About Senatee
Every board carries its own quiet history. Senatee brings those stories into daily life with handmade wooden bookshelves that feel natural at home. Senatee sees furniture as functional art—built to serve first, honest in what it’s made of, and calm enough to live with for years. The promise is simple: real wood, real craft, real life.
Who Senatee Is
Senatee works direct from workshop to home. Skipping middlemen keeps quality in Senatee’s hands, pricing clear, and conversations personal. A compact team—designers beside woodworkers, quality control beside customer care—shares the same space and schedule, so a shelf can travel from first sketch to final coat without losing its character. Senatee uses precision machines where exact cuts matter, then slows down for the work only hands can do: shaping edges, matching grain, and tightening clean, solid joints. Messages are answered within 24 hours, and even a standard model is treated like a one-off—planned, built, checked, and packed with one name on it: yours.
What Senatee Makes
The focus is handcrafted bookshelves, with the Tree Bookshelf as a signature design, alongside selected wall-mounted and sculptural pieces. Choose ready-to-ship shelves for fast delivery, or go made-to-order when a room calls for a specific size, profile, carving, or finish. Each shipment includes a clear guide to recommended load, shelf spacing, and safe wall anchoring when needed. Strength comes from accurate joinery and thoughtful structure; the warm feel comes from careful hand sanding and well-rubbed finishes. A good shelf should do two quiet jobs every day: carry weight without fuss and ground a room without noise.
Materials & Sustainability
Senatee starts with solid hardwoods—oak, walnut, ash, and maple—care-dried so they stay stable through the seasons. Lumber is traceable and selected from trusted U.S. suppliers: Weyerhaeuser, Baillie Lumber, Rex Lumber, Baird Brothers, and Bell Forest. Every board is checked for look and strength before it becomes a part. Surfaces receive low-odor, indoor-safe oils or water-based varnishes—often plant-based—so the wood keeps its natural touch and sits comfortably in homes with children and pets. The rule for the planet is straightforward: make things that last. Long-lived shelves mean fewer replacements and less waste. Offcuts are turned into brackets, samples, or packing spacers, and hardware is chosen so it can be repaired or replaced instead of tossing the whole piece.
How Senatee Builds
Each shelf begins at the lumber rack. Senatee looks at dryness, grain flow, and strength, then flattens faces and cuts parts to size. Precision equipment handles the exacting work; hands take over for the parts that give a piece its feel—edge shaping, clean joints, and grain matching so lines read as one. Parts are sanded smooth in stages, then finished in thin coats with proper drying time between them. After that, Senatee assembles, fine-tunes, and tests the shelf so capacity guidance is real, not guesswork. Before it leaves, Senatee makes a final round: surface check, joint check, and a test-fit of hardware. When the box opens, the first thing you notice should be the wood—not a flaw.
Packaging & Shipping
Packing is part of the craft. Panels and corners are protected with foam and corner guards. Hardware packs are sealed and labeled to match a simple, step-by-step guide. Cartons are strong and reinforced for long routes; oversized pieces can be crated or pallet-secured. Senatee ships with UPS, FedEx, and DHL (depending on location) and shares tracking from pickup to doorstep. A short receiving guide is included: look over the carton, take photos if anything seems off, and contact Senatee right away so the situation can be made right. Unboxing should be calm and clear—parts labeled, steps easy—and the shelf ready the same day.
Care & Support
Daily care is easy: dust with a dry or lightly damp cloth, avoid strong heat and long-term damp, and use floor pads for stability and floor protection. Wood prefers steady room conditions. For wall units, anchor into studs when possible and follow the guide; if there is any doubt, Senatee will help choose the right anchors for each wall type. If the finish ever looks tired, a quick touch-up oil brings back the glow, and Senatee can supply a matching care kit. Senatee answers messages within 24 hours on business days, and Senatee’s warranty is plain: if an issue is on Senatee—or happens on the road—Senatee will repair, replace, or refund.
The Senatee Promise
Senatee does not chase volume; Senatee chases fit—a shelf that suits a room and a routine so well it feels meant to be there. If helpful, Senatee can share finish samples or a quick 2D/3D sketch before building. When a shelf finally takes its place at home, it won’t just hold books; it will hold habits, photos, and a quiet sense of order. That is the kind of functional art Senatee is here to make.
