Good, Long Lasting, Handmade Furniture.
Our concept: offer super comfortable, customizable, well made, and upgradable furniture that makes home feel like home, straight from the makers, offer the best and most transparent pricing all year round - no deceptive 'sales'.
How It Started
It all began in 1988, when we started our journey as Colonial Pine in a small workshop in Geelong.
After more than 30 years of manufacturing and supplying Australia's leading retailers, our passion for design, comfort, and quality inspired us to launch our own direct-to-customer brand — for the first time since our inception. Every piece we create is thoughtfully designed with customization, versatility, and long-lasting comfort in mind.
In 2019, the second generation joined the business, and Banana Home was born — a side project turned brand with a mission to revive the values lost in today’s fast-furniture market: quality craftsmanship, honest pricing, and timeless comfort.
We invite you to share in our legacy and experience the difference for yourself.
Banana Home today
Within 5 short years, Banana Home has become one of the fastest growing furniture brands in Australia. Our ranges are focused on relaxed, customizable, and durable collections that make sense, with washable fabrics and replaceable covers.
We ship Australia wide, and in January 2025, we launched into New Zealand.
We are truly grateful for the brand we have built, the products we create, and the 20,000 plus customers who have supported us since 2019.
Why don't you have retail stores?
At Banana Home, our business model is built around quality, transparency, and delivering real value. Operating traditional showrooms and large-format retail spaces goes against everything we stand for. These stores often require significant investment in rent and staffing, which typically results in products that are either overpriced or compromised in quality.
Instead, we’ve adopted a vertically integrated model—designing, manufacturing, and selling our products directly. This allows us to focus entirely on creating the highest quality furniture at the best possible price, without the retail markups.
While we’re not ruling out physical spaces in the future, any retail presence we explore will be thoughtfully curated—such as pop-ups or smaller, intimate showrooms that reflect the care and craftsmanship behind our products. Our goal is to avoid becoming just another retail machine and instead stay true to our mission: creating great furniture, honestly priced.
If you're unsure and buying online is not your thing, we totally get it. Feel free to give us a call and ask any questions you have about some of our couches - if you don't love it we will offer free returns (because we know you will).
Why is it called 'Banana Home'?
We've always viewed big retail as an unnecessary layer in the furniture-buying journey. By the time a sofa reaches a showroom floor, both quality and pricing transparency often take a hit. The name Banana Home was born from the idea of “peeling back” the retail layers to offer only what truly matters—a well-made, well-priced product without all the extras. Sure, the name’s a little quirky, and if we had our time again, we might have chosen differently. But you know what? It’s memorable, it’s catchy, and it stands for something meaningful.
Why don't you stock everything and there is product on pre-order?
We choose not to stock everything because we don’t want to follow the typical path of filling warehouses with mass-produced furniture—pieces that often end up in landfills just a few years later. Instead, we believe in a more intentional approach. When you pre-order from Banana Home, you're investing in something made specifically for you—not just grabbing something off the shelf.
Our design philosophy is built around personal taste and longevity. Many of our pieces can be customised when you order, and features like removable covers mean you can adapt your furniture over time. For most people, this makes more sense—it leads to pieces you’ll actually love living with, not ones you’ll regret.
That said, we do keep some of our most popular colours and styles in stock for quicker delivery. If you're in a hurry or unsure what’s available, just send us a message—we’re always happy to help you find something fast.
100% Handmade
100% of our product is handmade. We focus on producing furniture collections that are built by hand and reflect the quality and construction standards of a bespoke piece.
60% Upgradeable
Over 60% of the products in our range have the ability to be upgraded, replace parts/components, or be reconfigured. Our focus is to produce furniture that does not end up in landfill and can reduce the overall investment you spend on furnishing a lifetime.
100% Traceability
Because we are vertically integrated — controlling both the production and distribution of our products — we maintain 100% traceability across our supply chain. This allows us to uphold the highest environmental standards and ensure the use of the finest quality materials.
The Problem
Furniture retail is a complex and often misunderstood industry. The rise of disposable consumer culture has transformed many furniture retailers into fast-fashion businesses — prioritizing demand generation and revenue through aggressive marketing, while neglecting product integrity and environmental responsibility. Artificial discounts and fluctuating pricing have become the primary drivers of store performance, often at the expense of genuine quality.
Because furniture is not something most consumers purchase frequently — nor a product they deeply research — many customers unknowingly buy overpriced pieces that appear to be heavily discounted but fail to meet lasting quality standards. Environmental impact and ethical production practices are also commonly overlooked in the pursuit of profit.
The Solution
We focus on creating timeless, high-quality pieces that are built to last — with upgradable components designed for longevity and practical design principles which allow multiple arrangements from a single item. We don't manipulate our prices or rely on artificial sales; instead, we maintain a fair and sustainable pricing structure all year round. This approach allows us to continue delivering exceptional quality while remaining true to our values — because true craftsmanship can’t exist in a race to the bottom.
Our ranges are simple, effective, focus on comfort, quality, and true to our values. We intentionally focus on a small range of products that can be made in many ways, allowing us be the best at what we do and provide the best solution possible to your home.
Customer Service A+
With the support of over 20,000 customers since 2019, Banana Home has grown into the furniture store we dreamed of. Our passionate Customer Service team loves what they do—whether it's coordinating deliveries, answering product questions, or chatting about Melbourne’s chill compared to a delivery up in Darwin. As a family-run business, we bring a hands-on approach and strive to deliver exceptional service every step of the way.
Made, not Produced
Every piece of Banana Home furniture is handcrafted using traditional techniques to ensure exceptional quality. This hands-on approach lets you customise your sofa to suit your needs, or choose from our in-stock range—each item made with care and intention.
We Love What We Do
Buying a couch can be confusing, and one of our core goals is to simplify that journey.
At Banana Home, we focus on a thoughtfully curated range of sofas that are easy to love, simple to customise, and built to evolve with you over time. We're not here to reinvent the wheel or take over the furniture world—just to offer well-designed, high-quality furniture that people genuinely enjoy living with.