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Nusantara Lifestyle brings elegant and timeless furniture and homewares from across the Indonesian archipelago, that utilise reclaimed teakwood and other natural and sustainable fibres in each and every product. Each item is handmade to the highest quality by our small team in Indonesia, as well as alongside home-based industries who have crafted their wares for centuries. Our pieces have their own stories, moulded by the unique and vibrant cultures that can be found across the islands, resulting in elegant, meaningful and environmentally-friendly items to suit any home and space.
Furnishing a
Better Future
Each piece of furniture constructed with reclaimed wood forms a small step to a more responsible, sustainable future. Unique characteristics, time-tested strength, intriguing narratives and masterful artisanship combine to create singular pieces that do not require the destruction of any more trees, helping to preserve forests and their vital ecosystems.
Nusantara Lifestyle produces furniture with reclaimed wood sourced from across the Indonesian archipelago. The nation’s vast rainforests are crucial for global biodiversity and play a significant role in carbon storage, but face serious threats from deforestation due to logging, mining, palm oil plantations and agricultural expansion. By creating pieces purely with reclaimed wood, we are striving to send a message that it is now more important than ever to prioritise sustainable practices.
Around the world, designers and architects are beginning to prioritise sustainability in projects large and small, and many have swiftly realised that reclaimed wood is the ideal material for responsible, durable and captivating construction. Every piece and every project using reclaimed wood helps to conserve resources, reduce waste, create meaningful spaces, and share stories of the people who once worked and lived with these materials, and the land from which they grew.
Each of us is responsible for ensuring future generations do not lack the resources we enjoy today — this is the essence of sustainability. Choosing Nusantara Lifestyle reclaimed wood furniture demonstrates your commitment to honouring the past while preserving crucial resources for the years to come.
Reclaimed
not rustic
With expert artisanship and contemporary design principles of clean lines and functional elegance, sleek and timeless style can be achieved using reclaimed wood. Meticulous joinery, smooth finishings and polished surfaces highlight the wood’s rich hues and subtle grain patterns, melding thoughtful design with the natural world.
Nusantara Lifestyle exemplifies how reclaimed wood can transcend the rustic aesthetic. Our collections comprise sophisticated furniture designs incorporating reclaimed teak and graceful homewares created with natural materials by our skilled team in Indonesia, alongside home-based artisans who craft their wares across generations.
The result is a range of environmentally friendly furniture and homewares that are both aesthetically refined and culturally significant. Our pieces are a stylish, meaningful addition to any home or larger space, proving that reclaimed materials have a rightful place in innovative, contemporary design.
Lifelong strength
Hardened over decades (and sometimes centuries) of use in its previous form, it is hard to find a stronger, longer-lasting natural material than reclaimed teak, and the furniture we make will likely outlast all of us.
One of the world’s most durable hardwoods, teak has a high tensile strength, which refers to a material’s ability to withstand significant force without buckling or breaking. Its natural oils, tannins and resins repel water and prevent warping or cracking, even in harsh weather, while the essential oils create its warm and spicy aroma.
Native to Southeast Asia, the use of teak as a versatile construction material dates back over 2,000 years in the region, where it has been used extensively for building ships, temples, palaces and marine structures, as well as homes, furniture and intricate carvings. Its remarkable longevity allows Nusantara Lifestyle to transform reclaimed teak into pieces that honour its origins and resilience while minimising environmental impact.
Furniture
with stories
If our furniture could talk, it would tell the stories of a thousand cultures, languages and histories. Of the incredibly diverse ethnic groups who have used the wood throughout their lives, and left a legacy we are now reimagining into sturdy, stylish pieces.
Along with a range of other sources, most of our reclaimed teak is from dismantled joglo, a traditional house structure from the island of Java that features a central, steeply pitched roof skirted by gently sloping sections and supported by four main pillars. These pillars, known as saka guru, along with the roof interior, are often ornately carved with mythological figures, floral motifs and geometric designs, reflecting the artistic heritage of the world’s most densely populated island.
Each Nusantara Lifestyle piece carries a unique story shaped by the places and people who created it, and it is these stories we document and share as an integral part of the buyer experience. By choosing our furniture, you are sharing a living narrative that connects local wisdom with contemporary design while supporting sustainable practices that contribute to preserving our planet.
How we Furnish
a Better Future
a Better Future
The Beauty of
Reclaimed Teak
Reclaimed Teak
Stories of Wood
Our Team