It all began in 1996 with Suzan and Kristian Jensen, a Danish couple living in Singapore. Kristian had been selling and trading wood for over 20 years and was amazed by the many beautiful and high quality pieces he came across on buying trips to Indonesia. The couple bought some of these pieces for their own home and soon found that their friends and family loved them too. So, combining Suzans retail experience with Kristians buying & design expertise, they decided to buy a few more pieces which they planned to sell.

Suzan invested in a small shed for the backyard which acted as both warehouse and showroom in those early days. The first pieces of outdoor furniture which they offered were quickly snapped up by those admiring friends and family. Before very long, other people who had seen the furniture were asking where they could get something similar. It soon became clear that Suzan and Kristian would need something more than the garden shed.