Our Story
Starting in the 1980’s, Wedgerwood was the brain child of a pipe smoking, bearded craftsman by the name of Ray Hastie.
Initially starting in his shed just outside of Alexandra township, Ray hand built timber furniture that ‘wedged’ together – birthing the name Wedgerwood.
By the early 1990’s Ray moved to the building that Wedgerwood currently resides in and employed several additional competent furniture makers, joiners and cabinet makers. With the addition of these talented staff members, Wedgerwood branched out into manufacturing kitchens, bathroom furnishings, solid timber doors and windows.
The word started to spread that if it could be made out of timber – Wedgerwood could make it.
This fabulous promotional poster still hangs in the Wedgerwood staff room as a testament of how things have changed over the last 30+ years. Trends, designs, requirements, workshop technology and materials have all changed over this time and so has Wedgerwood as we continue to lead the way with the products it produces.
The poster’s content is certainly a bit questionable for publication in the current social environment – ‘A housewife’s dream.’!
This is the completed and installed pink kitchen in the promotional poster once completed.
