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Bookmatched Walnut dining table

The collection

Handcrafted live edge and solid hardwood furniture

Every one of City Bench’s handcrafted pieces comes to life through a conversation. Below are the fruits of a few of them. Reach out to start yours.

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18 pieces

Dining Tables

Single slabs, book-matched pairs and trestle bases in walnut, maple, ash, elm, beech, cherry and hickory salvaged from Northeast cities and towns.

Boomatched Beech tabletop
Boomatched Beech tabletop
Bookmatched Walnut with sapwood kissed interior
Bookmatched Walnut with sapwood kissed interior
Hickory dining table
Hickory dining table
Beech table
Beech table
American Elm from the New Haven Green
American Elm from the New Haven Green
Salvaged Ash dining table
Salvaged Ash dining table
Cherry table with trapezoid base
Cherry table with trapezoid base
Bleached Ash with spider base
Bleached Ash with spider base
Single slab Maple dining table
Single slab Maple dining table
Sugar Maple table with lazy susan, 80” diameter
Sugar Maple table with lazy susan, 80” diameter
Bookmatched Walnut with black pebble interior
Bookmatched Walnut with black pebble interior
Salvaged Ash with interior extensions, 20’ length
Salvaged Ash with interior extensions, 20’ length
Walnut table with acrylic base and Walnut stretcher
Walnut table with acrylic base and Walnut stretcher
Salvaged Walnut table with benches, 84” diameter
Salvaged Walnut table with benches, 84” diameter
Hickory table
Hickory table
Walnut table with trestle base
Walnut table with trestle base
Salvaged Ash table with popsicle stick base
Salvaged Ash table with popsicle stick base
Live edge Walnut table
Live edge Walnut table

8 pieces

Extension Tables

Dining tables with interior extensions that grow with the gathering, including a 20-foot salvaged ash table.

Dining table with extensions built from salvaged hardwood
Ash dining table, dining table with extensions built from salvaged hardwood
Walnut with extension, dining table with extensions built from salvaged hardwood
Walnut with extension, dining table with extensions built from salvaged hardwood
Oak table with extensions, dining table with extensions built from salvaged hardwood
Live edge Walnut with extensions, dining table with extensions built from salvaged hardwood
Elm table, dining table with extensions built from salvaged hardwood
Ash dining table, dining table with extensions built from salvaged hardwood

14 pieces

Conference & Board Tables

Boardroom, admissions and library tables for Yale, Swarthmore College, Newman’s Own, HMS Host and more, each carrying the story of a local tree.

Baker Hall (Yale Law School) study table in Red Oak
Baker Hall (Yale Law School) study table in Red Oak
Olive and Union live edge table in stained Red Oak
Olive and Union live edge table in stained Red Oak
Beech slab with book base (Stratford Library)
Beech slab with book base (Stratford Library)
Red Oak table
Red Oak table
Dattco Walnut boardroom table
Dattco Walnut boardroom table
Firehouse 12 salvaged Red Elm conference table
Firehouse 12 salvaged Red Elm conference table
American Elm Admissions table (Yale School of Environment)
American Elm Admissions table (Yale School of Environment)
Private Maple conference table
Private Maple conference table
American Elm conference table wtih large gaps
American Elm conference table wtih large gaps
18’L Black Oak conference table (Swarthmore College)
18’L Black Oak conference table (Swarthmore College)
Stamford long Maple, conference table handcrafTed from salvaged city trees
Ocean House Walnut lunch table
Ocean House Walnut lunch table
Walnut boardroom table (HMS Host)
Walnut boardroom table (HMS Host)
Salvaged Sugar Maple table (Newman’s Own)
Salvaged Sugar Maple table (Newman’s Own)

14 pieces

Coffee Tables

Waterfall edges, disc tops, bronze and steel bases: coffee tables in walnut, maple, horse chestnut, zelkova, elm and hickory.

Beech coffee table (Miss Porters School)
Beech coffee table (Miss Porters School)
Dual Walnut waterfall tables
Dual Walnut waterfall tables
Bleached Ash pillbox coffee table
Bleached Ash pillbox coffee table
Silver Maple with waterfall block base
Silver Maple with waterfall block base
Dark Sugar Maple with trapezoid legs
Dark Sugar Maple with trapezoid legs
Walnut slab with bronze legs
Walnut slab with bronze legs
Naturally blackened Horse Chestnut disc table
Naturally blackened Horse Chestnut disc table
Bookmatched Zelkova table
Bookmatched Zelkova table
Sugar Maple with trapzoid base
Sugar Maple with trapzoid base
Oval Walnut table with infity ribbon base
Oval Walnut table with infity ribbon base
Ash waterfall table
Ash waterfall table
Sugar Maple slab table with post legs
Sugar Maple slab table with post legs
American Elm with cantlivered base
American Elm with cantlivered base
Hickory coffee table
Hickory coffee table

16 pieces

Benches

Museum, campus and entry benches, from the Hill-Stead Museum and the New Britain Museum of American Art to the Yale President’s retirement bench (2024).

