Dovetailed by hand
Every drawer is cut by hand on the bench, then test-fit three times before glue-up. No staples, no shortcuts.
Est. 2009 · Gainesville, Florida
Furniture worth keeping for three generations.
We design, joinery, and finish heirloom-grade hardwood pieces by hand — dining tables, library shelving, kitchen cabinetry, and restoration of antiques that deserve a second century.
- 16 yrs
- Studio in operation
- 740+
- Commissions delivered
- 11
- Florida species milled
Locally milled stock
We source live-edge slabs from storm-fall pecan, cypress, and live oak within 90 miles of the shop.
Finishes that age well
Tung oil, shellac, and hard-wax. Your table will look better in twenty years than the day it was delivered.
A workshop, not a factory
The bench has been in our family since 1953.
Jeffrey Hall apprenticed under his grandfather in a one-room garage in Alachua County before opening Brendco in 2009. The bench he built his first chair on still sits beside the south window — scarred, planed flat a dozen times, and still dead level.
We take a handful of commissions a month so each piece gets the attention it deserves. That means waiting lists are real, but it also means your dining table will outlive the house it lives in.
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Selected work
Recent commissions
A small selection from the last eighteen months. Each piece is one of one — the dimensions, joinery, and finish were chosen for the family who ordered it.
The Magnolia Table
Live-edge pecan, 11-ft refectory dining table for a family in Haile Plantation. Breadboard ends, hand-cut wedged through-tenons.
Duck Pond Library
Floor-to-ceiling quartersawn white oak shelving with a rolling brass ladder. 240 linear feet of adjustable shelving.
Restored Eastlake Sideboard
1881 walnut sideboard brought back from a barn in Micanopy — re-veneered top, hand-tinted shellac, and replaced burl medallions.
“Jeffrey didn't just build us a table. He built the room our daughter will be married in twenty years from now.”
— Marianne & Doug Pell, Newberry, FL
Have a piece in mind?
We're currently booking commissions for late autumn. Tell us the room, the dimensions, and the people who'll sit at it.
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