HGTV’s Dan Wellens Wins Silver in Minnesota’s Best Furniture Awards

Dan Wellens, owner of Country Tables & Furniture, has shipped more than 5,500 tables from his Cologne, MN shop. A unique combination of artisan and highly focused businessman, Wellens added a new accolade recently as he was voted a Silver Award in the 2022 Minnesota’s Best Furniture Store competition held by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Wellens […]

Two-man Custom Woodworking Shop Finds Game-changer Dust Collection

Victor M. Woodworking is a two-man, custom woodworking shop in Orange County, NY. The shop produces about 150 made-to-order furniture pieces a year, mostly from black walnut. Their customer base is a blend of general consumers, commercial operations, and institutions, such as the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Equipment at the […]

IWF Posts Schedule of Woodworking Influencers You Can Meet at IWF 2022

Atlanta, GA—IWF is staging its first Woodworking Influencers Lounge (Booth A10620) during IWF 2022 featuring live, in-person appearances by more than a dozen woodworking pros who are popular online. Appearance times for these respected woodcrafters have now been set. Each day from 9 a.m. to noon, Shaper, which is sponsoring the lounge, has invited an online celebrity […]

Podcast—Get To Yes, By Saying No: Scott McKinnon of Urban Reclaimed

In this episode, host Ethan Abramson sits down with Scott McKinnon, owner of the Oakville, Ontario-based furniture company Urban Reclaimed. McKinnon has been in this industry for a while. Since the early 1990s he has been renovating homes, building furniture, being a TV personality, and basically taking part in every aspect of the furniture business. […]

Podcast—Being About Doing It with Nick Sawyer, Sawyer Design

In this episode, host Ethan Abramson sits down with Nick Sawyer, owner of Portland, OR-based Sawyer Design. Not all those who wander are lost. This could easily sum up the beginning of Sawyer’s working life. He had the drive, he just didn’t know what that drive was pushing him towards. Sawyer had been waiting tables […]

Podcast: Joe Clark’s Big Small Business, Architectural Elements

In this episode, woodworker Ethan Abramson sits down with Joe Clark, owner of Bellingham, WA-based Architectural Elements. Before Clark started his company, he tested a lot of different waters to find what was right for him. His path was a winding one, full of good and bad experiences which shaped what his company would become. […]

A Business Built on Woodworking: Mike at Coffey Custom Builds

Coffey Custom Builds is an El Dorado, CA custom furniture business founded by Mike Coffey. His shop produces heirloom quality furnishings, custom doors, built-in cabinetry, as well as signage in wood, plastics and other materials. “What started as a hobby to keep myself busy between my newborn son’s naps, quickly turned into a passion, and […]

Clemson Loses an Oak but Gains an Heirloom

Clemson, SC—A majestic red oak that stood watch over Clemson University’s Memorial Stadium for more than 75 years has been converted into a one-of-a-kind trestle table by Martin Custom Woodworking & Antique Restoration. Regarded as an irreplaceable part of the Tigers’ landscape and history, the oak was the last standing tree at the stadium, the […]

Sergeant Built Woodwork Wins Grant from Lender

Seattle, WA—Nav, an online lender for small businesses, awarded one of its annual small business grants to Sergeant Built LLC, a full-service woodworking, cabinetry, and carpentry firm located in Seattle, WA. Joel McCoy founded Sergeant Built in March 2020 to fulfill his dream of becoming a successful businessman. Sergeant Built does custom woodwork with a […]