Made with love - bespoke handmade curiosities!

Castaway specializes in bespoke handmade furniture and curiosities in wood and steel. These made from locally recycled materials.  Things that other people have 'castaway' are transformed into new  items. Castaway is a small business located in Dawlish, Devon.

** Our newest bespoke designed item for sale**
The Devon Cottage Box

Devon Cottage Boxes - ideal for that Christmas or birthday present! Hand made and hand painted made by Paul to order. The Devon Cottage Box are for those special trinkets or made into money boxes with locks. Available in 3 delightful and artistically delicious colours - clotted cream yellow, scone white or candy floss pink!

The Devon Cottage Box with manor door style

A handmade unique gift made in Dawlish from recycled materials

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Our other lovely items

Jolly Boat Chest

The Jolly Boat Chest is the smallest of our chests! With it being light and

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Light House Family

Calling Light House Fans! These great Light House Family boxes are based on an idea

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Long Trug

For carrying items which are long!  These long trugs are robust and handy – whether

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Long Boat Chest

Ideal for presents! Most long boats of their time would have had a chest of

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Long Boat Soft Top

Our softer top long boat is stylish! This is the same size and width as

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Sea Chests

These sea chests are based on an original design. With it being the largest standard

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Hanging Garden

Stylish plant pot holders These small hanging gardens can be hung on rope or screwed

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Wrecker Trug

We called it the Wrecker Trug! It’s a lovely flower shape and made to carry

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Castaway is run by Paul with the assistance of his wife, Amanda.  Paul has over 35 years experience in boat building and steel work. Paul is now turning these skills into creating bespoke furniture and curiosities.  The ‘Castaway’ bespoke handmade furniture transforms room, homes and gardens.

Letter into top of trunk
Wedding Trunks
memory boxes
Memory Boxes
White pew bench seat
Pew Seats
open cool box
Cool Boxes

Castaway furniture and curiosities are exactly that – they are not mass produced, but made with love and attention to detail and are of good quality and Castaway aims to have over 90% recycled materials in their products with the remaining 10% from local businesses to support them too. All products are made to order.