At Huston & Company, some of the most meaningful pieces begin not simply as furniture, but as stories. The new Tuttle Farm Table is one of those pieces, born from memory, collaboration, and a shared appreciation for craftsmanship that endures across generations.
The Tuttle Farm Table was designed in collaboration with Christine Tuttle of Christine Tuttle Design, a well-established New England designer and former designer for the T.V. show This Old House, known for creating spaces that feel both timeless and deeply personal. As one client described her work, Christine has a gift for “gelling creative solutions that sing for them while honoring the history and aesthetics of the surroundings.”
(pictured above Christine Tuttle, Designer)
Christine first discovered Huston & Company while searching for a furniture maker whose work could truly stand the test of time. That commitment to longevity and heirloom craftsmanship immediately resonated. As a family-run company, Huston & Company has long built furniture intended not only for today, but for generations to come.
The inspiration for the table emerged during conversations with clients who envisioned a simple and elegant farm table with turned legs for their home. As Christine listened to their ideas, she found herself continually returning to memories of her own family heirloom farm tables, always specifically with handsome turned legs — one a pine made on Nantucket, and the other a cherry one from Western Massachusetts. These are much loved tables she gathered around at various points in her childhood and her adulthood.
Over the years the smaller pine table with radius corners has been put into service for everything from her kitchen table to her child’s desk; the extendable cherry table, now in the hands of a family member, carried a long history.
The Tuttle family once owned a 39-acre property known as Fort Hill Farm in Amherst, Massachusetts. During World War II, the farm supplied dairy to adjacent Amherst College. In 1966, the land was transferred to the college by Christine’s late father-in-law, and today the area is home to Book & Plow Farm, an educational, sustainable farm which is a division of Amherst College.
While the land changed hands over time, the family farm table remained a center piece for family gatherings over the generations. Homes shifted, landscapes changed, and generations moved forward, but the table endured, carrying with it the stories, warmth, and memory of the family gathered around it.
That spirit became the foundation for the Tuttle Farm Table.
Crafted in white oak, the table was designed to feel both grounded and refined. White oak was chosen for its beautiful open grain and organic texture. To further highlight the natural character of the wood, the surface was wire-brushed and finished with a matte water-based finish that preserves the quiet honesty of the material.
Subtle details soften the form throughout the piece. Gentle radius corners ease the silhouette, while the turned legs bring warmth and tradition to an otherwise clean and understated design. The result is a table that feels equally at home in a classic farmhouse, a coastal home, or a modern space.
Originally designed as an extension table, the Tuttle Farm Table will also be offered as a fixed-length table, making it adaptable to a wide variety of homes and gatherings.
It quickly became a favorite within the shop. Everyone involved felt there was something especially timeless about the design, familiar yet fresh, understated yet full of character. Like the heirloom table that inspired it, the Tuttle Farm Table was created with the hope that it, too, will become part of the stories families carry forward for generations to come.
