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  • Custom Project: Gagle Live Edge Bar Cart

    by Ali Gerdeman
    We love when we get to utilize wood that has a sentimental meaning to our client! We got the opportunity to build some pieces for a client that supplied their own lumber from the property that they recently built a new home on. Today we are  highlighting their own version of "The Jennings" bar cart. (Click to read more about the bench, console table and plant stand that we built.)
    Posted in bar cart, live edge, oak, wine storage

  • Custom Project: Gagle Plant Stand

    by Ali Gerdeman
    We got the opportunity to build some pieces for a client that supplied their own lumber from their property. We love when we get to utilize wood ...
    Posted in elm, plant stand

  • Custom Project: Gagle Console Table

    by Ali Gerdeman
    We got the opportunity to build some pieces for a client that supplied their own lumber from their property. We love when we get to utilize wood that has a sentimental meaning, particularly when it means making something with a live edge! Today we are  highlighting the live edge console table.
    Posted in console table, live edge, oak

  • The Jennings Bar Cart

    by Ali Gerdeman

    We have had the opportunity to build a few bar carts in this style, which we have affectionately deemed "The Jennings". This specific modern rustic bar cart is made out of maple that was milled off Ali's family farm. 

    Posted in bar cart, maple, wine storage

  • Custom Project: Gagle Live Edge Bench

    by Ali Gerdeman
    We had a client reach out looking for someone who could make a few custom pieces with wood that they already had. They had to cut down some trees when they built their new house and had them milled into lumber and live edge pieces. We ended up building five pieces for them out of the lumber (with some lumber to spare) but today we are only highlighting the live edge bench! 
    Posted in bench, live edge, oak

  • Custom Project: Kittinger Bathroom Vanities

    by Ali Gerdeman
    Did we mention that we built vanities for six bathrooms in the Kittinger house? Here is a highlight of most of the vanities in the house. 
    Posted in black, custom cabinets, gray, vanity, white

  • Custom Project: Kittinger Master Bathroom Vanity

    by Ali Gerdeman
    This whole house cabinet job was our first time working with an interior designer on a project. Our clients had an interior designer who came up with all of the designs and finishes in the entire house. It was just up to us to figure out how we actually execute the designs! 
    Posted in black, custom cabinets, modern, vanity

  • Custom Project: Kittinger Master Closet

    by Ali Gerdeman
    When we first launched our website in September 2021, this was a side hustle with hopes of making it a full-time business at some point. A month later, we got asked if we could do a whole house cabinet job. The job included the main kitchen, four seasons room kitchen, mudroom/laundry room, 6 bathroom vanities, master bedroom built-in, theater room built-ins, and the walk-in master closet. This job gave us the runway to have Derek leave his civil engineering job and move over to the business full-time.  
    To give each space justice, we are going to break this job up into multiple blog posts. First up - the walk-in master closet. Our clients wanted plenty of dresser space, hanging space (both full length and split), and a lot of space for shoes.
    Posted in gray, walk-in closet

  • Custom Project: Frenton Walnut Bar Top

    by Ali Gerdeman
    The Frenton family recently finished the basement in their house, including a kitchen area. They did black stone countertops on the majority of the white cabinets, but they were looking for more of a statement on the peninsula. They weren't sure exactly what they were looking for, but knew they liked what we had done with some bar carts and with our own coffee bar. 
    Posted in bar, walnut

  • Custom Project: Afton Blu Front Desk

    by Ali Gerdeman
    When we first launched our business, Ali's hairdresser asked us if we could build the front desk for the new salon she was building. We were so excited about the opportunity and of course said yes! 
    Posted in ash, black, desk, front desk, white oak

  • Custom Project: Reed Bonus Room

    by Ali Gerdeman
    Recently, we got the opportunity to do a built in for a family in their upstairs bonus room. They have two young granddaughters and wanted a place for them to sleep and play when they came over. 
    Posted in custom built-in, painted, trundle bed, white

  • Custom Project: Gerdeman Entertainment Center

    by Ali Gerdeman
    It's a little ironic that woodworkers don't have much nice furniture that they've built for themselves. That's honestly because they are always too busy building things for other people - especially when they are paying customers! 
    Posted in entertainment center, modern rustic, painted, stained