Bud Designs

About

Thoughtful gifts and homeware, handmade in Cumbria to celebrate life's moments.

We're Lucy and Joe, a husband-and-wife team based in the village of Lazonby, in the heart of the beautiful Eden Valley, Cumbria.

From our small workshop we design and make thoughtful wooden gifts and homeware. Whether it's a keepsake to mark a milestone or a decoration that's treasured year after year, we believe the smallest objects often carry the biggest stories.

Woodworking has been part of Joe's life from the very beginning. The workshop where we make our products today is the same one where he grew up learning alongside his dad, who spent more than 35 years handcrafting traditional wooden toys. That passion for making was later complemented by more than twenty years designing products for internationally recognised premium brands, where an eye for detail and quality became second nature.

Before co-founding BUD Lucy spent many years helping to protect rivers, landscapes and wildlife. Her background continues to shape our approach to materials, sustainability and thoughtful design, helping ensure that every product is made with care for both people and the environment.

Everything we create is handmade by us using sustainably sourced hardwoods, many of them local, reclaimed or repurposed. We carefully choose each piece for its grain, character and natural beauty, allowing the timber itself to become an integral part of each design.

As a small family business, we're proud to keep production local, make everything ourselves and create products designed to be treasured for years rather than seasons.

Thank you for supporting British craftsmanship and choosing handmade.

Joe & Lucy Butler