“What kinda doors ya want, lady? Ya got ten to choose from.” That is not custom work. As Iain Lowrie points out, it’s like buying a tailored suit, not original work at all. The true custom woodworker starts with the proverbial tabula rasa, a blank slate, and goes from there.

Team7 has come out with a line of coffee tables called Rock and Roll Tables. It’s something both unusual, and frankly, niche. These people have the same passion for their work as a guy like me who works out of a garage. I want everything I do to be the best damned job I know how to do. So do they!

Share A few weeks ago my wife and I attended the opening night for a gallery show a group of about ten local woodworking artisans. I wanted to see what these folks were displaying, but most of all I wanted to meet them. Some of them are old friends, but I also got to meet [...]

City Joinery was founded by Jonah Zuckerman who wanted to build contemporary furniture using traditional techniques. He started his quest in 1996 and since then has grown a one-person operation into a company of eleven people in a 6000 square foot space, growth that was done the right way.