ABOUT BOYD & ALLISTER
Boyd & Allister is a custom furniture studio housed in a former tortilla factory in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Since 2010, we’ve been hand-making furniture for designers and architects around the country, using traditional joinery methods and wood sourced from small sawyers who share our commitment to craft.
Our work is shaped by timeless, mid-century influences: clean lines, honest materials, and a belief that the beauty of wood should speak for itself.
In addition to our custom studio work, we now offer a line of handcrafted beds called Benchmade, our ready-to-buy collection rooted in the same attention to detail. Our team also designed and built the interior of Leo’s, a Santa Fe restaurant recognized nationally for its craft and cuisine. You can also experience our philosophy firsthand as a guest in our hand-built Santa Fe Airbnb.
OUR TEAM
JONATHAN BOYD, FOUNDER
Jonathan moved to Santa Fe from Pennsylvania to attend St John’s College. He fell in love with New Mexico and remained after graduating, learning to build homes in northern New Mexico with traditional adobe, rammed earth and straw bale building methods. He’s a self-taught woodworker who started Boyd & Allister 2010 with his childhood friend Damien Allister. In his former lives, Jonathan has been a farmer, builder, chef, florist, developer. He’s most comfortable in the water, having spent summers as a child with his grandmother in Bermuda, swimming countless hours and learning how to skin dive. Never one to sit still, he also collects rare cacti and succulents, knits, weaves, founded an arts nonprofit, Vital Spaces, and swims three times a week with the High Altitude Masters. His favorite beer is Old Speckled Hen.
SAM BLACKWELL
Sam grew up in Santa Fe, NM and has loved making things and working with his hands since he was a kid. He has over nine years of experience making custom cabinets, has taught woodworking at the local community college, and is still a professional luthier. In fact, that’s how he started woodworking - he was a guitar player who wanted to learn how to make his own guitar. He still makes guitars in his spare time, although he has less spare time these days because he now has a wife, two kids and one anxious, neurotic dog. Sam’s favorite beer is Le Cumbre Elevated IPA.
CONOR MAGUIRE
Conor is both the beauty and the brains of Boyd & Allister. A former international fashion model, he moved to Santa Fe from Newport, RI to work as a product manager for a tech company before fleeing tech to become a master woodworker, upholsterer, and leatherworker. In his spare time he trains with cage fighters, lifts very heavy weights, and keeps the Boyd & Allister website updated. He lives with his wife Ashley, stepson Vincent, cats Meatball and Jack Skellington the Pumpkin King and guppies. His favorite beer is Left Hand Brewing Milk Stout.