We design custom furniture, then we build it ourselves
Custom hardwood furniture, built one commission at a time. Solid timber, cut joinery, finished by hand at 41 Cornell Street in Kingston, New York.
What we make
Five things, mostly. Every piece is solid hardwood — white oak, black walnut, cherry, ash and hard maple — with mortise-and-tenon or dovetailed joinery. No veneered particleboard, no face frames stapled on. Prices below are what commissions in that category have actually cost over the last two years, before delivery.
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Dining tables
60–120 in long, 34–44 in wide, 29–30 in high. Trestle, pedestal or four-leg, with breadboard ends if the top is over 40 in wide. $4,200–$11,500.
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Casework
Sideboards, dressers, credenzas and cabinets. Typically 48–84 in long and 18–22 in deep, with hand-cut dovetailed drawers on wooden runners. $3,800–$14,000.
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Built-in shelving
Scribed to the wall and the floor you actually have. Priced by the running foot: $650–$1,100 per foot depending on species, depth and whether there are doors.
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Desks
From a 48 in writing table to a 90 in partners' desk with file drawers and cable routing. $3,400–$9,800.
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Beds
Twin through California king, with bolted-and-keyed joints so the frame knocks down for stairs and moves. Headboard heights 38–54 in. $3,900–$8,600.
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What we don't make
Upholstery, outdoor furniture, kitchen cabinetry for a whole kitchen, or anything in plywood with a thin solid edge. We'll tell you early if your project is better off with someone else.
How a commission works
Four steps, start to delivery. Current lead time from signed drawing to delivery is 14 to 18 weeks. We take on roughly 20 commissions a year and the book for autumn 2026 is open.
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1. Conversation
Email or phone, then a visit to your room or a visit to the shop. We measure, look at the light, and talk about how the piece gets used. No charge, usually an hour.
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2. Drawing and quote
A dimensioned drawing, a species recommendation and a fixed price. The design fee is $450 and comes off the build if you go ahead. Two rounds of revisions are included.
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3. Timber selection
We pull boards from the rack and lay out the top in front of you, or send photographs if you're not local. A 50% deposit books your slot in the schedule.
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4. Build and delivery
You get progress photographs at milling, dry-fit and finish. We deliver and place the piece ourselves within 120 miles of Kingston; further afield we crate and ship.
Three recent pieces
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Rhinebeck dining table
Black walnut. 102 × 42 in, seating ten without the ends feeling cramped. The brief was one single slab-matched top with breadboard ends, and legs set far enough in that nobody straddles one. Built in nine weeks.
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Tribeca library wall
Quartersawn white oak. 14 running feet, floor to a 10 ft 4 in ceiling, scribed around a steam riser and a crooked plaster corner. Designed with the client's architect. Built and installed in eleven weeks.
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Saugerties sideboard
Cherry, with ash drawer boxes. 66 × 19 × 33 in. Four dovetailed drawers and two doors on knife hinges, sized around a specific collection of serving platters. Built in seven weeks.
Ready to ship
Between commissions we build short runs and small goods from the offcut rack. These are finished, in the shop now, and go out within five business days.
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Three-legged ash stool
18 in seat height, splayed legs wedged through a saddled seat. Oil and wax finish. $385. Six in stock.
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Walnut cutting board
16 × 11 × 1.5 in, edge-grain walnut from dining table offcuts, finished in food-safe oil. $95. Restocked most Fridays.
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Also on the shelf
Cherry serving trays, maple step stools and a pair of white oak nightstands left over from a cancelled commission. Everything is listed with its real dimensions and wood.
Who we work with
- Homeowners
- You know the room and roughly what you want. We handle the drawing, the species choice and the engineering. One point of contact, fixed price, photographs as it goes. About two thirds of our work.
- Interior designers
- You send elevations or a reference image; we return a dimensioned shop drawing and a trade price within ten business days. We hold to your install date or tell you early that we can't. Trade terms on request.
- Architects
- Built-ins, millwork and single statement pieces coordinated with the general contractor. We attend site meetings within 120 miles, survey after the drywall is up, and supply shop drawings for your file.
- Where we deliver
- Hudson Valley, the Catskills, the Berkshires and all five boroughs of New York City by our own truck. Crated freight elsewhere in the lower 48, quoted at cost.
We gave them a wall with a radiator in the wrong place and a ceiling that drops an inch and a half across fourteen feet. The shelving looks like the building was built around it. They also told us on week two that the species we'd asked for was a bad idea, which saved us a lot of money.
Dana Whitcomb, interior designer, Brooklyn
Tell us about the piece
Room dimensions, how it gets used, and when you'd like it. We answer every enquiry within two business days, even the ones we can't take.
Or call the shop on (845) 555-0162, Tuesday to Saturday, 8am to 5pm.