WELCOME TO
Reet Good Wood
Bespoke Refinished Furniture, Creative Workshops & Handmade Gifts
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Reet Good Wood is an independent business operating from Greater Manchester. We sell professionally refinished pieces of furniture, and handmade wooden gifts, using high quality products to create bespoke pieces for your home.
Alongside selling pieces from our hand picked collection, we also provide a private commission service. If you have a piece of furniture in need of a contemporary makeover, then please get in touch and we can work together to develop a design to suit your needs and enhance your space.
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Our work combines sustainability with unique aesthetics, offering eco-friendly redesigned products, to people who share our passion for interior styling and extraordinary vintage furniture.
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Reet Good Wood is also the home of the Reet Good Wood Club; a not-for-profit creative group for Neurodivergent Adults. Please see our Work in the Community section to learn more.
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ABOUT Reet Good Wood
Ruth is from Greater Manchester and is the face behind Reet Good Wood, and the founder of the Reet Good Wood Club.
In 2019, Ruth discovered she was Neurodivergent, and prior to this had spent her life trying to fit in to a world that wasn't made for Neurodivergent people. Ruth admittedly struggled in mainstream workplaces and with social situations, and spent her whole life pretending to be ok to fit in with people around her. As you can imagine, this takes its toll over time, with some people not understanding Neurodivergence or the impact of a late diagnosis.
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It wasn't until 2023 that Ruth decided to stop 'masking' and started to learn to be her authentic self. She put her energies in to something she was comfortable doing, in an environment she can control, at a pace that suits her.​ Ruth absolutely loves refinishing furniture, making hand crafted wooden gifts, and is conscious about doing her bit for the environment. So, putting all this together, Ruth was supported to start Reet Good Wood.
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Ruth was able to recognise that being creative was an alternative to societal expectations, and is an advocate for using creativity as a vehicle to promote positive wellbeing. Redesigning and painting furniture is Ruth’s calm in the chaos. Her attention to detail helps create flawless designs, and she enjoys getting lost in her own creative world, without the pressure to 'fit in' to environments out of her control.
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Why bother with preloved furniture?
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​Reusing old furniture is much more sustainable than buying new, has much more character and is often built to last. Vintage furniture always tells a story and would have previously been enjoyed by multiple generations. Ruth believes that preloved furniture can be transformed into something special to reflect the modern era and continue to bring joy to any space, without having a negative impact on the environment.
Far too much good quality furniture goes to landfill. Ruth is passionate about reducing waste, and giving old and tired pieces many more years of life, with a unique modern twist.
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Ruth’s work takes inspiration from her environment and experiences throughout her life, to create high end, bespoke, contemporary pieces.
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RGW Collection
Reet Good Wood Club
Work in the Community
A collaboration with ReMade Leigh
Being Neurodivergent has its many challenges. It can be quite isolating at times, and some people often feel misunderstood, like they don't 'fit in' and can struggle to thrive in a world suited to their neurotypical peers.
Last year Ruth found calm by restoring and redesigning furniture. It gave Ruth a positive outlet and massively improved her emotional wellbeing. Ruth decided she wanted to share this with her peers within the Greater Manchester area and provide a space for Neurodivergent adults to be creative. The Reet Good Wood Club is a collaboration with local charity ReMade. Based at our studio in Leigh Spinners Mill, we hold regular furniture painting and hand crafted gift workshops for the general public, but also offer monthly creative peer support sessions solely for Neurodivergent adults.
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The Reet Good Wood Club maintains a calm and sensory friendly environment, with group sizes no larger than eight participants. For those wishing to join The Reet Good Wood Club, you will need to book your space here.
For our full day Bespoke Furniture Painting Workshops, please book here. The cost of these workshops helps support our vision to provide not-for-profit activities for local underrepresented groups. (1-1 private sessions can also be arranged and are charged at a full day rate - please get in touch for further information).​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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RGW STORE POLICIES
Everything You Need to Know
Returns, refunds and cancellations are accepted with the following terms:
Please contact me within 7 days of delivery for returns.
Dispatch items back within 14 days of delivery.
Refunds will only be processed if the items are returned in the same condition they were received. Reet Good Wood can not be responsible for any damage to items which occur when in your care.
If you change your mind about an order, cancellations must be requested within 12 hours of purchase.
In case of a return, the costs of delivery (i.e. outbound delivery costs when Goods are sent from the Vendor to a Customer) are non-refundable. The Customer is responsible for organising the return and safe packaging of Goods and paying for return delivery costs.