About Us

For what you keep

We make wooden boxes and cabinets for collecting, sorting and display.

A row of wooden cabinets with open lids, drawers and swing-out trays in the showroom.

Boxes through a lifetime

Our workshop has spent fifteen years making wooden boxes: small keepsake boxes for a child's first teeth, toy boxes, cigar boxes and urns made to hold someone's memory. Looking back, we have made boxes for almost every stage of a life.

Today, we bring that experience to specialised storage and display. The things people choose to keep give us much of our work to think about.

2015

A name for an idea

ModsMade began in 2015. The name came from our interest in modular products and the freedom they can give people to arrange their own spaces.

We wanted customers to have a part in the design: choosing how to place things, trying a different arrangement and making room for an idea of their own. That thinking continues to guide our products, with different possibilities in each design.

Every collection differs

We began with toolboxes, when specialised storage was hard to find. Customers soon brought us all kinds of collections, along with a wish to display them.

High-end storage and display became our specialty. Different drawer depths and interior layouts make room for different collecting habits.

Fountain pens arranged in individual slots across open wooden trays.

Pen collections

Individual slots keep pens separate and easy to choose.

Coloured pencils arranged in shallow drawers with a small doll.

Drawing materials

Shallow drawers lay colours out where you can see and reach them.

Small figures displayed along the edges of open drawers.

Figures and miniatures

Open drawers give small figures a place to be arranged and displayed.

Cups, plates and small objects displayed in a glass-front cabinet on a table.

Objects behind glass

Glass-front storage keeps cups and small objects in everyday view.

Living with a collection

A collection is something you live with. You pick up a familiar object, move it to another shelf, or spend a few minutes rearranging a drawer.

We design the cabinet with those moments in mind. Its proportions and wood finish should sit comfortably with the objects inside and the room around it.

A warmly lit showroom with collection cabinets, books and objects.

Eastlake curved trays opened to reveal small decorative objects.

Eastlake, opened

Eastlake's swing-out drawers take their cue from old dental cabinets. Opening them brings several levels of a collection into view.

We also like to work small hidden compartments into our designs. On Eastlake, we spent a great deal of time on the concealed lock and its carved pattern. Some of that work only comes into view when the cabinet is opened.

We enjoy making those details. They give the person using the cabinet something to discover, even in a place they may seldom look.

Look inside the lockClose the detail

A close view of the carved brass lock on Eastlake. — The carved brass lock, seen up close.

Made in Dongguan

Our workshop is in Dongguan, Guangdong. Over fifteen years of making wooden boxes and cabinets, we have built extensive experience in antiqued wood finishes and in producing and shipping large orders.

We undertake OEM and ODM projects for long-term European clients, including craft companies in the cigar and jewellery industries. Client names and project details remain confidential.

Wooden cabinets arranged in the Dongguan manufacturing workshop. — Cabinets made in batches, with experience handling large orders and shipments.

A worker among open wooden cabinets during assembly. — Wood finishes and assembly, informed by years of work with antiqued wooden products.

Find room for your collection

Explore the cabinets, or tell us about a collection or project you have in mind.

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