At Benchmade, we believe that beautifully designed and thoughtfully fabricated furniture should be attainable without compromise. Created by the makers at Boyd & Allister, each piece celebrates the inherent character of wood through time-honored construction.
Hand-cut joinery strengthens rather than disguises the material, and our domestic hardwoods are responsibly sourced from small sawyers across the country who honor the trees and land as deeply as we do. Built in the high desert Southwest, this collection is shaped by its place - grounded, quiet, and enduring - and designed to last a lifetime.
The Boyd & Allister studio is located in a former tortilla factory in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where we’ve been hand-making furniture since 2010. Benchmade is our first release of ready-to-buy pieces offered directly to the public, a way to share the work we’ve long crafted for designers and architects with the greater community.
OUR STORY
Benchmade means handmade—by craftspeople in Santa Fe, from start to finish. To us, handmade means made with care and with an eye toward longevity. Our beds use mortise-and-tenon joinery, so the weight is carried from rails to legs rather than relying on screws that inevitably loosen, degrade the wood, and compromise the stability of the bed
We source our lumber from sawyers who know their land and their trees, producing wood ethically and with the quality that craftspeople rely on. The careful wood choices and proper joinery in our beds allow for natural expansion and contraction, ensuring lasting strength and stability. In the same way industrial farming has changed food, factory-style logging has compromised lumber—but we work against that, committed to materials that honor tradition and place.
Handmade also means that real people select each board, choosing the best match, grain, and direction. Aesthetically every piece of wood has an up and a down—and we believe that matters. The result is beautiful furniture built to last generations.
OUR CRAFT & MATERIALS
Lightened Oak: The same natural grain structure as White Oak lightened to pare back the carmelized color and lend a cooler cast.
White Oak: Honeyed, linear grain structure and cathedraling with lengthened rays (thin, umber streaks running with the grain).
Ash: A striated grain structure with tones that range from pale oat to light brown.
Cherry: Reddish-brown tone which will mellow and deepen with sun exposure.
Black Walnut: Dark chocolate hue with golden highlights.
Blackened Walnut: The low-contrast grain of Black Walnut with a blackened finish that introduces a level of uniformity