Hamelin
Dining table in solid jarrah, made in Fremantle
$5,200
A solid hardwood dining table with its four legs passing right through the top, wedged and sanded flush at each corner.
Not sure of the timber? , taken off your order.
- Ready to ship: Jarrah, 220 cm
- A 30% deposit holds your place in the workshop
- 25-year guarantee on every frame and joint
Details and dimensions
- Top
- 40 mm solid timber, five boards
- Depth and height
- 100 cm deep, 75 cm high
- Legs
- 70 mm square, through the top
- Lengths
- 160 to 300 cm
- Seats
- 6 to 10
- Finish
- Three coats of hardwax oil
- Made in
- 10 to 12 weeks, in Fremantle
Delivery and returns
Across Perth we deliver free: two of us bring it in, place it and level it. Regional WA goes on our own monthly run. Interstate, it is crated and carried in by a furniture carrier, priced above for your state.
Ready-to-ship pieces can be returned within 30 days. Made-to-order pieces are built for you, so order the samples first. Delivery and returns
Care
Wipe with a damp cloth and dry it straight after. Once a year, rub in a thin coat of the oil and buff it off. A water ring or scratch can be sanded lightly and oiled away. Full care guide
Size your Hamelin table to your dining room
Enter the room, wall to wall, then set the length. The plan draws the table, the chairs and a 90 cm walkway to scale, and turns amber where the room is too tight.
- Seats
- 8
- Price
- $5,200
- Lead time
- 11 weeks
How every Hamelin is made
About 10 to 12 weeks from your order, by one maker, in our Fremantle workshop.
Chosen
Boards for one top come from one beam or one tree, so the colour runs end to end.
Cut
Each joint marked with a knife and sawn to the line by hand.
Jointed
Four through-tenons, each wedged and planed flush with the top.
Oiled
Three coats of hardwax oil, rubbed in by hand over three days.
Hamelin in a Perth hills dining room
The Hamelin in marri, 220 cm, seating eight in a Perth hills house with a rammed earth wall.
From the maker
Every Hamelin top is glued up from boards out of the same beam or the same tree, so the colour runs from end to end. The wedges at the corners are the last thing I fit, and the first thing people touch.
Tess ArdenCo-founder and maker
Meet the makersHamelin in each of our three timbers
 |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colour | Deep red-brown | Honey gold with dark gum veins | Pale straw |
| Character | Very hard, close grained | Hard, with gum veins | Firm, straight grained |
| With age | Deepens to burgundy | Warms to amber | Mellows to soft gold |
| Where from | Salvaged beams from Fremantle wharf sheds, wool stores and demolished homes | Storm-felled and cleared trees from farms in the Perth hills and the south-west | Certified regrowth forests in Tasmania and Victoria |
| At 220 cm | $5,200 | $4,600 | $4,000 |
How it arrives
- Carried in by the makers in PerthWrapped in blankets, placed where you want it and levelled on your floor, at no charge.
- Crated for the rest of AustraliaIn a timber crate we build for it, carried in and unpacked by a furniture carrier.
- Signed and numbered underneathWith the maker's name, the timber and where it came from, and a small tin of the same oil.
Reviews
4.9
From 214 verified owners
We ordered it at 240 cm after measuring the room with the sizer. Ten adults sat at it on Christmas Day with space to pass the plates.
Priya and Sam O.North Fremantle in jarrah
Verified owner, September 2026
The gum veins in the marri are better in person. Tess and Callum carried it in, levelled it on our old floorboards and left us the oil.
Hamish D.Subiaco in marri
Verified owner, August 2026
It came crated to Brisbane without a mark on it. The wedged corners are the detail everyone asks about.
Leonie W.Paddington, Brisbane in Tasmanian oak
Verified owner, July 2026
Eleven weeks, as promised. A small water ring came out with the care kit in five minutes, which says a lot for the oil finish.
Marcus T.Claremont in jarrah
Verified owner, May 2026
Reviews and ratings on this concept store are written for the demonstration.
Questions about the Hamelin
How long does the Hamelin take to make?
About 10 to 12 weeks from your order. Jarrah, 220 cm is ready to ship and leaves the workshop within a week.
Will mine look like the photographs?
Close, but every board is different. The grain, the gum veins and the depth of colour change from piece to piece, which is the point of solid timber.
How many people does it seat?
Allow 60 cm of table edge per person, plus one at each end: 180 cm seats six, 220 cm seats eight, 260 cm seats ten. The sizer above works it out for any length.
Can it be made to a different size?
Yes, to any length from 160 to 300 cm at the same price per centimetre. For a different depth or height, ask about a commission.
How do I look after an oiled finish?
Wipe spills straight away and dry the surface. Once a year, rub in a thin coat of the oil from the care kit. A mark can be sanded lightly and oiled away.
- Made to order
- Built for you in 8 to 12 weeks, with one piece of each design kept ready to ship.
- Free delivery in Perth
- We bring it in ourselves, place it and level it. Freight elsewhere is priced on each piece.
- Timber samples
- All three timbers, oiled, for $20, taken off your order.
- 25-year guarantee
- On every frame and joint, with a free re-oil in Perth after the first year.
