The MM Journal

"Craft, design, and the enduring value of things made well."

Knowing When to Restore: A Guide to the  Furniture Spa
Craft Notes

Knowing When to Restore: A Guide to the Furniture Spa

The signs that a piece needs professional attention — and what Sri Lanka's pioneering restoration service can do about it

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From the Seed to the Piece: Ten Years of Plant A Plant
Sustainability

From the Seed to the Piece: Ten Years of Plant A Plant

On World Environment Day 2016, Mahogany Masterpieces planted a seed — quite literally. Ten years on, we look at what grew from that commitment, and announce the chapter that makes it complete.

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Timber Without Compromise: How We  Source, Dry and Steward Our Wood
Sustainability

Timber Without Compromise: How We Source, Dry and Steward Our Wood

The choices behind every plank — and why responsible timber sourcing is not a sustainability claim but a craft standard

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How to Care for Your Solid Wood  Furniture — A Lifetime Guide
Sustainability

How to Care for Your Solid Wood Furniture — A Lifetime Guide

The habits that will keep your MM pieces looking extraordinary for decades — and the mistakes that will shorten their life

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Proportion, Not Decoration: The Design Principles That Define Every MM Interior
Design

Proportion, Not Decoration: The Design Principles That Define Every MM Interior

Why the decisions that matter most in a room are the ones you will never notice

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The Room That Listens: Why Great Interiors Begin Before a Single Decision Is Made
Design

The Room That Listens: Why Great Interiors Begin Before a Single Decision Is Made

On the design practice that produces spaces which feel inevitable and the conversations that make them possible

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The Piano Finish: Why Our Surfaces Are  Unlike Any Other in Sri Lanka
Craft Notes

The Piano Finish: Why Our Surfaces Are Unlike Any Other in Sri Lanka

Fourteen steps, years of refinement, and a result that no other manufacturer in the country has been able to replicate

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What Makes a Mahogany Masterpiece:  The Complete Guide to Our Timber
Craft Notes

What Makes a Mahogany Masterpiece: The Complete Guide to Our Timber

From forest to finishing room - why the wood we choose is the most important decision in everything we build

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The Garage, the Buttons, and the  Beginning of Everything
Craft Notes

The Garage, the Buttons, and the Beginning of Everything

How a set of tools, a shared conviction, and an order for barrel-shaped buttons became fifty years of Sri Lankan craft

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Kishan Gooneratne: The Second Chapter
Craft Notes

Kishan Gooneratne: The Second Chapter

How a son's return to his father's workshop became a reinvention — without losing a single thing worth keeping

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