A personalized serving board engraved with the shoreline of Lake Como, in reclaimed antique chestnut from the 1800s. For cheese, oysters or dessert at the table, and a piece of the lake to go with them.
Lake Como serving board
Lake Como is recognizable even without its name: three arms, one upside-down Y. We trace that shoreline into wood that has lived two centuries, and fill it with resin that stays smooth under your hand.
The board
A personalized serving board for the center of the table. You pick the lake; we engrave its shoreline and seal it in resin.
Preview render with a sample lake. Final pieces will differ slightly.
The lake
A few facts about the lake you are about to put on the table.
Few lakes have an outline as readable as Lake Como's. Seen from above it forks into three arms: the Como branch to the south-west, the Lecco branch to the south-east, and the long northern stretch that runs up to Colico.
The three arms meet in front of Bellagio, on the headland known as Punta Spartivento, which divides the lake in two. Engraved in wood, that Y is recognizable at a glance, before anyone has read a name.
It is also a deep lake. At about 425 meters it is the deepest lake in Italy, fed by the Adda river in the north and drained by the same river at Lecco. The Romans called it Larius, and Italians still call it the Lario.
Lakegrains is based in Canzo, in the Larian Triangle, the hilly peninsula between the Como and Lecco arms. For us Lake Como is not a souvenir motif; it is the lake down the road.
How it's made
Three steps, from old wood to finished board.
Lake Como is the lake you pick. Prefer another one? Any European lake is possible on request.
The shoreline of Lake Como is laser engraved into reclaimed antique chestnut from the 1800s, selected for its grain and cut by hand.
The engraving is filled with food-safe resin, so the lake stays smooth under your hand. Then you decide: flat on the table, or raised on steel legs.
Details
Where it fits, and what it is not.
The keepsake
Back from Bellagio, Varenna or Menaggio? This is the Lake Como keepsake that lives on the table instead of in a drawer.
The gift
A summer house, a wedding, a family tradition: for people whose life has a Lake Como in it, whether the house is on the shore or only the memories are.
Serving, not cutting
It is a serving board, not a cutting board. Bring the cheese, the oysters or the dessert to the table on it, flat or on steel legs.
One of a kind
The grain of wood from the 1800s never repeats, so no two Lake Como boards are the same.
Waitlist
We are in pre-launch. Join the waitlist and we'll write to you before anyone else, as soon as the first, small run opens.
FAQ
A serving board in reclaimed antique chestnut from the 1800s, with the shoreline of Lake Como laser engraved and filled with food-safe resin. Every board is one of a kind.
Yes. Lakegrains engraves the most important lake of every European country, plus any other European lake on request, for example Lake Maggiore, Lake Garda or Lake Constance. If yours is missing, get in touch.
Yes. The resin is food-safe, so you can serve directly on the board.
No. It is a serving board, not a cutting board. Slice in the kitchen, then bring the cheese, the oysters or the dessert to the table on the board.
Of course. Leave the steel legs off and it sits flat on the table; add them and it becomes a raised serving piece.
Lakegrains is in pre-launch and the first run is small and limited. Waitlist members hear first, with one email when we open.
Lakegrains is run by Tecno-System di Paredi Enrico, based in Canzo, in Lombardy, Italy, in the Larian Triangle between the arms of Lake Como.
Don't see yours? We engrave the most important lake of every European country, and any other European lake on request. Write to us.