Heywood-Wakefield Company

23/04/2026

Well, this is cool.

Last year, the game development studio Above The Desk reached out to us with the idea of including Heywood-Wakefield furniture in Above the Snow, their resource management game set in a 1960's Alpine lodge.

We aren't gamers but we loved the idea of our designs appearing in this new format and reaching a new generation of folks. They did a great job capturing the shapes of some of our favorite Mid-Century pieces.

Indie game publisher Wandering Wizard released it today. Check out Above the Snow on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2423760/Above_the_Snow/).

23/04/2026

The kids visited our photo shoot last week ("You must be [this] short to ride the Revolving Coffee Table!").

09/03/2026

Check out this interview with our co-owner, Tom Belletete, in Aspire Design and Home.

Eight fun questions about his work as a designer for Heywood-Wakefield.

Tom Belletete, a third-generation woodworker, is the CEO of Heywood-Wakefield, founded in 1826 and restarted in 1992.

23/02/2026

Heywood-Wakefield was once one of America's largest furniture companies, employing thousands of craftspeople across eight factories. The Gardner, MA factory was almost a quarter mile long and used a million feet of lumber each month.

Since we restarted the company in 1992, we've been a much smaller operation. Instead of building in batches of hundreds, we make every piece to order in our Winchendon, MA shop.

This allows us to really flex our craftsmanship, choosing the wood one board at a time and deeply investing ourselves in the details of the construction. In fact, every piece we build is personally finished by our co-owner, Tom Belletete, a 3rd-generation Massachusetts woodworker. Tom's 50+ years of experience shows in everything we make.

We exist today because we believe that Heywood-Wakefield's furniture is beautiful, eminently functional and deserves to be preserved as an important part of the history of American Modern design and New England woodcraft.

We know that this level of quality isn't cheap, so we're happy to run occasional sales to make our furniture a bit more accessible. Until the end of February, we're offering up to 25% off our Living Room Collection, home to some of our favorite designs.

https://www.heywoodwakefield.com/collections/sale

Please reach out if we can help. Email us at [email protected] if you want some guidance/advice or call us at (978) 297-1048 (we're always happy to chat on the phone).

17/02/2026

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14/01/2026

Last week, a customer shared a wonderful little story with us:

"I ate at this table every Sunday as a kid and now my husband and children and I gather around it every night. It's just as beautiful and works just as well as when my grandparents first bought it."

At Heywood-Wakefield, we make furniture that lasts generations in a style that always feels cool and approachable. Every piece is made with care in Massachusetts and ready to be treasured, shared and maybe passed on.

We're kicking off the new year with a collection-wide sale.

Get 20% off the entire site through Sunday, Jan. 18th.

https://www.heywoodwakefield.com/collections/sale

07/01/2026

Introducing the Walnut Collection. To celebrate our bicentennial, we’re doing something new; offering three of our favorite living room tables in American Black Walnut.

It’s a nod to some of the mid-century masters who worked extensively in walnut (Hans Wegner, Paul McCobb, Finn Juhl) but also an expression of our desire to try new things and continue redefining what Heywood-Wakefield means as we enter our third century of building furniture.

Available for discounted pre-order through Feb 6th.

https://www.heywoodwakefield.com/pages/the-walnut-collection

16/12/2025

We're celebrating the Holidays with a sale on a few of our favorite pieces. Get 20-25% off through Dec 31st. Cheers!

https://www.heywoodwakefield.com/collections/sale

25/11/2025

"Black Friday" sounds so grim. We're calling it Blonde Friday and we're offering 25% off all our beds and 20% off the rest of our collection through December 1st.

Have a great Thanksgiving, everyone!

https://www.heywoodwakefield.com/collections/sale

18/11/2025

In this 1949 photo, a finisher at the old Gardner, MA factory rubs an M 321 bookcase mounted to the conveyor that moved components over 3/4's of a mile through the different departments (traveling at 14 feet per minute).

We still make the M 321. Its details are subtle (the smooth corners, the feet, the small wrap-arounds of the shelves) which lets the grain and color of the wood take the focus.

Photo courtesy of the Levi Heywood Memorial Library in Gardner, where the company archives were donated when Heywood-Wakefield went bankrupt in the early 1980's.

06/11/2025

Our C 3568 Skyliner Nightstand (introduced in 1939) with our M 140 E Kohinoor Elite Bed (a low-footboard variant of a 1959 design). Bonus: the corner of a gorgeous print.