Since 1987 · Pune

Three generations,
one grain of truth

Sampada began as a two-man workshop with a single teak log and a stubborn belief: furniture should outlive the people who buy it.

Handcrafted solid-wood shelving in the Sampada workshop

The Beginning

A workshop built on
patience

In 1987, Sampada Joshi left a secure carpenter's job with forty rupees, a borrowed hand plane, and a conviction that Indian homes deserved furniture made the slow way. He spent his first year building a single dining table — the same table his grandchildren eat at today.

His son expanded the workshop into a showroom. His granddaughter brought it online. The tools have sharpened; the philosophy hasn't moved an inch.

"A joint you can't see should be as honest as the one you can."
— Sampada Joshi, Founder

What We Refuse to Compromise

Our values

Solid wood, always

No particle board, no veneer over compromise. Every structural part is solid teak, walnut or oak — responsibly sourced and fully traceable.

Craft over speed

A Sampada sofa takes eleven days, not eleven hours. We'd rather tell you to wait than hand you something we're not proud of.

Fair to the hands that build

Every artisan is a salaried craftsperson with healthcare and a pension — because heirloom furniture can't be built on disposable labour.

Designed to be inherited

We design for the second and third owner. Lifetime warranty on frames and joinery isn't a promise — it's the business model.

From Forest to Family Room

The making of a piece

Select the timber

We buy whole logs from certified plantations and grade every plank by grain density — only 60% makes the cut.

Season & cure

Kiln-dried, then rested for months until moisture stabilises — the step that prevents warping twenty years later.

Hand joinery

Mortise and tenon, dovetail, tongue and groove — cut by artisans whose apprenticeships outlasted most careers.

Finish & deliver

Seven coats of hand-rubbed natural oil, a final inspection under raking light, then white-glove delivery to your door.