Handle wih care! Did you hear the 'crack'?

Furniture that looks damaged beyond repair, but is fully functional? That is what an imaginative and experienced woodworker from New Zealand is up to for the past few years.

His designs and work have gone viral on Facebook, after Henk Verhoeff’s daughter published them on the social media platform.

The joints appear seamless, but his dressers look like they have been cracked open from some other dimensional force. Some of the smaller drawers even have a natural separator for small items!

Large cracks, splinters, holes, and warped sides and edges mark his furniture pieces, looking like they have stepped out of a cartoon strip. But each piece is fully functional.

When asked about his style, Henk told Bored Panda: “I describe my style of furniture as broken and weird. I like making weird furniture, something that you don’t see in a shop.”

Henk says that all of his creations come solely from his twisted brain. “It’s hard to say how long each piece takes – it could easily be 80-100 hours. Sometimes details or angles don’t work and I have to start again,” he says.

Henk mostly uses recycled New Zealand pine. Before he retired, Henk was a joiner and cabinet maker for 53 years. “Now it is just my hobby and passion,” he says

For now, Henk’s dressers are not for sale; they will decorate his home and woodworking studio in Auckland.

Woodworking is a tough skill to master, requiring plenty of patience, knowledge, and the right tools and practice. All of these are eminently visible in Henk’s work. He seems to have truly succeeded in bringing the weirdest creations of his imagination to life!

Shape+ Colour+ Finish= perfect plate!