A solid timber benchtop brings natural warmth and character to any kitchen. We handcraft solid hardwood kitchen benchtops, island benchtops and stand-alone feature pieces from Australian timber, for homes and businesses. Whether you’re renovating or building a new kitchen, we can make, deliver and install your benchtop, working directly with your cabinetmaker or builder.
Types of timber benchtops
- Kitchen benchtops: solid hardwood tops made to fit your layout
- Island benchtops: a statement centrepiece for your kitchen
- Waterfall edge benchtops: the top flows down the sides in a continuous grain
- Single slab or glue-laminated: a single solid slab, or several solid timber pieces glue-laminated together for wider-than-standard widths
Thickness varies to suit your design, from standard profiles to thick slab tops that make a real feature.
New or existing kitchen
Whether you have an existing kitchen or are installing a completely new one, we can fit our benchtops over your existing or new cabinetry.
Choose from a range of Australian hardwoods
Red cedar, blackbutt, tallowood, silky oak, red gum, she oak, brush box, blue gum, bloodwood and more. We’ll help you choose the right timber based on durability and colour. We keep slabs ready to go, so there’s no long wait.
Drying and finishing
Properly dried timber is essential for a benchtop that stays stable. Depending on the job, we either air dry the timber and then kiln dry it to 10–12% moisture, which takes less than 5 months instead of the 2.5 to 4 years natural drying can take, or we use a specially designed kiln that can fast-dry thick slabs in days.
Benchtops are typically finished with tung oil, which seals the timber and protects it from daily wear while bringing out its natural grain.
Sink and stove top cut-outs
- Option 1: send us a template of your sink and stove top (it can be posted) and where the cut-outs should go, and we’ll cut them before delivery.
- Option 2: the cut-outs can be done after installation, by us or your cabinetmaker or builder, to guarantee the exact position.
Project: Blackbutt kitchen benchtops
For this kitchen, we selected a Blackbutt log, probably more than 200 years old, and set up a mobile sawmill to cut it into slabs 120 mm thick and over 700 mm wide. The slabs were fast-dried in our specially designed kiln in just 4 days, then milled to the client’s exact sizes: a 2000 mm+ benchtop and two 1100 mm tops, each 650 mm wide and 115 mm thick. The client wanted a darker timber, so we used a brown Japan stain with natural eucalyptus oil to keep the timber’s feel and scent while protecting it. From felling the log to delivering and installing the benchtops took under a month.
How our benchtops are made
These photos follow a custom hardwood kitchen benchtop through our workshop, from slab to finished top.
How to order your timber benchtop
Send us your plans or approximate kitchen sizes by email or phone, and we’ll give you an indication of price. We’ll work with you, your cabinetmaker or your builder to choose the right timber, then handcraft your benchtop for a perfect fit, and deliver and install it. We deliver Australia-wide.
Timber benchtop FAQs
Can you fit a timber benchtop to my existing kitchen?
Yes. We fit benchtops over existing or new cabinetry.
Single slab or laminated?
Both. Choose a single solid slab, or solid timber pieces glue-laminated together for extra width.
How thick are your benchtops?
It depends on your design, from standard thicknesses to thick slab feature tops.
What finish do you use?
Typically tung oil, which seals and protects the timber.
How are sink and stove cut-outs done?
From your template before delivery, or on site after installation.
Do you install?
Yes. We deliver and install, and can coordinate with your cabinetmaker or builder.
How much does a timber benchtop cost?
Send your plans or sizes for an indication of price, or call Ian on 0466 977 710.
