Since 1978
Eleven people, one workshop, no shortcuts
We are not a brand with a factory somewhere else. Everything on this site is built in a converted mill building in Asheville, North Carolina, by people whose names are on the pieces they make.
Why our furniture lasts
Cut by hand
Mortise-and-tenon and hand-cut dovetails, not staples and dowels. It takes longer and it lasts longer.
Timber we can trace
Hardwood from within 200 miles of the workshop, milled by us. We can tell you which county your table came from.
Guaranteed for life
Frames, joinery and springs, for as long as you own the piece. If we can't repair it, we replace it.
Delivered properly
Blanket-wrapped and brought into the room you want it in. Free on orders over $999.
How we got here
Forty-seven years, three generations, and one stubbornly unchanged way of doing things.
1978
A garage on Millworks Road
Arthur Hale starts building dining tables to order after the mill he worked at closes. The first six customers are neighbours; three of their families still order from us.
1994
The second bench
Ruth joins her father full time and pushes the workshop into upholstery — the first Alder sofa is built on a frame Arthur was convinced would never sell.
2011
We start milling our own
Buying logs instead of boards changes everything about how a tabletop can look. It also means owning a very expensive stack of oak for two years at a time.
2024
Eleven people, same building
We have turned down every offer to move production offshore. The furniture still leaves through the same door it did in 1978.
Come and sit on it before you buy it
The showroom is the front third of the workshop, so you can watch your piece being built while you decide on the fabric. No appointment needed.