B Boldtura
Home › Journal
From the bench

Workshop notes, material reviews, and the occasional rant about pocket screws.

The journal is written by Aliah, Hafiz and the team, mostly during lunch on Saturdays. Nothing here is generated by anything other than human typing.

A workshop dehumidifier beside a stack of kiln-dried timber
Materials 5 min read

Why we kiln-dry every plank twice in Malaysia.

Selangor humidity sits around 84% most afternoons. Here is how we keep that out of our frames, and why the second dry matters more than the first.

Read the note
Hands comparing upholstery fabric samples on a workbench
Buying guide 7 min read

Rub counts, weave faces and pets: choosing a sofa fabric.

What 25,000 Martindale really means, why boucle pulls under cat claws, and the three fabric families we recommend for households with small children.

Read the note
A new banquette being installed in a restaurant before opening
Project diary 8 min read

Eight weeks to build 64 chairs and a banquette run.

A week-by-week account of the Rumah Kitsu fit-out — the timber order, the foam batch that went off-spec, and the lorry that arrived at 04:30.

Read the note

Have a question for the workshop?

If the answer ends up here, we’ll credit you (first name only).

Send a question