Modish Living

Modish Living was started by husband and wife team Hellen and Chris Barlow. The company came to life out of a passion for beautiful design and a belief that reclaimed wood offers us an extraordinary material for making high quality furniture. Modish Living is a leading online boutique specialising in Sustainable and Reclaimed Wood furniture made by Independent Artisans. We work with leading Craftsmen and Designers, bring you high quality bespoke furniture. The wood we use for our furniture comes from a variety of sources. Having always had a previous industrial life, the wood is rescued, dried, sanded and restored to reveal a material of age and character never seen in new wood. Some will have served as roof joists for over 100 years in Victorian buildings and is rescued prior to demolition. Either way, it is the nail holes, cracks and burls in the wood that hint at its decades of previous industrial life and give a character, look and feel that is unrivalled. What's more, as well as a wonderful material, it's completely sustainable and as a material for furniture manufacture, it helps contribute to a reduction in deforestation. We are proud to work with some truly exceptional craftsmen with decades of experience in furniture design and manufacture. Their combined knowledge and skill is humbling and each of them is passionate about quality and committed to working with these beautiful reclaimed materials.