The Sideboard
Storage without the visual weight.
A clean, compact silhouette with generous storage inside. The Frystark Sideboard brings order to a room without overwhelming it, and equally at home in a dining space, living room or apartment.
Designed in Cape Town
Furniture shaped by design history and contemporary life.
Lasting materials
Solid timber, durable finishes and materials selected for everyday use.
Made with purpose
Clear forms, useful proportions and details that earn their place.
Furniture worth keeping
Distinctive pieces designed to live beyond passing trends.
The Frystark Story
Furniture built to be inherited, not replaced.
The Frystark story began in 1948, when brothers Derek and Owen Frye established their furniture manufacturing business. In 1959, a merger with G. H. Starck Ltd gave rise to Frystark, one of the era's most recognisable midcentury furniture brands.
After more than five decades, Frystark has been relaunched under the direction of architect and designer Andy Goedhals. Ideas from the past are being reimagined through refined details, contemporary finishes and a more considered approach to making furniture.
The Oak Nesting Tables
Two heights,
one gentle curve.
A pair of oval solid oak tables set at different heights, so the taller top stays visible even when the smaller one nests beneath it. Each stands on its own slender, tapered legs. Pull them apart to serve a whole room, or let them settle back together.
Reviews
What people say once they live with it.
The Sideboard is the first piece of furniture we've bought that actually feels made, not manufactured. The grain is different on every drawer front.
My grandmother had solid oak furniture that lasted forty years. This is the first piece since then that feels built the same way.
Exactly the midcentury feel we wanted, without it looking like a copy.
Delivery was faster than I expected for solid hardwood furniture, and it arrived without a scratch.
The finish is even better in person, and the drawers still glide as smoothly as the day it arrived.
Our Philosophy
Past empowers future.
The Frystark design philosophy is the heir and successor to the mid century movement.