Baba Furniture Wood Works

Our workshop is at No. 116 North Redhills Road in Villivakkam. It’s a bit of a messy place because of all the sawdust. We make tables, chairs, and cupboards for houses around here. Sometimes we get orders for office desks too. My father started this a long time ago and I just kept it going. We use different kinds of wood depending on what people want and what they can pay. Teak is expensive but people still ask for it. The noise from the saws is pretty loud all day. Neighbors don't seem to mind too much though. We spend most of our time measuring and cutting things. If you come by, you'll probably see us covered in wood shavings. It's hard work on the hands. We don't have a big showroom or anything like that. Just the space where we build stuff. People usually bring a drawing or a photo from a magazine and ask if we can make it. We try our best to match it. Sometimes the wood grain is different, so it never looks exactly the same, but that's the nature of it. Villivakkam has changed a lot, but we are still here in the same spot. We use hand tools and some machines. It’s just honest work. We finish one job and move to the next one. It’s simple. We also do some repair work if someone brings in an old chair that’s falling apart. We glue it back and maybe sand it down a bit. It’s a living for us.