You dream it.
I build it.
My goal with each table that I toil over is to make you very happy and give you the opportunity to build a lifetime of happy memories while family and friends are gathered around for special occasions, memorable meals and cheer. These heirlooms are investment pieces to be cherished for generations.
Giving wood with a history
A new life in your home
My own table designs along with trestle, refectory and farmhouse styles are inspired from growing up and living in Europe and originate from 16th and 17th century medieval furniture that adorned the chateaus, hunting lodges, manor houses and monasteries, being derived from Tyrolean, Spanish colonial and medieval French periods and regions that I was privileged to see and experience.
Handcrafted for you
The grain and cut of the wood timbers are selected based on which growth patterns reflect the best quality, stability, and how this lumber has responded to the elements of time and how it will respond as a table.
Handcrafted for Life
These tables are not ‘repros’, but are authentic in terms of the period look and feel. I look for rare trees that are destined to be harvested for various reasons.
Handcrafted To Impress
Each of my tables reflect who I am as a classic furniture maker, following traditional and long-established period styles which are enhanced by me, my expertise, and by my personal touch.
Hand-crafted in Ratko's shop
One Table at a time
Handcrafted tables in Ratko's workshop (of which he conceived, designed and built from a tiny sketch-no blueprint!) are made one at a time to provide you with unique, one-of-a-kind heirlooms that display the wear & patina that only time can bestow upon wood. Oak pegs are whittled by hand. All edges are hand-finished and stains are made from natural pigments; and applied by hand, not pistol-sprayed. Contact us to get started on your artisan table.
“After 56+ years of experience, I know wood like the back of my hand- how it breathes- how it works, how it talks to me. Wood, in its many forms, has been my life. It is in my blood.”
- Ratko
Everyone entering the home is taken by this exquisite piece.
Suzanne - "The Stewart home"
Everyone entering the home is taken by this exquisite piece. Each end features hand-carved Tyrolean panels. Ratko helped me choose these designs and then carved them beautifully for these ends. Breaking bread with friends has created many, many happy memories. We continue to use our table and think of Ratko when we are asked about it. If you choose something made by Ratko, this amazing designer and craftsman, you will not be sorry. He will give you something to use and enjoy for a lifetime.
My Promise to you
The woods selected are rare-full length solid timbers which are locally sourced, personally selected, and are anywhere from 200-600 years old. Your table is guaranteed to last several lifetimes due to my construction designs and selections of timbers to capture the innate integrity, stability and uniqueness of grain of each particular wood species.