TIMBER FEELING

(Formerly Ridgy Didge)

Characterful, hard-wearing dining tables and upcycled furniture. This low fuss workshop even welcomes children and pets to make finding the right solution as easy as possible.

ADDRESS AND SHOWROOM:  105 Newlands Road, Coburg North, Victoria
PHONE:  0412 403 814
OPEN HOURS:  Monday to Thursday 10am – 3.30pm, Friday by appointment, Saturday and Sunday 11am – 4pm
MARKET STALL:  Stall D11, Waverley Antique Bazaar, 11A Aristoc Road, Glen Waverley, open 7 days 10am – 5pm
WEBSITE:  timberfeeling.com.au (full contact details below)

Neel Dey is one of the pioneers of recycled timber furniture in Melbourne. He started Ridgy Didge in 2006, and was involved in founding a prominent Collingwood recycled furniture warehouse in 2012. Now he’s back crafting the individual, experimental combinations he’s always loved at Timber Feeling.

Upcycling is in Neel’s blood. He was taken to vintage markets and garage sales as a child and learnt to identify furniture makes and timbers. By his 20s he was refinishing or repurposing his finds and working in furniture restoration. Building eye-catching new stories from old relics became his signature.

You’ll find Timber Feeling in a sprawling industrial estate with loads of recycled timber and a large workshop/showroom. You can buy pre-made stock or mix and match your favourite elements. Or Neel can visit your home and build a custom piece for your style and space. He’s well known for designing striking centrepieces for homes and businesses around Melbourne.

Timber Feeling specialises in recycled timber dining tables but you’ll also find decorative side tables, coffee tables, storage, shelving, timber and industrial antiques. Listen to the rescues behind each feature so you can pass them on in family folklore. Recycled furniture is more than ‘stuff for the house’. It’s enduring heritage with textures, colour fragments and memories from all kinds of Australian landmarks.

There is plenty of free parking on site, and delivery is available anywhere in Melbourne, Victoria or interstate.

Recycled timber can be milled to conventional perfection, or it can be gently worked to preserve its past. Timber Feeling teases aged ingredients into functional works of art.

Contact information

ADDRESS AND SHOWROOM:  105 Newlands Road, Coburg North, Victoria
PHONE:  0412 403 814
OPEN HOURS:  Monday to Thursday 10am – 3.30pm, Friday by appointment, Saturday and Sunday 11am – 4pm
MARKET STALL:  Stall D11, Waverley Antique Bazaar, 11A Aristoc Road, Glen Waverley, open 7 days 10am – 5pm
WEBSITE:  timberfeeling.com.au
SOCIAL MEDIA:  Facebook, Instagram (still labelled Ridgy Didge)
PRICING:  Reasonable
CUSTOM MADE SERVICE AVAILABLE:  Yes
PROP HIRE AVAILABLE:  Yes

Note: All images by Timber Feeling, reproduced with permission.