Single slab tables made of American hardwoods in standard widths are quite rare and much, much more costly than most of the tables we make, often costing 3 times as much or more. Clients often believe our tables are made of single slabs, but this is all the art of our craft.

We generally have 1 to 2 types of wood on hand at any given time. If you are looking for something specific, we can definitely source it for you however, sourcing takes a good deal of time! Typically we take a 50% deposit to begin a project requiring special sourcing. We have become content to work an incredibly long time with clients in order to assure they’ll be happy with their tables once done. We NEVER impose any kind of time limit on a project.

Another influence on whether we can send pictures of slabs right away is if the slabs have been planed or not. Looking at un-planed slabs is like looking at the sky with very dark glasses on–you really can’t see any kind of truth. Planing wood is an incredibly difficult job requiring 2 to 3 people and taking full several hours to accomplish. Therefore, we don’t always have planed wood on hand.

We almost never have tables ‘in stock’ that are unsold. We are an intentionally small studio able to operate by leading an artisan teaching co-op. We do not aspire to ever grow into a big concern but prefer doing detailed projects one-at-a-time. This approach keeps us very busy and so we rarely have time to do much speculative work. Occasionally, we do introduce design/detail elements though.

We cannot ask a tree farm to cut boards to the lengths desired by our clients. We must buy whatever lengths are on hand, which can’t be foreseen as the live edge market is unpredictable and can be seasonally volatile in prices.

Wood is sold by board-foot which means there is a cost for 1′ by1′ by 1″ of thickness. For each full additional inch of thickness, the price of the wood doubles.

Yes absolutely, however typically this happens once we’ve entered into an agreement and received a deposit.

We do not have a brick and mortar store but we love to have visitors to our studio and keep very flexible hours since we live in the same building where we work. Evenings and weekends are fine, just so we know ahead of time when to expect a potential client.

We are located in Providence RI and deliver locally at no charge. Large items must be carried indoors by clients, where we assemble.
We deliver to Boston Metro, Connecticut along Interstate 95, NYC and N. Jersey along a flexible schedule that allows us to bring more than a single delivery per load. Often we come at least once a month. This service is free and curbside. We deliver once indoors.

We can provide freight shipping quotes with a zip code.

4-6 weeks. We will let you know if our lead times are currently longer.

We do not stock table bases. We work with more than one metal fabricator and can have almost anything made from metal. Please send us photos of what interests you for quotes. Yes we do also retail table bases alone. We can make a wide variety of wooden bases. Show us what you’ve seen that you like and we’ll quote the price.

Many base/leg styles in metal or wood do not change the overall price of a project.