They
can't.
We have no hesitation in recommending Cameron Whan and
Natural Edge Furniture to anyone looking for the
personal touch, rather than assembly line furniture.
We now have our dream dining room, which not only gives us
enormous pleasure, but will undoubtedly become an
heirloom down through future generations.
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