We were contacted by a super interesting couple that wanted to turn a tree from their yard into a set of family keepsakes. The Honey Locust tree was standing with the top cut off in the yard of the home they had recently moved into. They had a tree service fall the tree in 2017…
The Cherry Counter Top
We collaborated with some new clients about the prospect of making a butcher block counter top for their kitchen that was undergoing massive overhaul. We got together and walked through the various approaches to building a wood counter top as well as the local wood species options they had at their disposal. We settled on…
The Custom Walnut End-grain Cutting Board
We were contacted to build a custom 20″ W x 18″ D x 2″ T walnut end-grain cutting board. End-grain has forever been the choice of chefs for two reasons… 1) it doesn’t dull their knives as quick and 2) it resists showing knife marks. Our end-grain boards are designed to take a beating and…
The Custom Bar Stools
We were asked as a follow-on to the Walnut Bar & Mantel project to construct 4 custom bar stools that paired with the bar. We went through several design iterations and settled on the below. We are excited about the design as it allows us to work with our friend Neil at Taylor Fire &…
The Maple Side Table
Most of the time a client approaches us with a rough idea of what they want and it takes several design iterations on our part to get to the final answer, but once in a blue moon, you find someone that knows exactly what they want. This was the case with one of our favorite…
The Walnut Bar & Mantel
We were contacted by some new clients that were planning a significant house remodel and wanted to fold in some organic features using locally foraged lumber. We met with the clients in their home collaborated on the approach we would take. They wanted a live edge bar-height table and a new, more rustic mantel for…
The Custom Cutting Boards
We were contacted by our client to build three cutting boards for their home. The first, would serve as their main cutting board. The second, to sit near a prep sink. Finally, the third would be for use in their home bar. The clients were interested in having end-grain boards for the two primary boards…
The Maple Table
We were approached by some clients who wanted a keepsake to remember their time spent working/living in Kansas. After several discussions on what they were looking for, as well as the type of wood they wanted to use, we settled on a maple dining table. This particular maple tree was taken down in 2018 as…
The Walnut Cookies
We were given the opportunity to salvage some walnut stumps from a tree taken down earlier this year near Nieman and Johnson Dr in Shawnee, Kansas. The owner of the property was incredibly nice and was interested in making sure that the stumps were re-purposed into something more than mulch or firewood. Most of the…
The Maple Cutting Boards
So we have gotten several requests for end-grain cutting boards from family, friends and clients so when I was hauling a couple slabs of maple for another project, I decided to bring home a third and see what I could do. The slab I chose was pretty large and had some interesting grain figure so…