Materials · January 2026
Ten per cent humidity in July, a cold mall in August, and a slab of timber caught between them. How we build for it.
Timber is a sponge that never quite stops breathing. It takes moisture from the air and gives it back, and as it does, it swells and shrinks across the grain — never much along it.
Riyadh is a hard case: very dry outside for most of the year, and air-conditioned interiors that swing with the season and the building.
A 140 cm walnut top can move three or four millimetres across its width between January and July. If you fix that top rigidly to a base, something has to give, and it is usually the top — a split that runs with the grain.
We fix tops with buttons that slide in a routed slot. The top is held flat and still free to move. It is an old solution and there is no better one.
Expect: seasonal movement, a hairline gap opening and closing at a breadboard end, and colour lightening where the sun lands. Walnut fades toward honey; oak goes the other way under oil.
Not expected: a split across the grain, a joint opening, or a top that rocks. Those are ours to fix, under warranty, for five years.
The showroom on Al Kharj Road holds every piece in this catalogue. Book a slot and we will have the fabrics and finishes waiting on the table.
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