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Meet the maker: a day in the shop
Molly · March 15, 2026 · 5 min read
People picture a factory. It is not that. It is a workshop that smells like fresh-cut oak, where a piece gets touched by the same few hands from rough board to finished top.
From board to piece
- Boards are hand-selected for grain and color so a table looks like one tree, not five.
- Joinery is cut and dry-fit before any glue — mortise-and-tenon, dovetails, through-tenons.
- The finish is hand-rubbed in thin coats, sanded between, until it feels like the wood, not a plastic shell.
- Every piece is inspected — Dad signs off, literally — before it is wrapped for the road.
Where I come in
Dad builds. I handle the part he calls "all that computer business" — the website, the photos, and reading every message that comes through. If you write in, it is me on the other end. And yes, I show him the nice ones.
Written by Molly
I run the website and write most of what you read here. Got a question about your room or a piece? Just ask — I read every message.
