In The Workshop

This was a completely custom build that turned out to be a wonderful collaboration between a very design-oriented customer and me. He knew exactly what he wanted;  with the help

Over the past three weeks, I’ve been building dining room chairs for the table I built about seven years ago. Needless to say, these chairs have been on the “To

I recently built this very large (total 60” x 48”) sewing table for my spouse. I used distressed oak that occurs from disease or insects and causes the dark streaks

It was a long November with lots of travel and family activities so no posts. From 1 – 21 Dec 2025 there is a special show for Christmas in the

About 10 days ago, I started building two boxes. One is cherry with a maple and purple heart inlay, and the other is walnut with rosewood and walnut inlay (meant

Over the past couple of weeks, I built this perfectly-sized storage cabinet using knotty alder. It has tongue and groove sides with simple frame and panel doors and three sturdy

Upcycled Pine Last week, a good friend asked if I could help her build a barn door-style door. I’ve built a few and knew it wouldn’t be too hard a

19/38 Drumsander and 8” Helicalhead Jointer During COVID, I got a drumsander. In the past when I’ve needed this resource, I’ve paid one of the cabinet shops in town to

Hickory and Exotics  Several years ago, I started making picture frames for the cabin with a ½” inlay in the 1 ½” wide hickory frame. I created the inlay with

In May, I retired with 37 years of service in the Air Force. It was an amazing career with 20 years of active duty service and 17 years as an