Why August Delivery Is Actually May’s Decision
If you’re designing a space for a summer install, the window to act is now. Not June.
Custom furniture isn’t a product you order and wait for. It’s a process. And that process has a fixed number of steps, each of which takes real time.
The 10–12 Week Reality
For most projects involving one to three pieces, expect a 10 to 12 week timeline from deposit to delivery. Here’s where that time goes:
A project doesn’t start on the day you reach out. It starts after we’ve exchanged briefs, asked questions, aligned on scope, and received a deposit. That alone can take a minimum of one to two weeks depending on how quickly both sides can move and our timeline only begins once the deposit is received.
With deposit in hand, we issue shop drawings and, where applicable, 3D models for your review. There’s typically a round of revisions. Finish samples get made and approved. Only once everything is signed off does fabrication begin. And fabrication on a single well-made piece takes weeks, not days.
Add delivery coordination, site scheduling, and any final touches, and you can see how 10 to 12 weeks disappears quickly.
As the Project Scales, So Does the Timeline
A one-off dining table and a full FF&E package are not the same conversation.
For larger projects, 10 or more pieces, we strongly recommend building in 20 weeks or more. This isn’t padding. It’s intentional. More pieces means more design decisions, more material callouts, more drawings to review and approve. Getting all of that locked down early isn’t just good practice; it’s what gives us a clear one to two month fabrication window where the team can build without interruption, and without decisions being made on the fly.
Rushing the front end of a large project to save time almost always costs more time on the back end.
What This Means for Summer
August delivery means fabrication should be wrapping up in late July or early August, which means the deposit should be received in May, which means the initial discussions and quoting need to start now.
We’re currently booking for August through September, with limited availability in July for smaller scopes. If you have a project in that window, the best time to start the conversation is now.
Caveat
Of course, there is always the possibility that we can accommodate a last-minute project. But it comes with a price. Rush jobs require over time work. Expedited drawing and sample packages. Getting materials into our shop faster. Longer days and sometimes weekends in the shop to reduce the number of days to build a piece. All this comes with a cost. We’ll always be upfront about what’s required and reflect any associated costs clearly in the quote.
