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The first time I saw end-grain cutting boards selling for $80 at a craft fair, I did the mental math. A board foot of maple...

Every woodshop accumulates scraps. Cutoffs too nice to throw away but too small for anything obvious pile up in boxes, on shelves, under benches. Charcuterie...

Wine storage is one of those problems that grows with you. One bottle turns into a case, a case turns into a collection, and suddenly...

Mid-century design never really went out of style – it just got expensive. Walk into any furniture store and anything with tapered legs and clean...

Zero-waste woodworking sounds like marketing speak until you actually do it. Then it becomes a satisfying puzzle: how much can you get from a single...

The walnut business card holder is my go-to project when I need a high-impact gift in minimal time. Forty-five minutes from raw board to finished...

Every lathe owner should have at least one project that starts on the lathe and ends on someone’s desk. The turned pencil cup is that...

There’s something about a cherry and maple combination that just works. The warm reddish-brown of cherry against the creamy pale of maple creates contrast without...

My desk was drowning in clutter. Cables everywhere, sticky notes covering every surface, a drawer that wouldn’t close because of all the stuff I’d shoved...

Working hunched over a laptop for hours isn’t just uncomfortable – it’s actively damaging. I learned this the hard way after a few months of...