At Cosh Living, we are proud to offer Australian made furniture. One of our local brands, Kett, specialises in high-quality furniture that is made in Melbourne.
When purchasing a indoor furniture piece from Kett, our promise is exceptional quality, delivered in 8-10 weeks. For some, the wait time, or ‘lead time’ seems long. Here we take you through what happens behind the scenes when you are waiting for that beautiful hand-crafted, locally made furniture to arrive (and maybe, the wait won’t seem so long after all!).
Timeless Australian Furniture: It Begins With Slow Design
Kett is based in Melbourne, the team working in a design studio in Brunswick. Every piece of Australian furniture by Kett begins with a sketch. The lead designer Justin Hutchinson says "Starting out with initial sketches and ideas, I am always removing, paring back, trying to build out the clarity in the piece. Reduction, honesty, truth to material is a key part. There's nothing better than celebrating beautiful materials - that honesty is what shines through, what people respond to."
Hutchinson works with his team on expanding, developing and refining the design. Each stage of the process is carefully considered, and the development stage for one collection can be up to two years. This meticulous process ensures the Kett team create products with longevity, standing the test of time in both style and construction.
Justin Hutchinson's sketching furniture concepts for Kett.
Made To Order: Select The Perfect Finishes
In the Cosh Living showrooms, we display a curated range of finishes for the Kett indoor furniture collections. These selections are inspired by the Australian landscape, drawing inspiration from the tones and textures of our Mountains, Cities, Deserts and Oceans.
This includes options of timber stain, stone, ceramic and powdercoat finishes. We also offer a range of over 75 upholstery options, including linens, wools, leathers, velvets, cottons and more. As we make to order, we also allow our clients to specify beyond these schemes, from the wide options available from local fabric and leather suppliers.
Making furniture to order allows our clients to have a piece that is perfect for their space and scheme.
Curated finishes inspired by the Australian landscape.
From Order to Delivery: The Journey of Your Australian Furniture
Using the example of a sofa, below is the 8-10 week process that happens once an order is placed, using the skills of many craftspeople and small business for a premium result.
The made-to-order process begins as soon as an order is placed in our showroom. First, the upholstery team in our Melbourne workshop requests the fabric or leather meterage from our trusted suppliers.
While this is underway, the timber sofa frame is hand-made and stained in the stain finish of your choosing. The frame itself can take several weeks as they are completely handcrafted and stained in partnership with local small businesses.
After the frame is completed, our skilled upholsterers attach the support, whether webbing or steel springs for the base. The silhouette is then built, and various soft layers of foam are added to enhance the contours and create the desired sofa shape.
When the upholstery fabric or leather arrives from our local partners, it is cut to size and sewn. The fabric is then applied to the sofa’s silhouette, cushions filled with generous feather/fibre inserts, bringing us into the final stages of the upholstery process.
Paying close attention to detail, the sofa is cleaned, and goes through a quality control check, ensuring all requests are met to a high standard. Finally, the sofa is collected by the Cosh Living delivery team and driven to our Melbourne warehouse ready for delivery all over Australia.
As a business, we focus on small production runs, with furniture made-to-order just for you. Producing in this way allows emphasis on quality, custom-made pieces to last a lifetime.
In a world filled with food, fashion and entertainment just a click away, our 8-10 week lead time can feel like a long time! We choose to opt-out of the fast furniture cycle and instead return to traditional craftsmanship with quality that can be trusted.
Taking a closer look at our made-to-order process, and how it speaks to our beliefs of local collaborative Australian production, we hope to communicate how incredible it is to have an exceptional hand-crafted piece of furniture in 8-10 weeks, made just for you.
Why Choose Kett?
Made In Australia
The Kett indoor furniture collections are made in Australia, by a small team of expert makers. Premium base materials and an unrelenting eye for detail in production lead to superior quality furniture built to thrive in both residential and commercial contexts.
Made To Order
Making furniture to order allows our trade partners to select the perfect combination of finishes for a project from a wide range of material options.
Quick Lead Times
Locally made furniture means shorter lead times. Forget a 30-week lead time for a sofa to arrive from Europe – Kett can make and deliver an indoor sofa in 8-10 weeks.
Explore the full range from Kett, exclusively available at Cosh Living.