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09/02/2026

Woodworking is, in part, a constant negotiation with waste. You begin with a board, remove everything that doesn’t belong, and slowly accumulate hundreds of pieces that are too small for one project but far too beautiful to throw away.

This is what happens when those pieces finally find one another.

I’ve been on an end-grain kick lately, and this 24.5” × 13” × 2” board may be my favorite result yet. It brings together 10 different species of wood with origins spanning almost every continent. Each strip began as the leftover from something else. Together, they became one of the largest and most visually complex boards I’ve made in quite a while.

08/29/2026

My wife and I needed a couple of patio chairs for the backyard, and I happened to uncover some aromatic cedar and maple boards I had forgotten about under a tarp. They had a little bug damage, but nothing that couldn’t be turned into part of the design. A splash of my favorite epoxy pigment, Sapphire Ghost Blue, gave the wood a second life and made these chairs completely one of a kind.

08/28/2026

I give you a bit of organized chaos. Whenever I look at one of these it makes me feel like I’m looking at one of those 3d puzzles where you have to cross your eyes to be able to see the image within. Fun fact about end grain boards if you keep them oiled up well they heal themselves after cuts are made!

07/16/2026

One of the unexpected gifts of running a business is getting to watch the people around you build theirs.

I’ve known Greg for a long time. If you had asked either of us years ago where we’d end up, I don’t think either answer would have looked much like today. Yet here we are, each building something we care deeply about, and somehow our paths keep crossing in the best ways.

Greg has trusted me with some of the most creative projects I’ve ever had the chance to build. More than once, he’s basically handed me an idea, stepped back, and said, “Go make something great.” That’s a rare kind of trust. It asks you to live up to someone else’s belief in what you’re capable of.

These two tables are simple. They’re not the biggest project we’ve done together, and they won’t be the last. But they remind me that good work is rarely just about the thing you’re making. It’s about the relationships that make the work possible in the first place.

I’m grateful to play a small role in what Greg is building, and I’m even more grateful to call him a friend.

If you’re in need of automotive work, do yourself a favor and stop by Greg’s Automotive . You’ll understand pretty quickly why his business keeps growing.

07/10/2026

I’ve been thinking lately about what the real gift of this work is.

It’s easy to assume the gift is learning how to build something well. But I don’t think that’s it anymore. Skill is just the admission ticket. The real gift is getting to spend your days making things that become part of other people’s lives.

Every now and then, though, a project reminds me there’s another layer to it.

This one is for family.

When you’re building something for the people who helped shape you, every decision feels a little more intentional. The extra hour doesn’t feel like extra time. The detail no one else would notice suddenly matters. The work becomes less about making furniture and more about finding a way to say something that words never quite can.

This was also my first time working with sapele. I’d heard woodworkers rave about it for years, but some materials have to be experienced before they make sense. The chatoyance, the ribbon grain, the way it comes alive under finish. It has a depth that’s difficult to capture in a photograph.

Maybe that’s what I love most about woodworking. The finished piece is never just lumber, glue, and finish. It’s time. It’s attention. It’s care.

And when it’s built for family, you can’t help but include one more thing in the bill of materials.

Love.

05/28/2026

A cutting board is a simple thing, until you really look at what it is.

Different pieces of wood, each with its own color, grain, density, and history, brought together into one surface. Maple, purpleheart, bloodwood, cherry, and walnut. None of them are trying to become the other. None of them lose what made them interesting in the first place. The beauty is in the way they meet.

This one was made as a housewarming gift for new friends, which feels fitting. Because a home is not just the place you move into. It is the life that begins to gather around you once you are there.

And sometimes, if you are lucky, people show up sooner than expected.

A conversation turns into another conversation. A casual plan turns into a real connection. Before long, people who were strangers not that long ago start to feel like they were always supposed to be somewhere in the story.

That is one of the quieter miracles of life. You rarely know when it is happening. You do not get a warning that says, pay attention, these people are going to matter. You just keep living, keep showing up, keep saying yes to the small moments, and every once in a while, life hands you a friendship that feels like it arrived right on time.

So maybe this board is a small reminder that home is not always something we find all at once. Sometimes it arrives in pieces, in people, in conversations, and in the friendships we never saw coming.

Hand Made in South Bend

05/26/2026

There is something I love about details that do not announce themselves right away.

On this table, I cut the underside of the top back into a trapezoid. It is a small change, but it completely changes the way the piece feels. The top still has presence, but it does not feel heavy. The base still feels strong, but the whole table has a little more lift to it.

That is one of my favorite parts of design. The answer is not always adding more. Sometimes it is knowing what can be removed, what can be softened, what can be tucked away, so the piece can become quieter, lighter, and more intentional.

Handmade in South Bend
Wood Creations SB

05/20/2026

It is easy to throw away the pieces that do not look perfect.

The cutoffs. The leftovers. The odd shapes. The pieces that are too short, too narrow, or too strange to make sense on their own.

And honestly, it makes sense. Life is easier when you start with the cleanest material. The straightest grain. The pieces that already seem to know where they belong.

But sometimes the most beautiful work comes from what was almost discarded.

This piece was made from small strips, color, grain, patience, and a lot of tiny decisions. Nothing about it works alone. But together, the pieces become movement. They become pattern. They become the reason the whole thing feels alive.

Maybe that is the part I love most.

The reminder that something can look out of place for a long time and still not be worthless. Sometimes it just has not found the right pattern yet.

Sometimes it just needs someone to stop, look closer, and see what was there all along.

Hand made in South Bend.

Let’s make something great, together.

05/14/2026

A good built in should not feel like furniture that got pushed against a wall.

It should feel like the room finally made sense.

This bay window had a lot of potential, but the space needed something useful, clean, and intentional. So we added a custom built in bench with paneled fronts, a continuous top, and deep pull out drawer storage on each side.

The goal was simple. Add function without making the room feel heavier. Give the space storage, seating, and a more finished look without taking away from the window, the light, or the view.

Sometimes the best custom work is the kind that does not scream for attention. It just fits.

Let’s make something great, together.

05/05/2026

What I love about pieces like this is that they force you to pay attention to the relationship between the whole and the parts.

From far away, it looks clean. Balanced. Intentional.

But up close, it is just hundreds of little choices. Slight corrections. Tiny mistakes. Adjustments that only make sense because of what came before them.

And honestly, that feels a lot like how we should look at people.

We are so quick to judge ourselves by the one bad cut. The one ball we hit out. The one moment we wish we could have back. But we rarely give ourselves the same generosity we would give someone else.

I used to ask my players, “Did you mean to hit it out?”

No?

Then cool. That is a very different conversation.

Mistakes matter. But intent matters too. Effort matters. The pattern matters.

And if we are going to take full blame for every loss, then we better be willing to take full credit for every win.

Which is not usually how good teams, good relationships, or good lives actually work.

So maybe the work is not learning how to never mess up. Maybe the work is learning how to tell the truth about our mistakes without turning them into a story about our worth.

A piece like this is not beautiful because every piece is perfect.

It is beautiful because everything still found a way to belong.

Let’s make something great, together.

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