This elm table came out absolutely magnificent but it was a LOT of work. The slab itself was 13' + when we received it from Berkshire Products. Our client drove out to the Berkshire to assess the slab…

We like to say that here at Cannon Hill we specialize in showstopping furniture that can command attention in a room — pieces like this one are the proof positive of that capability. This table…

This gorgeous Claro walnut slab features a single-side extension, curved-leg bases, and a lacquer spray finish…

This live-edge walnut dining table measures out at eight feet long, and just about ten feet when the two extension pieces are installed. Our clients’ Rhode Island home is a spectacular piece of design…

Sometimes, a client will come in with a very specific design idea in mind, and it’s up to us to turn that idea into a custom piece of furniture that can anchor a room in their home for decades, or…

These three American elm tables are the result of a collaboration between Cannon Hill and a designer working on a Wellesley home. While our work with designers is typically characterized by a great…

For whatever reason, we don't make as many slab tables out of white oak as we do in other species. True, the deep, rich chocolates and intense figure of the various walnuts might be more immediately…

This Claro Walnut desk with black handmade cabriole legs in Brookline is a really great example of the unique fusion of design elements in which Cannon Hill Woodworking specializes. This is the future…

It’s a real treat when our furniture lands in a home that has recently undergone a redesign, and can serve as a feature of a well-considered aesthetic. For this project we worked with an interior…

We love to build a big dining table. They’re inherently dramatic, and there’s something special about knowing that they’ll be the gathering place for friends and family on the nights that mean the most…

When a slab like this one comes through the door of our workshop, it’s pretty clear what our job is: get out of…

This live edge walnut desk and chair set is about as custom as it gets. The clients met us in our Seaport showroom with an idea- a dream let's call it- and a number of dimension and functional…

Our client came to us with the idea for this desk, and we homed in on the final design together. Rather than having conventional legs or a base, it features a waterfall edge on one side, and rests on a…

This bedroom set for a beachfront home in coastal New Hampshire was a really special project here at Cannon Hill. All of our furniture is totally custom, but when we get a job like this one, to design…

As much fun as it is to work with someone new and to get to know their particular goals and desires, we really value our repeat clients. Here at Cannon Hill we like to say that we don’t just sell a…

When our client approached us for a large dining table (and a console table, too) to reside in their newly renovated South Shore home, they hadn’t yet made any firm decisions when it came to things…

As is sometimes the case in the custom furniture business, this project began as something else entirely. The clients initially approached us to buy a desk and a hunting table. Happily for us, once…

The clients for this live edge walnut table had recently purchased a new home in Needham with a really interesting landscaping and a lot of trees all around the house. They have this really great sun…

When we work with live-edge slabs, they often have sizable cracks — known as “checks” — at the ends. These checks aren’t any sign of quality issues, and they don’t create any problems in the finished…

This is likely the most flawless live edge walnut slab we have ever encountered. Not a blemish! Not a crack, not a spot of bark! The walnut slab was originally twelve feet long. It was shipped to us by…

A lot of wood comes through our shop, in a lot of different forms. We see reclaimed lumber of several different species, freshly milled boards in oak, cherry, maple, walnut, ash, and hickory, and live…

This is a 3.5" thick walnut, 9' live edge slab table. It took four of us to carry the slab into this Cambridge home overlooking the Charles River. The top is incredible- easily 500 pounds and it has…

One of the foundational precepts here at Cannon Hill is that a woodworker must allow the material to guide the project. Fighting against the inclinations and characteristics of the wood only ever ends…

This coffee table is what’s known as a “cookie”; whereas most slabs are cut lengthwise from a felled tree, cookies are, as you can probably tell, cut straight across the trunk. The resulting slabs are…

One of the features of a single-slab table that we and our clients love the most is the presence of figure, and this Claro Walnut table is probably one of the most intensely-figured we’ve ever built. “…

Black Walnut Dining Table: Live edge book-match with bowties.

This table is a fantastic example of the sort of handmade custom furniture we spend our days making here at Cannon Hill. Our clients approached us with a number of inspiration images, and we worked…

Check out this incredible live edge maple table! This gorgeous maple slab came to us from Berkshire Products. After an extensive search, the client chose it herself, and she clearly made an awesome…

We really love this table because it does something that all woodworkers appreciate: it uses material efficiently. Our clients for this project were a young couple who had just moved to  Boston’s North…

Our clients, for whom we’d previously built the walnut coffee table in these pictures, approached us with a concept that was pretty much new to Cannon Hill: a totally removable kitchen island extension…

The clients came to us looking for a live edge walnut dining table. We did an exhaustive search for slabs that would meet their requirements and be as beautiful as possible and we came across these…

Most of the work that we do here at Cannon Hill is on dining tables — pieces that are meant to be the gathering place for family and friends, a centerpiece around which meals are shared and memories…

We’ve learned over the years that the best way to make furniture is to allow the material itself to guide the design and building process. Working with a natural product as arresting as the lumber that…

This stunning table in Claro walnut is now at home in freshly remodeled condo in Malden. When our client came to visit our showroom, he brought along a friend who was himself a woodworker; our client…

Most of the things we build here at Cannon Hill are large dining tables, meant to accommodate large gatherings of family and friends around a…

This table is a great example of the functional benefits that our table extension system can offer to our clients. Many, if not most, of our clients want to be able to use their new dining tables for…

The base for this live edge walnut cocktail table was a fun one to build for Cannon Hill's Sam O'Leary. All hand carved. The client came to us with the design for the cocktail table. We happened to…

When our clients approached us regarding this table, they explained that they needed a live-edge table that would feel at home in their wood-filled Maine home. There were already a number of natural…

One of the unavoidable facts of furnituremaking is that there will be waste in the process. Whether it’s off-cuts from our tables, shavings from our planes, or sawdust from our sanders, we spend our…

The client was looking to upgrade his dining room table in his South End home. He was hoping for an 8' live edge walnut table that could extend to be 10'. This table seats 10 people, and 12 with the…

The grain of a maple tree slab swirls fluidly, creating unique eye-catching patterns. No two slabs are exactly alike which…

Our client on this project came to us with a fair measure of knowledge, being a woodworker herself, and knew she wanted a substantial walnut slab for her airy Newton Victorian. We landed on the “book…

This live edge walnut table slab came from Berkshire Products. It required some shaping on our end to make it more functional as it had a pretty large scoop in it. The brass bowtie inlays were powder…

This live edge walnut slab is possibly is the most gorgeous slab to ever come through the doors at Cannon Hill Woodworking. It is Bastogne Walnut which is a gorgeous and rare find. The base was made…

This is a classically beautiful walnut top with an oil finish that has quite a statement for a base. The twisting steel pedestal was the idea of the client, and we provided a CAD to get it right, and…