This last week, everything has been about work. We returned recently from a little time off with family and are trying to get back into the working mindset. This life takes discipline…

I had pulled out the manila envelope from my desk in the shop, because I needed its measurements. I’ve been making a desk, of walnut, and one of the requirements was that I include a drawer that can accommodate manila folders…

I woke up early, unable to go back to sleep, so I decided to go running. I put on my running gear and poured a cup of coffee, which I figured I’d drink by the fire before leaving - and now I’m on my second cup, and fiddling with the website…

I’ve been sitting near the old gas heater all day, doing quotes and various bookwork I rarely make time for. The table saw was a little hungry yesterday, and took part of my finger. It wasn’t terrible, just a deep cut that required some stitches, but Hannah’s ordered me indoors today, which is probably for the best…

Like many woodworkers, I was early on wooed by the design aesthetic of George Nakashima - a natural-born American, of Japanese heritage, who worked through the middle of the 20th century. Though Nakashima is well-known among woodworkers, and his work often copied, he may not be as well-known among the common public…

A few weeks ago, I convinced my (beautiful and patient) wife to help me with the sawmill, and she decided it would be a good opportunity to get some footage. The two logs we saw in the video were roughly 30" wide, which maxed out the saw's capacity…

We'd received several inquiries almost immediately after offering our benches for sale online, but it wasn't until last night that one sold. I'm feeling like all this work put into developing the bench for sale is beginning to pay off...

Neither of us really knows anything about growing a garden, and just about every store bought herb or houseplant we've brought into our home has not survived a year. We used to name our plants: there was Pablo, the pablano…

Although I've been making furniture professionally for over three years, I still find myself experimenting with finishes. I have a variety of finishes I use, dependent on the application and price point, but the majority of pieces that come out of my shop have some kind of oil finish on them. Of oil finishes there's a straight hard-drying oil finish…