ABOUT BOYD & ALLISTER
Boyd & Allister is a custom furniture studio housed in an former tortilla factory in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We have been hand making furniture for designers and architects around the country since 2010. We custom make each piece using traditional joinery methods and hand select each piece of wood. We source our wood from small sawyers around the country who bring the same level of care to their craft as we bring to ours. Many of our designs are inspired by mid century masters; timeless with clean lines, allowing the beauty of the wood to shine.
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.
DYLAN McDOWELL
Dylan also grew up in Santa Fe and graduated from the College of Santa Fe. He is the newest member of the shop having come from the picture framing business. He is an accomplished musician and is in a number of bands:
Holy Garden District
Babelshack
Future Scars
Shiners Club Jazz Band
Circle on Black
His favorite beer is Dale’s Pale Ale.
CONOR MAGUIRE
Conor is both the beaty 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 and upholsterer. 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.