Our story

Furniture that belongs in the home, not just the nursery.

Autumn's Corner started with a simple idea: children's rooms deserve the same care as the rest of the home. Today every shelf is still designed, made and finished by hand in our Cardiff workshop.

Daisy and Luke, the founder and maker behind Autumn's Corner
A dad reading to two children beneath Story Shelves
How it started

It began with our own children's rooms.

When Daisy started looking for furniture for her children's rooms, she kept finding the same gap. Practical pieces felt plastic and temporary. Well-designed pieces weren't made for children at all.

So she designed her own: simple, solid wood shelves that let children reach their own books, and that sit as comfortably in a living room as in a nursery.

“I wanted to create furniture that truly belonged in the home, not just the nursery.”Daisy Andrews, founder
What we believe

Proper furniture, made for small hands.

01

Furniture first

Clean proportions, solid hardwood and traditional joinery. If it wouldn't look right in your living room, we don't make it.

02

Made for independence

Front-facing books at their eye level, so children can see, choose and put back their own. Small moments that build a love of reading.

03

Made to be kept

Sustainably sourced wood, built to outlast childhood. Keeping a piece for years is the most sustainable choice of all.

Luke shaping solid wood with a router in the Cardiff workshop
From our workshop

Made in small batches in Cardiff.

Daisy designs every piece. Luke, our maker, builds each one by hand in our Cardiff workshop, from the first cut to the last coat of paint.

  1. 1 Designed and prototypedEvery piece is drawn, made and tested in the workshop before it goes on sale.
  2. 2 Cut and joinedSolid ash and oak, cut to size and joined with dovetails that hold for generations.
  3. 3 Finished and paintedSanded and finished, with front bars painted by hand in child-safe paint.
  4. 4 Sent ready to hangFully assembled, with everything you need to put it up. Dispatched within 10–12 working days.

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Chosen by interior designers

for the children's rooms they design

Front-facing solid ash children's bookshelves on a white wall with children's books

Start their reading corner.

The Story Shelf is where most families begin: solid ash, five widths and twelve colours, made to order for you.