Timber Vintique
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Built around the character of teak, this bookshelf is hand-finished so the wood still looks and feels like wood.
Only the wooden bookshelf is sold.
Not included: books, bottles, electronics, baskets, and displayed collections; loose mounting or installation hardware; other non-wood accessories; decorative objects and styling props.
Wood grain, knots, edge contours, and color naturally vary from piece to piece. Product images show the expected character rather than an identical grain pattern.
These products are not waterproof. Their durable wood-and-finish construction is designed to handle ordinary accidental spills when liquid is wiped up promptly. Avoid standing water, soaking, submersion, and harsh cleaners.
SKU: MPK-WTB-10449-01
Exact dimensions for each size are listed on the option you select above. Most pieces arrive fully assembled; wall-mounted designs include hardware and a template. Measure doorways and stair turns before ordering — most pieces pass a standard 32-inch doorway.
Care: wipe with a soft, dry cloth and oil the grain once or twice a year to keep the surface nourished.
Your piece ships free in a protective wooden crate. Freight delivery comes with a scheduled window and tracking; white-glove service — carried inside, placed, packaging removed — is available at checkout.
Returns: 30 days from payment. Pieces need to be unused and in original condition — we arrange the freight pickup and walk you through repacking. Damaged or defective on arrival? We repair, replace or refund at no cost. Made-to-order pieces can be changed or cancelled while the build has not started.
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The piece
Real teak branches, each one selected, shaped, and smoothed by hand, spread across the wall with mushroom-capped shelves riding the limbs — solid wood, not a molded resin prop. The designer balanced the spread so books sit level on a form that grew crooked; the artisan keeps every natural bend the tree offered.
Most gifts for a child's room are outgrown or landfilled within a couple of years. This one gets handed down: solid teak sanded smooth enough for small hands, a reading tree at five that becomes a display wall at fifteen. Visitors count the mushroom caps, pull a book from a branch, and ask if it was built for this wall. Since every tree differs, the honest answer is yes.
Bedtime negotiation happens at the tree: one book from the low branch, one from the mushroom cap. Small fingers trace the sanded grain while the stalling runs its course. The picking is half the ritual, and the tree keeps every option in reach.
The nightlight throws branch shadows up the wall and the room turns into a quiet forest. Ten years from now, that silhouette — not the paint color, not the rug — is what they will remember about this bedroom.
Playdates start with a tour. A small guide points out each mushroom cap, which dinosaur lives on which limb, and which branch holds the library books due back Friday. The tree is the first thing every new friend wants explained.
Every piece is made to order, and dimensions vary from one to the next. Need a different size for your space? Tell us your measurements and we'll build it to fit.
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Tight, straight, even grain runs along every shaped branch — the calm figure that made teak the wood collectors ask for by name, sanded until a child's palm meets no splinter or ridge.
Teak carries its own natural oils. We hand-rub more into the limbs and shelf caps, deepening the golden tone to a warm satin — no lacquer film to chip off into a toddler's room.
At roughly 700 kilograms per cubic meter, with some of the lowest shrinkage of any hardwood, each branch holds its row of books without sag — and twenty days in a controlled kiln means the wood will not check when winter heat dries the room's air.
Left alone by a sunny window, teak drifts toward a refined silver-grey over years — a surface change only. A light sanding and fresh oil bring the branches back to gold whenever you like.
Branches are chosen one at a time for shape and sound structure. Limbs with weak forks or dull figure never make the cut.
Each branch is trimmed slightly proud of its final form, mushroom caps rough-cut, leaving material for the handwork that follows.
Limbs and shelf faces are sanded through successive grits until a child's hand can run the whole branch without a catch.
Oil goes on in thin coats, buffed between each. The maker levels every shelf and checks each mount before the tree ships.
One maker follows each piece from rough plank to the final coat of oil, and signs off before it is crated.
The Timber Vintique workshop
No two boards alike
Choose white-glove and the crew brings the piece inside, places it in the room, and removes every bit of packaging.
Each piece travels in its own wooden crate with corner protection, built to cross the country without a scuff.
You get a delivery appointment and tracking — not a truck that shows up unannounced.
30 days from payment. If it isn't right — unused, in original condition — we arrange the freight pickup. Made-to-order terms are stated up front.
Made to order
Built for you. Signed by the maker.
$4,400.00
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