The airflow design, the build quality, the way the walnut and oak complement each other, everything about my Lani Lobes screams precision. Erik’s decade of experience shows. San Francisco has a lot of makers, but Needham Woodworks is in a league of its own.
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Design Inspiration
Explore our handcrafted dining tables. When submitting your quote request, reference any design that stands out to help us bring your vision to life.

Lani Elskede
A love letter to Danish form
Calm, deliberate, and beautifully balanced. The Lani Elskede draws from Danish design tradition — where every line has purpose and warmth lives in restraint.
Crafted in white oak, with walnut also available, its sculpted legs flow seamlessly into the frame, giving strength, softness, and quiet confidence.
The Lani Dines
Traditional black walnut boards on the familiar lines of the Lani Dines, shown here with a solid brass inlay running the full length of the top.

Van Ness
Broad-shouldered and unapologetic, Van Ness carries a single, massive Claro Walnut slab on a sculpted trestle base of matching walnut. Named after one of San Francisco’s grand boulevards, it’s a table built for presence: bold, architectural, and honest in its scale. Every inch celebrates the weight and grain of true hardwood, finished to a quiet glow that rewards touch.

Valencia
Named after the lively, sun-splashed artery that runs through San Francisco’s Mission District, the Valencia table captures the same mix of color, texture, and rhythm found on the street itself. Its bookmatched Claro Walnut slab top ripples with figure and flame, divided by a subtle inlay of solid brass that gleams like afternoon light on glass storefronts. A sculpted trestle base grounds the piece: elegant, muscular, and meant for gatherings that stretch long into the night.

White Oak Chevron
White oak with a chevron-pattern top and breadboard ends on a trestle base — a study in rhythm, restraint, and light. Each seam lines up like a chord resolving.

Lani × WatCrick: Double Helix
A nod to Watson & Crick: the Lani Double Helix twists two sculptural “ribbons” into a locked pedestal beneath a round top /// calm lines, uncompromising strength, elegant biology.

Waller
An heirloom-quality dining table in Claro and Black Walnut, set on a trestle base that blends traditional craftsmanship with contemporary lines.

Lani Leads
A Nakashima-inspired cantilever desk. The Claro walnut top reaches out over black walnut legs and a floating cabinet, closed by a bent fumed oak door and finished with brass details.
Let customers speak for us
Warning: Lani Lobes may cause jealousy. Every friend who sees mine immediately wants one. Solid walnut, curves like sculpture, built to last. This is San Francisco custom furniture that actually feels alive.
My Lani Lobes cabinet feels like it was made just for me. Erik listened to every detail from finish to inlays, and delivered something that feels like an heirloom. It’s rare to find custom furniture makers in San Francisco with this level of care.
I’ve had my Lani Lobes cabinet for months now and I still get goosebumps walking into the studio. The craftsmanship is unreal walnut that glows joints tighter than my band’s rhythm section. This is custom furniture made in San Francisco at its finest.
As someone obsessed with clean lines I was blown away by the Lani Lobes The curves are elegan the proportions feel balanced and the woodwork is museum-level It’s not just gear storage it’s a statement piece of custom furniture. San Francisco is lucky to have Needham Woodworks.
This is art disguised as furniture. Beautiful work, impeccable service.
Needham Woodworks built us a beautiful and functional dining table. Easy process, excellent craftsmanship.
This guy is amazing. What he puts into his work you will get from no other... He is a master at his craft. The craftsmanship and attention to detail at Needham Woodworks is exceptional, from the creative and unique Furniture Design to the high-quality, handmade luxury Furniture that exudes sophistication.
Love the workmanship of my Needham case. No one makes them better! A statement piece for any studio.
Simple review: best table we’ve ever owned. Solid wood, thoughtful design, made with care in San Francisco.
This table is stunning. It’s the perfect blend of modern design and timeless craftsmanship. Proud to support a San Francisco maker.
We couldn’t be happier with our new table. Erik’s custom furniture in San Francisco is second to none.
Needham Woodworks demonstrates exceptional standards in Fashioning Custom Furniture, combining meticulous craftsmanship with refined design to produce Luxury Furniture of top-notch quality and durable longevity. The attention to detail and careful craftsmanship exhibited in their collection of Handmade Furniture...
The craftsmanship at Needham Woodworks is exemplary, comprising intricate detail and expertise that shines through in every beautifully curved line and carefully crafted joint of their stunning Custom Furniture. Erik made a badass custom pedalboard for my bass-playing son straight from his San Francisco shop...
Erik's furniture is a visual showcase of impeccable creativity, quality, and craftsmanship, from the initial design to the final piece. Every piece is unique - and Erik's artistic touches and attention to detail are what sets Needham Woodworks apart. It's not just "custom furniture," it's a piece of art...




More examples to browse
Explore our handcrafted dining tables. When submitting your quote request, reference any design that stands out to help us bring your vision to life.

Big Leaf maple
Highly figured big leaf maple on a Japanese-inspired trestle base. Organic movement above, precise joinery below — a balance of spirit and discipline.
Slabs? Let's talk slabs
When you move into slab territory, you’re stepping beyond design into geology. These tables aren’t cut to fit a space — they define it. Every curve and void is preserved and composed intentionally. Slabs require significant material investment, and each piece is selected and designed around your room.

Claro on a cantilever
Two mirrored slabs of Claro walnut resting in quiet suspension. The cantilever base lifts the wood like a thought held in air — strength disguised as stillness.

Bookmatched
A bookmatched Claro walnut slab — one tree mirrored into balance. The grain drifts like smoke and tide, a reminder that nature has its own geometry. No two will ever align quite this way again.

monster conference
Claro walnut on a monumental scale. The table holds light and conversation with equal gravity — quiet authority carved from a single tree.

Bookmatched claro
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