Wood and hands.
Near Lyon. Woods chosen one by one. Time taken to do it right.
Not a factory. A workshop.
Affleur is born from a simple conviction: objects that last deserve to be made slowly. We work as a small team, near Lyon, with few machines and many hands.
We don't outsource. We don't rush. We start over when it's not perfect.
We know our woods by name.
Our wood comes from Corne & Cie, in Lyon. Their sawmill is in Franche-Comté, two hours from the workshop. We choose planks one by one: the grain, the knots, the figure. Oak, walnut, all noble woods that deserve attention.
- Fournisseur
- Corne & Cie, Lyon
- Scierie
- Franche-Comté
- Essences
- Chêne · Noyer · Châtaignier
Near Lyon
The workshop is in the Lyon area. Our supplier Corne & Cie is in Lyon, with a sawmill in Franche-Comté, two hours away.
Noble woods
Oak, walnut, and other species chosen for their character. We work with what is beautiful and what lasts.
At every step
We have machines, we use them. We have hands, we put them where they make a difference. What we never do is compromise on the final piece.
Thomas Dournet
Engineer turned craftsman.
Thomas comes from the IT engineering world. A lifelong woodworking enthusiast, he built Affleur with the rigour of one and the standards of the other.
Around him: carpenters and cabinetmakers with real years of craft behind them, serious production machinery, and a shared obsession: ship flawless pieces, or don't ship at all.
One workshop, French wood, and nobody between you and us.
End to end
We pick the wood, cut it, sand it, finish it, pack it. Keeping control is what gives us quality, and authenticity.
French wood
The timber comes from Franche-Comté, two hours from the workshop. We know the sawmills, we choose the boards one by one. When we say we know where the wood comes from, we mean it literally.
Limited runs
We don't release an object until there's nothing left to take away. That takes time. Each run is short, numbered, and every piece is traceable.
Sold direct
No retailer, no middleman margin. We'd rather put the money into the design than into a distribution network. It's as simple as that.