Solid teak
Beds, dining tables, desks, wardrobes, and seating in solid teak. Built to be re-polished every decade, not replaced.
Carpenters Choice · Magnum Chambers, St Inez, Panaji
Furniture made in Goa, since 1973.
Carpenters Choice is Goa's first furniture showroom. Solid teak that is re-polished rather than replaced, carved Indo-Portuguese pieces in the tradition of the state's old houses, and the geometric lines of Art Deco — made in Goa and sold from the showroom at Magnum Chambers, St Inez, Panaji.
- Founded
- 1973
- Showroom
- Magnum Chambers, St Inez, Panaji
- Materials
- Solid teak, first of all
- Entity
- Partnership firm
What we make
Three traditions, one workshop discipline.
A piece from Carpenters Choice is built to be handed down. Joinery that can be taken apart and re-glued, finishes that can be stripped and redone, and timber that has been seasoned before it is cut.
Indo-Portuguese
Carved and turned forms in the tradition of Goa's old houses: the cabinets, chests, and long benches that furnished Fontainhas and the villages before them.
Art Deco
The geometric lines of Panjim's mid-century buildings, in wood. Clean fronts, stepped profiles, and proportions that suit apartments as well as houses.
From the showroom
Some of what we make.
A selection of pieces, photographed one at a time: seating, dining tables, a cylinder desk, cabinets, and a home bar. Sizes, timber, finish, and upholstery are agreed at the showroom.
Pieces are shown as made. What is on the showroom floor changes, so ask before you visit, or send an enquiry with a photograph of what you have in mind.
Architects and designers
Made to drawing, quoted from the drawing.
We work with architects and interior designers on pieces made to their drawings and on project quantities — a villa's worth of doors and wardrobes, a restaurant's tables, a run of built-ins. Send drawings, a finish reference, and a schedule, and we quote from those.
Samples of timber and finish can be seen at the showroom at Magnum Chambers, St Inez.
Homes
Come and sit on it first.
The showroom carries finished pieces you can see and sit on, and we make to order in the same timber and finish. Delivery across Goa.
Showroom
Carpenters Choice, Magnum Chambers, V.V. Dempo Marg (opposite St Inez Church), St. Inez, Panaji, Goa 403001
Telephone
+91 832 222 4563 · +91 98221 42564
mycarpenterschoice@gmail.com · Facebook
Hours
Monday to Saturday, 9:30 am to 8 pm · Sunday, 4 pm to 8 pm
Since 1973
Fifty-three years in Panjim.
Carpenters Choice opened in 1973, before the Magnum name existed, and is the oldest business in the group. Much of the furniture in Panjim's older homes and offices came through this showroom, and a fair amount of it still comes back for re-polishing.