Eyeing a bigger slice of the wooden furniture market

Doing the best: Lee aims to make artful furniture from wood instead of settling for mass-produced products.

ALTHOUGH he had early exposure in woodwork during his schooling days, it was a random job opportunity that acquainted Charles Lee with wood products and led to his eventual rediscovery of carpentry.

The trained accountant had then just returned from abroad and had ended up working with a timber company. After five years, Lee realised that he quite like the production of wood products.