A short list with a long memory for how Cairo rooms behave

01 - Dining

Nil Table

The Nil is the table we reach for when a room needs to work harder than its floor plan suggests. Its legs sit back from the corners, so people can slide in without negotiating with a post. The apron is shaped to give knees a little more air, and the top is allowed to move with the season instead of being locked flat by force.

For a six-seat Cairo flat, 180 x 90 cm is usually the calm choice. 220 x 100 cm makes sense when Friday lunch really means ten people and three serving dishes. The 260 cm version is for rooms that have earned it, not for rooms where it will turn every chair into an obstacle.

Available configurations

• 160, 180, 220 and 260 cm fixed tops, with custom lengths reviewed case by case
• 90 or 100 cm depths; round 120 and 140 cm versions for compact dining corners
• Oak or walnut, natural or smoked oil; selected tables accept a concealed extension
• Best for families who eat at the table, host often, and dislike a delicate surface

02 - Seating

Matar Chair

The Matar chair has a small, deliberate lean and a back that meets the shoulder blades rather than pressing into them. It is quiet enough to sit around a Nil table and sturdy enough for the person who always turns sideways to keep talking after dessert.

We offer a timber seat, a hand-woven seat and a slim upholstered pad. The stool shares the same stance but tucks lower, useful in kitchens where every centimetre is borrowed from somewhere else. None of it is designed to stack up like event furniture. The stool can stack in short runs; the chair is made to stay out.

Available configurations

• Dining chair, counter stool and low occasional stool
• Natural oak, dark oak, walnut, woven rush or COM upholstery
• Seat height 46 cm for the chair; 65 or 75 cm for counter use
• Best for households that use one chair for eating, working and lingering

A chair does not need to shout. It needs to feel right at hour three.

03 - Storage

Nozha Casegoods

Nozha is a family of sideboards, media units and tall cabinets for the things Cairo homes accumulate: cables, chargers, serving pieces, school papers, routers and the small appliances that never find a dignified drawer. The faces remain simple so the room can breathe; behind them, the compartments do real work.

We plan cable paths before the case is built, not after someone puts a drill through a finished back. If a wall has a low AC return or an awkward skirting detail, we notch and vent around it. If a balcony door opens close by, we specify feet and finishes that take humidity seriously.

Available configurations

• 120, 160, 200 and 240 cm sideboards; media units from 140 cm
• Sliding doors, hinged doors, drawers, open shelves, vented router bays and brass pulls
• Plinth, legged or wall-fixed installation after a wall check
• Best for rooms where storage must look settled, not merely hidden

04 - Rest

Sheraton Bed

Sheraton beds are low enough to leave a hot room feeling open, with a platform that supports common regional mattress sizes without needing a noisy box base. The headboard is a clean timber plane, an upholstered panel, or nothing at all when a shallow room needs every visual inch.

The first question is never finish. It is access. A king-size headboard that cannot turn at the second-floor landing in an older building is not a finished design. We divide it cleanly where needed and arrange the join so it reads as a decision, not a rescue.

Available configurations

• 160 x 200, 180 x 200 and 200 x 200 cm mattress platforms
• Solid timber, upholstered or wall-mounted headboards; integrated reading ledge on request
• Optional under-bed drawers only where cleaning clearance and airflow remain sensible
• Best for sleepers who want a room to feel quieter, not more furnished