Commissioned tables, casework and built-ins in solid walnut and white oak. One bench, one maker, forty minutes west of Philadelphia.
Start a commissionEvery piece is drawn, cut and finished here. Dimensions are whatever your room needs, so treat these as starting points rather than a catalog.
A single-slab walnut top left at its natural edge, carried on a blackened steel base kept deliberately thin so the wood does the talking.
Four hand-cut dovetailed drawers in a quartersawn case. The brass pulls are left unlacquered so they darken at the same rate the oak does.
Eleven feet of shelving scribed to a wall that was not remotely plumb. Adjustable above, closed storage below, face frame joined on site.
Knockdown bed bolts hidden in the rails, so it comes apart for a move without a single fastener showing when it is together.
One drawer, hand-fit until it closes on the air behind it. Legs taper on two faces only, which keeps the desk light from the front.
The one thing here you can have in a week. End grain, so it takes a knife edge kindly and closes back up behind it.
Five stages, roughly three months, and you hear from me at each one. Nothing gets cut until you have signed off on the drawing.
Room measurements, how you will actually use the piece, and an honest read on budget before either of us gets attached.
Scaled elevations and a cut list. Two revisions are included, and most people use one.
You see photos of the actual boards. Figure and color vary more than people expect, and it matters.
Milling, joinery, fitting, finishing. Progress photos every couple of weeks without you having to ask.
Blanket-wrapped and placed in the room. Built-ins are installed and scribed on site.
I am Chris Gannon. I started building furniture in a one-car garage in 2009 because I could not find a dining table that was both the right size for the room and not made of stapled particleboard. The garage got crowded, and eventually it became a shop.
Everything that leaves here is built by me. There is no crew, no outsourced finishing, and no piece in the shop that I have not touched at every stage. That is the reason for the lead times, and it is not a thing I am looking to fix.
I work mostly in domestic hardwoods from mills within a few hours of Chester County. Solid stock throughout, joinery cut to last past all of us, and finishes you can repair at home with a rag instead of shipping the piece back.
Tell me what the room needs. I answer everything within two business days, including the ones I am not the right shop for.