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We provide high end wood housewares/decor and furniture using all Minnesota kiln dried hardwoods- many times (not always) incorporating resin. Coffee and end tables, benches, centerpieces, serving trays/charcuterie boards, coasters etc. The leaves, ferns, acorns, pine cones and everything else are real (I get asked that a lot).  For the most part they come from my back yard but occasionally I take a field trip in the surrounding area.   Each piece is handcrafted with love (some days "like" would be a better word).  By handcrafted I mean my hands hurt...because I'm old.  I do use plenty of power tools just not the ones i should because the wife won't let me buy them...because she hates me.   She has her reasons and they are not without merit. 

Please see the gallery for photos of previous projects with more to download and adding pieces all the time.  Please keep in mind my photography skills are non-existent and many of these were taken before the idea of having a website crept into my tiny little mind.

I get asked fairly often and I prefer not to do kitchen tables.  I mean- I might do a kitchen table if you threw a boat load of money at me (a decent sized boat-not some canoe you put a trolling motor on) but I really don't want to.  Two inch thick slabs are HEAVY and I'm a walking muscle cramp anymore..  I don't really have the equipment to flip nor do i have the space.  Flipping these monsters are a great way to get hurt or worse- drop a really expensive piece!  Not 100% out of the question but close.  Sorry!

Happy to discuss custom orders for a variety of things- please send a message or give me a call!  Generally speaking I prefer not to use a customers wood though occasionally exceptions can be made.  Kiln dried wood is almost a necessity in this work- both to get the desired dryness but also to kill bugs.  Wood expands and contracts with temperature and humidity changes and more than you probably think,  Wet wood shrinks as it dries...a lot- as well as twist, cup and bow.  Resin doesn't expand or contract at the same rate as wood so you can understand how stable wood is kind of necessary!   It is possible to air dry wood to the needed moisture content (conservatively 1 year minimum per inch of thickness) but kiln dried is certainly the preference.   If using a customers material its an "at your own risk" kind of thing and honestly I probably won't want to do it.  I'm really not trying to be a jerk but it still has "my name on it" even if it's "at your own risk".  

I do some refinishing work on a case by case basis.  

The resin I use is food safe once cured,  I wouldn't suggest you eat it though.  The finish I put on wood surfaces is also food safe- still, don't eat it. There are better ways to get your fiber.   I tell people resin products should not really be used as a cutting board.   It will dull your knives post haste and can scratch just like the wood will.  There are folks online that will tell you otherwise and even market resin products as cutting boards.  I don't suggest it but you're a grown up.... 

Please don't judge me on the website yet.  It's a work in progress (much like me) and I'm computer challenged. Eventually this will be an "online store" but it will be a while!