Custom Hardwood Furniture | The Knotty Lumber Co. | Ontario
The Knotty Lumber Co. Β Β·Β  Hamilton, Ontario

We mill the slab, then we build the table.

Custom hardwood furniture in black walnut, ambrosia maple and live edge β€” cut, milled and finished in our own shop, built to your dimensions.

Where projects start Mantels from $299
River tables from $999

Every piece is quoted to your dimensions and species. No two slabs price the same.

Turnaround 2 to 4 weeks

From approved quote and deposit to delivery. Larger commercial work is scheduled separately.

Deposit 50% to begin

Custom work is built to your spec, so we take half up front to secure the slab and start milling. Balance is due on completion.

Matched sets

Order the room, not just the piece.

Hardwood shifts between batches. A walnut top cut this spring won't be quite the tone of one cut next year, and walnut keeps ambering for years after it leaves the shop β€” so a piece added later rarely matches the one it sits beside.

Commission them together and we build them together: same species, same resin, same finish schedule, same shop, at the same time. Sets can run from a table and bench through to a whole room.

Ask about a set
Matched black walnut console, side tables and coffee table
Black walnut β€” shelf unit, two waterfall side tables, coffee table
Matched blue resin coffee table, benches and serving boards
Blue resin β€” coffee table, pair of benches, matching boards
The gallery

Every piece here was built for one customer.

Nothing on this page is a catalogue item β€” each one started as a slab and someone's dimensions. Use them for ideas, then tell us what you're picturing.

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Seen something close to what you had in mind? Send us the photo and we'll price your version of it.

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Why the price is what it is

We're a mill first.

Most shops buy their slabs finished. We cut and surface ours ourselves β€” which is why we can offer species nobody else in the region stocks, and why the grain in your table can be matched across every piece in the room.

Burl cookie, surfaced in the shop
Burl cookie, surfaced in the shop
Purpleheart, freshly surfaced
Purpleheart, freshly surfaced
Book-matched top in the shop
Book-matched top in the shop
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390 verified reviews
What customers say

Four years of reviews, and the same two words keep coming up.

Most of these come from our lumber and slab customers rather than furniture commissions β€” but it's the same shop, the same John on the phone, and the same standard applied to what leaves the door.

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Beautiful wood as always and the best customer service ever. John is a pleasure to deal with.
Donald W.
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Great help when I called them, no computer generated answering machine, and very quick and easy delivery.
Darrell
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They were more than obliging customizing my order and answered all of my questions. A great experience.
Marty
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Some big knots in 3 out of 5 planks β€” after contacting John, replacement boards were shipped free of charge and were very nice, clear wood.
Simon G.

390 reviews at a 4.8 average. Tell us what you want built and John will take it from there.

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Species we hold

Start with the wood, not the shape.

These are the woods we build in most often β€” and walnut both ways, live edge and squared, because that's the choice people agonise over most. Behind them sits the rest of the lumber yard: twenty-four species in all, including ash, hickory, red oak, hard maple, purpleheart, wenge, zebrawood, canarywood and sapele. If you want a top in something that isn't shown here, ask and we'll tell you what we can get in slab width.

Black walnut β€” live edge
Black walnut β€” live edgeChocolate heartwood against pale sapwood, natural edge kept.
Black walnut β€” dimensional
Black walnut β€” dimensionalThe same walnut, squared off. Boards glued up to width.
Ambrosia maple
Ambrosia mapleCreamy base, grey-blue mineral streaking.
Spalted maple
Spalted mapleNatural black line figuring. No two boards alike.
White oak
White oakTight straight grain. Takes stain evenly.
Cherry
CherryReddish-brown that deepens and warms with age.
Aromatic cedar
Aromatic cedarReddish heart, creamy sap, and the scent it keeps for years.
Padauk
PadaukDeep reddish-pink that ambers as it ages.
Request a quote

Start the conversation.

Tell us what you're thinking about and John takes it from there β€” he'll work out the size, the species and the slab with you. You don't need to have any of it figured out first.

John replies by email within one business day. Nothing is charged until you've approved the quote.

Free quote in 24 hours. Mantels from $299, river tables from $999. No deposit until you approve it. Get a quote
The Knotty Lumber Co. Custom hardwood, milled and built in Ontario
Shop 424 Rennie St, Hamilton ON, L8H 3P5 Mon–Fri 9:30–5:00
Get in touch (905) 872-4528 theknottylumberco@gmail.com