Homewood is a family-run factory that designs and manufactures woodwork. We are based in Lidgetton in South Africa.

Our extensive range of Homewood handcrafted, custom wood furniture is designed for comfort, functionality, and, most importantly, to make you feel at home – whether you’re in a waiting room, hotel, restaurant, or office.

We are passionate about creating furniture that adds warmth and character to any space. This means celebrating the knots or “imperfections” in the grain, which we believe makes each design truly one-of-a-kind.

Made from 100% sustainable and locally sourced hardwoods, Homewood furniture is not only beautifully designed but it’s made to last a lifetime, seeing you through every stage of your life without leaving a mark on the environment

Crafting furniture with lasting quality starts with the woods that we use. Our furniture is made from sustainably sourced hardwoods such as Cottonwood, River Red Gum, Camphor, Blackwood and Sugar/Spotted Gum. This wood is sourced through the Working for Water Programme – which tackles the problem of alien invasive trees. We purchase alien-invasive biomass cleared by the programme and turn it into one-of-a-kind, artisanal furniture pieces, giving back to the earth by freeing up local waterways.

The Team:

Ian Perry – Founder & MD

Michelle Perry – General Manager

Wes Harrison – Production Manager

Christine Van Rooyen – Admin Manager

Nicky Luthuli – Logistics Manager

Gert Van Rooyen – Estate / Maintenance Manager

Conservation & Community Impacts:

1. Removal of alien tree vegetation from sensitive waterways and creating a market for the timber to fund future clearing
2. Using the funds generated from the sale of biomass in furniture to help rehabilitate the waterways
3. Employing and training local rural people in the entire value chain
4. Creating a circular economy with lodges and alien tree biomass
5. Reducing carbon footprints by sourcing our raw material as locally as possible

Future Aims:

1. Collaborating with like-minded companies to help fund the expansion of the program so we can remove as much alien biomass as possible
2. Collaborating to find an export market into Europe for the furniture and its entire story
3. Finding a partner in Europe that could package and support the story from tree to customer so we can grow our production and employ many more local artisans as well as remove more alien trees to rehabilitate more waterway ecosystems
4. Exploring to create a digital currency or token backed by litres of water saved and put back into the South African environment

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