A Muar workshop that never learned to cut corners
Coachgear began in 2009 as two joiners, one rented shoplot and a promise: build every piece as if it were going into our own mothers' homes.
Raised in the furniture capital
If you grew up in Muar, you grew up around sawdust. This one river town produces the bulk of Malaysia's furniture, and both of our founders started as apprentices in its factories — one on the frame line, one at the upholstery bench.
What they saw there was volume winning over quality: staple guns replacing tenons, green timber shipped before it was dry, showroom pieces that would not survive five monsoons. In 2009 they rented a shoplot in Bukit Pasir and set up their own benches to do the opposite — fewer pieces, made properly, measured for the homes they were going into.
Seventeen years later the shoplot has become a 18,000 sq ft workshop and showfloor, and the two benches have become a team of twenty-three. The promise has not changed.
One roof, five trades
Most "custom" furniture in Malaysia is really assembled from parts made in five different factories. Ours is not. Under our roof in Kawasan Perindustrian Bukit Pasir you will find:
- A timber store where every board is moisture-tested and rested
- The frame shop — mortise-and-tenon, dovetail and dowel joinery
- An upholstery bench with hand-tied spring work
- A finishing room for stains, oils and hard-wax finishes
- A metal bay for table bases, brackets and commercial frames
Because nothing leaves our sight, we can put a 5-year structural warranty behind every piece without blinking.
Timber that suits the tropics
Furniture built for European humidity fails here quietly — a hairline crack in year two, a sticking drawer in year three. So we build for our own weather.
Our teak, nyatoh, merbau and rubberwood are all kiln-dried locally and acclimatised in our store before cutting. Panel work is joined to move with the seasons, and finishes are chosen for UV and humidity rather than showroom gloss. It is why we happily furnish homes from air-conditioned KL condominiums to breezy kampung verandahs.
We buy from licensed Malaysian timber yards, and we can trace every board in your piece back to its supplier.
Four rules of the house
Measure twice, promise once
Quotes are fixed and delivery windows are put in writing. If we say week nine, we plan for week eight.
The joint is the piece
Anything load-bearing gets a proper mechanical joint. Staples and hot glue are for packaging, not furniture.
Show the work
Progress photos as your piece is built, and an open workshop door if you would rather see it in person.
Stand behind it
Five years on structure, two on upholstery workmanship — and repairs for life at honest rates, because pieces this solid deserve second and third decades.
Come walk the showfloor
We are beside the workshop in Bukit Pasir, Muar — open Monday to Saturday, 9:00am to 6:00pm. Or start the conversation from your sofa, and we will come to you.
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