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About Us
The Making of Cambridge Casual
Origin
More than three decades of making outdoor furniture
Long before Cambridge Casual appeared on a furniture tag, thousands of outdoor furniture pieces had already found their way into homes around the world.
Our story didn’t begin as a retailer. It began in the workshop.
Since 1988, our manufacturing team in Indonesia has worked behind the scenes, building outdoor furniture for some of the world’s largest retailers. Those decades taught us more than how to make furniture. They shaped how we think about materials, construction, comfort, and the details that determine whether a piece will endure the test of time.
In 2014
we introduced Cambridge Casual with a simple idea.
Well-made teak outdoor furniture should be known for the quality of its craftsmanship, not for its price tag.
Today, we continue to build with the same manufacturing experience, now under a name of our own.
Workshop
From workshop to backyard
Every Cambridge Casual collection begins long before production.
Inside our research and development studio, ideas move from digital sketches to physical prototypes. Around the workshop sit chairs with different seat angles, tables with revised proportions, cushions in varying densities, woven samples, alternative finishes, and concepts that never reached production. Some become collections. Others return to the drawing board.
A product isn’t approved because it looks finished.
It’s approved because it has been tested, refined, and tested again.
Comfort is evaluated by people with different body types. Proportions are adjusted. Materials are reconsidered. Sometimes the smallest change makes all the difference: a revised arm height, a different weave, a subtle shift in silhouette. If a piece doesn’t feel right, or simply doesn’t achieve the design we envisioned, we continue refining it until it does.
Some projects take months. Others never leave the prototype stage.
We believe that’s part of making furniture responsibly.
Material
Built around teak
For centuries, teak has been trusted for outdoor furniture because of its natural durability, density, and resistance to the elements. We continue to choose it for those same reasons today.
Our primary manufacturing facilities in Indonesia work with SVLK-verified teak, from responsibly managed forests.
Every board begins its own journey before it becomes furniture.
Freshly milled teak moves through one of our kiln-drying chambers, where moisture content is carefully monitored rather than simply timed. Each batch is measured against internal standards before moving to the next stage. If it hasn’t reached the required moisture level, it returns to the kiln until it does.
The process takes longer.It also helps create furniture prepared for years of outdoor living.
Components then spend time outdoors developing teak’s signature warm golden tone while drying gradually under carefully managed conditions. This gradual, controlled drying prevents the internal tension that causes lesser wood to warp or crack as it settles.
Good furniture begins long before assembly.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing that stays connected
Cambridge Casual was built on manufacturing.
Rather than relying on separate companies for each stage, our teams oversee product development, sourcing, production, quality control, distribution, and customer experience within one connected organization.
That continuity allows every decision, from material selection to final inspection, to be guided by the same standards.
Today, our manufacturing network includes facilities in four locations, supporting the collections found in homes across North America.
Sourcing
Every piece starts at the sawmill, where SVLK-verified teak from responsibly managed forests is broken down into boards, kiln-dried and rested before it ever reaches a workbench.
Design
Curves are traced from templates refined through years of prototyping. A revised arm height or a subtle shift in silhouette is drawn, tested and drawn again before it is cut.
Cutting
Each marked component is cut by hand on the bandsaw, following the pencil line. The people who cut it are the same people who will check it, so nothing is passed along unseen.
Finishing
Machines bring a component close. An orbital sander and an experienced hand take it the rest of the way, easing every edge so a piece feels as good as it looks.
Assembly
Frames are assembled, checked for square and finished by hand in the same facility that sourced the wood. One connected process, from forest to backyard.
Quality
Quality is built into the process
Quality isn’t something we inspect at the very end. It’s part of every stage before a product ever reaches production.
Designs are reviewed repeatedly. Construction methods are evaluated. Comfort is tested. Materials are reconsidered. Prototypes are revised until they meet the standards we’ve established through decades of manufacturing experience.
Only then does a collection move forward.
This approach has helped us earn long-standing relationships with retailers, suppliers, and homeowners who expect consistency, thoughtful construction, and furniture made to be lived with, not simply displayed.
Comfort isn’t designed on paper. It’s refined through use.
Quality
Direct value from the maker
For decades, we built furniture that carried someone else’s name.
Today, we build it under our own.
Because we remain closely connected to every stage; from design and material sourcing to manufacturing and distribution - we’re able to offer furniture that reflects the work behind it rather than layers of additional markups.
Our goal has never been to make teak feel exclusive.
It’s to make thoughtfully built outdoor furniture more accessible without compromising the material or the process behind it.
Value
Looking ahead
Our story continues to grow, but the principles remain the same.
Continue learning
Continue refining.
Continue building furniture that people look forward to using season after season.
If, years from now, Cambridge Casual becomes a name people immediately associate with teak outdoor furniture, we hope it won’t be because we were the loudest voice in the market.
We hope it’s because every piece reflected the same care, craftsmanship, and attention to detail that has guided our work since 1988.
Thank you for taking the time to learn how we make our furniture.
