Marietta Wood Works

  • Rebekah’s Keepsake Box

    I have a practice in my workshop, or perhaps it could be called a bit of a tradition. If someone gives me raw wood in any form, logs, rough sawn or finished lumber, I try to return at least a portion of their generosity in the form of a woodworking project. Rebekah, a friend I…

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  • Kara & Floki’s Dining Room Table

    As I wrapped up the final coat of finish on the white oak trestle-style dining room table, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of pride and satisfaction. This custom piece was designed to bring Kara and Floki’s family and friends together, and I envisioned it as the heart of their home – a gathering…

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  • Five Friends Poem

    Still Stitching Us Together, an original poem about five longtime friends and fellow knitters, came to us on the back of a cute, hand-painted Christmas tree ornament. The poem’s beautiful sentiment touched me, so I decided to engrave it onto plaques for each of the five friends. As I worked on these laser-engraved plaques, I…

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  • Camera Lucida

    With several friends and loved ones who have artistic talent, I thought a perfect gift would be a custom-made drawing aid called a Camera Lucida. For those of you not familiar with this completely analog device, it is a relatively simple arrangement of a box with a mirror in the back and a semi-mirrored piece…

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  • Kara’s Ladder Vanity

    As Kara’s birthday approached, Mona came to me with a special request: could we build Kara a custom vanity to fit her unique bedroom space? I was excited to take on the challenge, and after a conversation with Kara, we settled on a ladder-style design that would not only maximize the limited floor space but…

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  • Office Chair Arms

    This was a simple yet meaningful project: replacing worn fabric armrests with new wooden ones, a good illustration of the importance of preserving and renewing the things we use in our daily lives. This basic office chair, on the verge of being discarded, now has a new assignment, thanks to a small repair. I’m glad…

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  • Kara & Floki’s Banquettes

    As we talked about the dining area in their new home, the first step was to create about eight feet of bench seating under the front window, and the custom table we were planning would span almost that length. In any home, storage is important, so we settled on storage banquettes to provide plenty of…

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  • Brownstone Floating Vanity

    Our friends in Grand Rapids asked if I would be willing to design and build a custom floating vanity for their daughter’s family in Massachusetts. The vanity would be installed in a renovated 1868 four-story brownstone. Intrigued by the idea of having one of my pieces in such a historic building and eager to help…

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  • Pergola Paver Patio

    After a heavy, wet snowfall crushed our test gazebo last winter, we decided to come up with a more permanent outdoor sitting area with some protection from the late afternoon, i.e. Happy Hour sunshine. After considering (and costing out) a raised deck with screened in porch area, we settled on a pergola with some configuration…

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  • Jess Farm Table

    When my nephew Ryan and his wife Makayla bought their farmhouse in western Michigan, a maple tree over three feet in diameter was literally pressing against the back wall of their new home. Soon, they had the old tree felled and hired a crew to mill it into thick slabs and dry them in a…

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