Ngeta Outdoor Table
Handcrafted by Mamboline enterprise in 005, Umoja, Nairobi, Kenya
The Ngeta Outdoor Table is an outdoor table handcrafted in Kenya from pallet timber. The boards keep the marks of their first life, with faint stencil lines and nail shadows still legible across the surface. Nothing has been sanded into anonymity. The result is a table that reads as honest rather than new. Reclaimed pallet planks are laid side by side to form a broad rectangular top, set on a slim blackened metal frame with squared legs and a low stretcher near the floor. The wood is pale and open-grained, with knots and colour shifts running plank to plank. The finish is matte, so light settles rather than reflects. The chairs shown share the same construction language: flat timber seats, a single wide backrest board, and the same dark metal geometry. Use it on a covered terrace, a courtyard, a rooftop or a verandah where meals happen slowly. It suits long lunches, laptops in the morning, and the clutter of a shared table. Pair it with stoneware, a linen runner and potted olive or fig for a quiet, sunlit setting. The low frame leaves the floor visible, which keeps a small outdoor area feeling open. Kenyan workshops have long built furniture from reclaimed timber and cut steel, working close to the material and by eye. Buying through Kamara connects you directly to an independent maker working in that tradition, and to a piece assembled by hand rather than pressed out in volume.
Price: KES 20,400
Material: pallet
Dimensions: L 127cm × W 60cm × H 75cm
Availability: Made to order
Category: outdoor