Live-edge walnut dining table
Boards selected from the same flitch and bookmatched down the center, so the grain reads as one tree rather than several boards glued together. The top floats on figure-eight fittings so it can still move across its width.
White oak bench with drawbored joinery
A companion piece to a dining table, built from the same board so the color ages together. The legs are joined with drawbored mortise and tenon - a peg pulls the joint tight without a drop of glue.
Cherry writing desk
Hand-cut dovetails join the drawer sides, sized so the small drawer nests inside without a stop. Cherry darkens with sun over the first year or two - the client was told, and chose it anyway.
Maple rocking chair
Steam-bent maple back slats and a hand-shaped seat, carved to fit rather than molded. Built for a client who wanted something their grandchildren could still be rocking in.
White oak blanket chest
A breadboard end caps each side of the lid and is pegged, not glued, along its length - the peg holes are slotted so the wide top can still shrink and swell without splitting.
End-grain cutting board
Walnut and maple strips resawn and reglued on end. The small-commission entry point - most clients order one after seeing a table, and it is the fastest thing in the shop, still measured in weeks rather than days.