Let's be honest. Sometimes you just want to build a piece of furniture in a weekend, spend $50 on lumber, and have it look like you bought i...

I have a 4-foot wide strip of dirt on the side of my house. It collects weeds. I decided to turn it into a for long-handled tools (rakes, s...

Matches my Patio Couch (Project 166). I wanted a coffee table that could survive a hurricane. --- Part 1: The Concrete Top Making a concrete...

We gutted the master bathroom. I refused to put a particle-board vanity from Home Depot in there. I wanted a . Floating vanities make a smal...

We wanted a nice L-shaped sectional for our patio. We looked at West Elm. $2,500. We looked at Wayfair. $1,200 (for flimsy metal). I said, "...

It is February. The pressure is on. You could buy chocolates (gone in 10 minutes) or flowers (dead in 3 days). OR... you could spend 40 hour...

My wife asked for a bench near her vegetable garden. "Something simple," she said. "Something modern," she added. "Something that won't rot ...

And what I do... is make sawdust. The is a classic woodworking project. It looks magical—a seamless wooden block with a drawer cut out of t...

My son had a problem. He had 50 Hot Wheels cars. They were in a bucket. Which means he couldn't find the one he wanted, and I was constantly...

Every woodworker eventually builds "The One." The bench that will last the rest of their life. The bench their grandkids will fight over. It...

From the Grain Up: Building a Sustainable Woodworking Practice Here in the Pacific Northwest, you're never far from the forest. Even in my S...

Ever had one of those weekends where you're itching to make something fantastic with your hands, but the sheer complexity of getting started...

The Whisper of the Chisel: Finding Soul in a World of Perfect Lines Last week, as the first hints of a Vermont spring began to soften the ed...

Walking into my workshop the other day, Chip—my loyal Labrador—was sniffing curiously at a new green-labeled container sitting amidst the sa...

The Revival of Japanese Sashimono Joinery: Precision Craft for Modern Furniture There's something uniquely satisfying about crafting somethi...

Cooked to Perfection: Why Thermally Modified Wood is My New Go-To for Texas-Tough Outdoor Builds Down here in Austin, the sun doesn't play g...

AI in the Workshop? You're Damn Right. Let's Build It. I was staring at a monster slab of mesquite the other day. Three inches thick, a beau...

It's a wet and blustery afternoon here in the Pacific Northwest, a place where woodworking and sustainability flourish amidst the ever-prese...

When I first set up my shop in Seattle, nestled between the towering cedar trees and the constant drizzle, I never imagined that a laser bea...

Imagine this: it's a sunny morning in Los Angeles, and I'm in my workshop with Chip, my ever-curious Labrador weaving around piles of oak sh...