Custom Furniture Atelier · Atlanta, GA

Furniture, made by hand,
one piece at a time.

Vellum & Oak is a two-person atelier in a converted carriage house near Decatur — handcrafting bespoke tables, sideboards, and bookcase cabinetry from kiln-dried reclaimed timbers and 19th-century brass.

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The Vellum & Oak workshop floor
The Atelier

We don't sell furniture. We make it — for one person, one room, one story.

Every piece that leaves our shop was conceived at a single table, for a single room, in answer to a single human. There is no catalog. There is no warehouse. There is a draftsman's bench, a cooperage stocked with kiln-dried reclaimed timbers, and a wall of 19th-century brass pulls waiting to be told what to become.

The work is slow. A sideboard takes eleven days. A bookcase cabinet can take a month. We would not know how to go faster, and we would not want to.

11 yrs
In operation
340+
Pieces made
2 hands
Every piece
The Craft Process

From timber to table.

Four stations, one workshop, no shortcuts. Each piece passes through every hand in the shop before it is sent home.

01 — Conceive
Conceive stage

The Draftsman's Bench

A conversation, a sketch, a single page of graph paper. We agree on what the piece is for, what it must hold, and what it must never become.

02 — Cooper
Cooper stage

The Cooperage

Reclaimed kiln-dried timbers are selected, weighed, and rested. We let the wood sit three days before we cut — to know what it wants to be.

03 — Compose
Compose stage

The Cabinet Wall

Brass pulls, escutcheons, and reeded edges are matched and married. The piece is composed the way a sentence is written — slowly, and in order.

04 — Finish
Finish stage

The Send-Home

Sanded, oiled, and wrapped in linen cloth for the journey. We walk it to the door and we hand it over — and we remember every one.

The Cost of Craft

Three kinds of work.

We don't have a price list. We have three kinds of conversation. Tell us which one you'd like to begin.

The Single Piece
$1,400–$2,800
One table, one sideboard, one cabinet — made for one room and one story.
  • 11 to 28 days in the shop
  • Reclaimed kiln-dried timbers
  • One site visit, one send-home
  • Linen-cloth wrapped delivery
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Most Asked
The Room Fitting
$3,600–$6,400
A full fitting for a single room — table, sideboard, and the cabinet that marries them.
  • Three pieces, one conception
  • Two site visits, one walk-through
  • Brass pulls and escutcheons matched
  • Followed for one year after send-home
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The House Commission
$8,900+
A whole house — every room told what to be, every piece made in order, over a season.
  • Five to eleven pieces, one house
  • Season-long engagement
  • One craftsman assigned to the house
  • Documented in a kept ledger
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From the Keepers

What they said, after.

We follow up with every keeper, one year after the send-home. These are a few of their replies.

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The sideboard arrived on a Tuesday, and by Sunday I had stopped noticing it. That is the highest thing I can say about a piece of furniture — it became the room.
Mariana Wilson
Mariana WilsonKeeper · Decatur, GA
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I asked for a table that could hold a lifetime of letters. They sent me a cabinet that could hold a quiet life. It was the same thing, and they knew that before I did.
Henry Oak
Henry OakKeeper · Marietta, GA
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Two craftsmen, eleven days, one piece. I have bought mass-produced furniture by the dozen and none of it is still in my house. This one will outlive me.
Sarah O'Vellum
Sarah O'VellumKeeper · Atlanta, GA
An Invitation

Come to the shop, or we will come to you.

We do not sell furniture. We make it — for one person, one room, one story. If you have a room, we have a conversation.

Begin a Project →
Begin a Project

Tell us about the room.

Send us a note about the room, the piece, and the story. We will write back within two days — and we will likely come walk through it before we lift a chisel.

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The Workshop
418 Cooper Street, Decatur, GA
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By Post or Wire
hello@vellumand-oak.com
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Shop Hours
Tues — Sat · 10:00 to dark

We read every note by hand. Expect a reply within two days.

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