Hill-Stead Museum bench
Hill-Stead Museum bench
Beech entry bench with shoe shelf
Beech entry bench with shoe shelf
Manuscript Elm benches
Manuscript Elm benches
Elm bench with arches (New Britain Museum of American Art)
Elm bench with arches (New Britain Museum of American Art)
Yale President’s retirement bench (2024)
Yale President’s retirement bench (2024)
Mianus River half log bench with back rest
Mianus River half log bench with back rest
College Street Elm bench
College Street Elm bench
Catalpa benches with block base and stretchers
Catalpa benches with block base and stretchers
Maple bench with graffiti back
Maple bench with graffiti back
Beech bench with Arrow back
Beech bench with Arrow back
Money Island spindle back bench
Money Island spindle back bench
Cherry bench with live edge spindle back
Cherry bench with live edge spindle back
City Bench with Red Oak slats and bent steel base
City Bench with Red Oak slats and bent steel base
Curved Walnut slat bench
Curved Walnut slat bench
Alt Mianus bench with backrest
Alt Mianus bench with backrest
Maple bench with live edge spindle back
Maple bench with live edge spindle back

10 pieces

Credenzas & Casegoods

Credenzas and casegoods in red elm, walnut, American elm and red oak, with details like brass pulls and natural-edge waterfalls.

Red Elm credenza with brass pulls and stand-offs
Red Elm credenza with brass pulls and stand-offs
Walnut credenza with natural edge waterfall
Walnut credenza with natural edge waterfall
American Elm credenza
American Elm credenza
Elm credenza
Elm credenza
Red Oak credenza with shelves
Red Oak credenza with shelves
Chused sofa table4, solid hardwood credenza made from salvaged urban wood
Solid hardwood credenza made from salvaged urban wood
Solid hardwood credenza made from salvaged urban wood
Solid hardwood credenza made from salvaged urban wood
Solid hardwood credenza made from salvaged urban wood

8 pieces

Counters & Transaction Tops

Counters and transaction tops for reception desks, kitchens and commercial spaces, including beech countertops in Denver.

Beech countertops Denver, hardwood counter and transaction top from salvaged trees
Gilpin tres birds, hardwood counter and transaction top from salvaged trees
Elenas counter, hardwood counter and transaction top from salvaged trees
Home kitchen, hardwood counter and transaction top from salvaged trees
Elenas counter, hardwood counter and transaction top from salvaged trees
Elena s in process, hardwood counter and transaction top from salvaged trees
St. John s, hardwood counter and transaction top from salvaged trees
Hardwood counter and transaction top from salvaged trees

8 pieces

Shelves

Live edge shelves that bring a slice of the urban forest to kitchens, libraries and living rooms.

Dove shelves, live edge wall shelves made from urban hardwood
Live edge wall shelves made from urban hardwood
Thompson shelves, live edge wall shelves made from urban hardwood
Farifield Walnut shelves w, live edge wall shelves made from urban hardwood
Welles, live edge wall shelves made from urban hardwood
Horst Maple shelves, live edge wall shelves made from urban hardwood
Wallace Maple full, live edge wall shelves made from urban hardwood
Live edge wall shelves made from urban hardwood

8 pieces

Mantels

Live edge fireplace mantels cut from salvaged urban logs.

Beech mantle, live edge fireplace mantel from a salvaged urban tree
Lewis mantle, live edge fireplace mantel from a salvaged urban tree
Lewis mantle close up, live edge fireplace mantel from a salvaged urban tree
Live edge fireplace mantel from a salvaged urban tree
Live edge fireplace mantel from a salvaged urban tree
Live edge fireplace mantel from a salvaged urban tree
Live edge fireplace mantel from a salvaged urban tree
Live edge fireplace mantel from a salvaged urban tree

6 pieces

Stools

Stools and small seating built from salvaged urban hardwood.

HandcrafTed wooden stool made from salvaged hardwood
HandcrafTed wooden stool made from salvaged hardwood
HandcrafTed wooden stool made from salvaged hardwood
HandcrafTed wooden stool made from salvaged hardwood
HandcrafTed wooden stool made from salvaged hardwood
HandcrafTed wooden stool made from salvaged hardwood

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