Distinctly Montana Magazine

D I S T I N C T L Y M O N T A N A M A G A Z I N E • S U M M E R 2 0 2 2 68 B LACK TIMBER FURNITURE COMPANY operates under a bold, and some would say old-fashioned principle: furniture hand-crafted from the finest materials by ex- pert craftsmen is better than furniture made out of particleboard on an assembly line in some overseas sweatshop. Take even a quick stroll through their showroom in Four Corners Mon- tana, running your hand over their finished products' smooth, solid surfaces. You'll wonder why all furniture isn't designed and crafted to be a highly functional centerpiece of crafts- manship in any room it graces. Black Timber Furniture Company is the breath of clean, pure rustic Big Sky air we des- perately need in this world of cheaply assem- bled, bleakly antiseptic, flimsy Swedish particle board. Black Timber's owner, Todd Fullerton, grad- uated from MSU in 2009 and started Black Tim- ber Furniture in 2010. Todd took his construc- tion engineering degree, the support of his family, a pioneering American spirit and risked it all to start the business. Fortune favors the bold, and over the ensuing years, Todd and his team have built up Black Timber's reputation into a thing as solid and mighty as one of their legendary reclaimed wood barn doors. In those early days, he did a bit of every- thing. "As a small business owner, I waited on customers, drew the CAD drawings for their designs, filled their requests for cus- tom finishes, ordered the lumber, slabs, and materials, kept the books, and scheduled deliveries," he says. "Often, I was and still am part of the delivery and install team." Todd and his team treat each piece of fur- niture with the respect and care that a fu- ture family heirloom commands. They use as much domestic lumber and hardware as possible. Their works are constructed with both utility and aesthetics in mind, and Black Timber as an organization is fluent in many design styles, including Mission, Shaker, Rustic or Reclaimed Wood, live edge, contemporary, and anything else you can imagine. They thrive when tasked with custom designs and creating built-to-order masterpieces. They're equally adept at making furniture for commercial or residential purposes. The furniture you get from Black Timber is the real deal; the kind a family will cherish as they hand them down from generation to generation, embuing them with lifetimes of memories. B L A C K T I M B E R F U R N I T U R E D e l i v e r i n g M o nta n a H e i r lo o m s T o d d a n d h i s t e a m h a v e b u i lt u p B l a c k T i m b e r ' s r e p u tat i o n i nt o a t h i n g

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