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What to expect from solid wood in its first year

It will move, it will change colour, and one drawer may stick in September. All of that is normal.

30 July 2026 · 4 min read · The I'm Rare studio

What to expect from solid wood in its first year - pictured: Nidra

Solid timber is a material that was recently alive, and it goes on behaving like it. In its first year in your home a piece will do three things that surprise people, none of which is a fault.

It will move. Wood takes on moisture in the monsoon and gives it up in the dry months, and it swells and shrinks across the grain as it does. We allow for this - panels float in grooves, tops are fixed with slotted buttons - but a drawer that glides in April may drag in September. Wax the runners; it will glide again in November.

It will change colour. Walnut lightens a shade, teak and oak deepen, and anything in direct sun will do so faster. If a lamp or a vase lives in one spot, move it occasionally in the first year so the shadow does not become permanent.

It will mark. Oiled timber is not a plastic laminate; a wet glass left overnight will leave a ring. The good news is that the same finish that lets it mark lets you fix it - a fine pad and a drop of the oil we send with every piece, and the ring is gone. That is a repair you cannot make on a lacquered piece.

After the first year the timber has settled to your home's rhythm and does very little. Re-oil it once a year and it will outlast the room.

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Premium and luxury furniture, designed and made in India by I'm Rare

I'm Rare makes premium furniture for people who furnish slowly and keep things for a long time. Every piece - 11 categories, 56 designs at last count - is drawn in our studio and built in solid walnut, teak and oak, with hand-woven cane fronts, bouclé and linen upholstery, and solid brass fittings polished to a satin finish. The collection is curated rather than catalogued: a few resolved designs per category, each rendered true to its finish, most of them ready to ship.

Whether you are furnishing a new home, refreshing a single room, or specifying for a boutique hotel, office or café, the pieces are designed to sit together - the same timber, the same joinery language, the same quiet proportions - so a bed, a bedside table and a wardrobe from I'm Rare read as one room, not three purchases.

Furniture for every room in the house

Browse the collection by category: beds, wardrobes, bedside tables, dressing tables, bunk beds, living chairs, swings, consoles, tv units, dining, shoe storage. Each category page shows every design with multiple views, and every design links straight to a design expert on WhatsApp who can confirm dimensions, finish options and the current lead time.

Bedroom: beds, wardrobes, bedside and dressing tables

The bedroom range is where the collection began. Our beds (5 designs) are platform and panel beds in solid walnut and teak - the Arohi with its low, wrapped headboard, the Ira and Vanya with upholstered panels, the Aarav in a deeper, more architectural form. Pair them with bedside tables (5 designs) in oak and walnut, sized to sit flush with the mattress line, and wardrobes (5 designs) with fluted and arched fronts in soft, lacquered tones.

Dressing tables (5 designs) combine a drawer stack, a floating shelf and a framed mirror with integrated storage for the things that otherwise end up on the surface. For children's rooms and guest rooms our bunk beds (5 designs) are built-in style pieces with stairs, drawers and cane screens, engineered to be dismantled and reassembled without losing rigidity.

Living: chairs, swings, consoles and TV units

Living chairs (6 designs) are sculptural, solid-wood frames with deep, loose cushions - the kind of chair a room is arranged around. Swings (5 designs) bring the Indian verandah indoors: round and rectangular cane-and-timber daybeds on rope or chain, sized for one or two. Consoles (5 designs) with cane doors and tapered legs suit hallways and behind-sofa positions, and our TV units (5 designs) keep cables, consoles and remotes behind fluted fronts so the wall stays calm.

Dining tables and entryway storage

The dining range (5 designs) pairs sculpted timber pedestals with marble and solid-wood tops and matching chairs, in four-, six- and eight-seat lengths. At the front door, shoe storage (5 designs) is treated as furniture rather than a cupboard - cane-fronted cabinets with a bench, a mirror or an arched panel to hang a coat.

Ready to ship, or made to your measure

Most designs are held in small batches and leave the workshop within a fortnight. If a piece needs to be wider, shorter, in a different timber or a different cloth, one message on WhatsApp reaches a design expert who will confirm what is possible, the price difference and the revised lead time - typically four to six weeks for made-to-measure work. We deliver across India with white-glove installation by our own team, and every piece carries a ten-year structural warranty.

Materials and craft

  • Walnut - deep, figured, our signature timber for beds, chairs and consoles.
  • Teak - dense and golden, used where pieces may see humidity or sun.
  • Oak - pale and straight-grained, for bedside tables and lighter rooms.
  • Cane - hand-woven rattan, set into solid frames so it never sags.
  • Brass - solid, never plated; handles, feet and hinges age to a soft patina.

All timber is kiln-dried and finished in a hard-wax oil that can be repaired at home with a cloth. Upholstery is bouclé, linen or performance velvet on high-resilience foam.

Visit our showroom

See the timber, sit in the chairs and compare finishes in person at our studio and showroom: First Floor, Plot No. 152, PU-4, AB Road, Behind C21 Mall, Scheme 54 PU4, Indore 452010. Visits are by appointment so a design expert can walk you through the collection - message us on WhatsApp to book a time. We ship to every city in India, including Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Bhopal.

Why I'm Rare is the considered choice for premium furniture in India

Because the collection is small on purpose. We would rather make eleven categories well than four hundred products quickly. Because every render on this site is the piece you receive - the same timber, the same proportions - and because the person you speak to on WhatsApp has sat in the chair and knows the drawer runners by name. And because when a room needs something slightly different from what is on the page, we make it.

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