Custom Projects

Here at Snob we love working directly with clients, interior designers and architects to create custom pieces and installations for corporate spaces and homes. Whether you’re looking for something built to the dimensions of your physical space, want to create a one-of-a-kind statement piece, or are looking for assistance with a larger scale project, we can help. In fact custom pieces and projects are a specialty of ours. Let your imagination run wild and we’ll bring your dream space to life.

We are also the proud distributors of Fiamma Nera Fireplaces. South African-based stone fabricator Cannata and Canadian interior designer Maia Roffey of Black Sheep Interior Design have elegantly combined tradition with modernity to create the Fiamma Nera Fireplace Collection that uses the very latest in terrazzo styles. The collection consists of 4 designs, with each available in 2 sizes and 2 finishes
Learn more about the fire places on https://www.fiammanera.com or Contact us for details.

 

Here’s how our custom projects work: 

STEP 1: LET’S CHAT

We talk about your ideas and space. Send us some dimensions, drawings, or photos of the area you’re looking to address. Tell us about the function of the space or piece in question, as well as the colours you’re drawn to and those that currently dominate the space. Give us the budget you’re working with. 

STEP 2: LINE DRAWINGS, SAMPLES AND STAINS

Next comes the fun part! Based on our conversations, we create drawings of your piece or space for you to approve (if necessary). These blueprints are sent off to the makers. This is the time when you make final choices about finishes. And do we have choices: from wood stain, paint colours, metal leafing and exotic upholstery choices.

STEP 3: WE HAVE IT CUSTOM BUILT AND FINISHED

Our pieces are custom built across Africa to your specifications. Just as we work personally with you to create the blueprints for your pieces and space, we work personally with our designers, artists and artisans across Africa who bring it to life.

Often we further refine your piece in our Toronto, Canada workshop where we are able to hand paint, gold and silver leaf, as well as frame, mount and do custom metal work.

FINISH CHOICES INCLUDE:

Metal frames and table bases

For tables, stools and chairs, choose your frame shape and also its finish from brushed, black or polished stainless steel. Metal bases and frames can also be painted or leafed in gold or silver. We also offer a range of lucite table legs and bases.

Metal Leafing, Painting and Lacquering

We are pleased to offer metal leafing, painting and lacquering for many of our pieces from wire sculpture, wood artifacts to the metal bases and frames of our furniture.

Various techniques and effects we can be achieved including muted to bright gold and silver, as well as a range of patina options in a glossy or matte finish. Gold and silver leafing is meticulously applied by hand by our resident artist who is trained in art restoration.

Material Choices

We specialize in building leather clad furniture and offer over 50 colour choices in our ostrich leather alone. Exotic and sophisticated at once, our ostrich clad furniture is very popular material choice for custom projects.

We also source a variety of hides and skins including zebra, cow, croc, springbok, hartebeest and snake. All our hides and skins are CITES approved (Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species).

Our upholstery choices are similarly varied and include rich velvets and silks, to traditional African textiles.

For tabletops, in addition to leather, we work with marble, mirror, glass and hardwood.

Floating furniture

Our line of floating furniture is not only modern with its clean lines, but also truly multi-functional. We can build shelving and drawers to your dimensions in combinations that can create floating desks, entertainment units, and display areas. We’ve even used these pieces to create a set of functional stairs.
The floating furniture comes in a range of colours, materials and finishes to match many different decor styles.

These are a perfect solution for small spaces where you wish to reduce the footprint of furniture as well as create multi-functional pieces that also offer lots of storage and display space. These shelves and drawers are easy to mount to concrete and drywall alike and can withstand 200 pounds of weight.

 

Contact us to chat and get more details. We'll be delighted to hear from you!