Small-batch · Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Serving pieces, linen and timber for the meals people actually stay at. Made in small runs, mostly in Australia.
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Six pieces. We add slowly, and only when something earns its place.
Solid oak, generous size, oiled. Built for a whole spread.
Washed French flax, seats eight, hems that hang straight.
Long and shallow. Roast, bread, cheese, whatever's going.
Mitred corners, softens with every wash.
Hand-carved, light in the hand, no splinters ever.
Sits on the table without looking like an afterthought.
Oakhaven came out of a long table in the Adelaide Hills and too many meals where the serving dishes let the food down.
We make the things that go in the middle — boards, bowls, jugs, linen — and not much else. It keeps the range honest and the quality checkable.
Everything is made in runs small enough that we handle each piece before it ships.
Most of this improves with use, provided you don't fight it.
Cold machine wash on a gentle cycle, line dry in shade. Skip fabric softener — it coats the fibre and stops it breathing. Expect it to soften for about twenty washes.
Dishwasher safe, though handwashing keeps the glaze brighter over years. Don't go fridge to oven; thermal shock cracks stoneware, not age.
Hand wash, dry standing up. Re-oil every few months with a food-safe oil. Never leave it sitting in water.
Air it more than you wash it. When it does need washing, wool cycle or cold hand wash, dry flat out of sun.
Most metropolitan orders arrive in 2–4 business days from Adelaide Hills. Regional and remote addresses can take up to a week. Tracking is emailed as soon as it's attached.
Not at the moment. We post within Australia only.
Unused and unwashed, within 30 days, yes. If a piece fails in ordinary use we'll replace it regardless of how long you've had it.
Most of them. Where a piece is made overseas — the linen in particular — we say so on the product and we've visited the mill.
Usually, though small runs mean gaps of a few weeks. The maker sets the pace, not us.
Yes. Paper tape, cardboard and paper void fill — no plastic in the box.
Questions about an order, a piece, or how something's made — we read everything and reply within a business day.
hello@oakhavenwares.com
Oakhaven Wares · PO Box 311, Stirling SA 5152