Behind Garde Hvalsøe are three cabinetmakers and an architect with a shared professional pride, rooted in the Nordic design tradition, and a common passion. A ‘Tale of Life and Craf’, is the motto embedded in their logo, and these words capture the full breadth of Garde Hvalsøe’s universe. Their efforts to create simple, honest designs and achieving highly aesthetic functionality without superfluous ornamentation is driven by a strong mindset. Similarly, the shared passion for wood forms both a common thread and a natural point of departure With this background in cabinetmaking and the Danish craft and design culture, Garde Hvalsøe is driven by a profound love of wood. Garde Hvalsøe works in solid wood, including maple, elm and American walnut, which they combine with a range of other quality materials to achieve contrast and beauty in the meeting between wood and, say, brass or granite. But it all begins with the love of wood Wood is one of the most natural raw materials for furniture production, and it has been used in a processed form since mankind’s earliest history. We use wood to sit on, to sit at, to eat from and countless other purposes. Therefore, putting a beautiful wooden surface in your kitchen is a very natural choice.’

– Søren Lundh Aagaard After creating many bespoke kitchen projects for homes with Dinesen floors, Garde Hvalsøe came up with the idea of designing a kitchen that would seem like a natural extension of the plank floor. Solutions where Garde Hvalsøe’s craftsmanship and grasp of quality meet Dinesen’s craftsmanship and quality wood. Today, the first kitchens have been created as a result of this design partnership, both in Denmark and abroad. In the design, the floor is incorporated with the use of solid Dinesen planks in the construction of the kitchen, where the big dimensions of Dinesen’s Extraordinary by Nature collection enable coherent, uninterrupted lines. Thus, the grain on the front of the drawers brings out the grandeur of the individual tree in the finished kitchen.