Let’s Build
Follow along as we explore the world of woodworking. We’ll learn about custom furniture, butcher blocks, restorations, country crafts, and more.
Who Are We?
ES&S Woodworking is a family of makers. We love to build, to construct, to create. We are lead by our chocolate lab shop manager, Benson, who demands delicious snacks and our best scrap wood as payment. We don’t have a brick and mortar building for you to visit (yet!) and we are currently not taking any more custom orders. We have been extremely fortunate to have a large number of orders that filled our schedule for months to come. Please feel free to reach out with questions and we are happy to make recommendations for friendly woodshops we work closely with.
What’s New In The Woodshop?
Stay on top of our current projects and learn a little about the process of furniture making, restoration, crafting, and our various tools and equipment. You’ll find out that our woodshop runs on family, root beer, and the idea that most things are “too good not to be better”. Let’s build something together.
Display Case Build
Sometimes we get to work with local organizations to help them with their goals. The Port Carbon Public Library reached out to us for help in creating a display case. The dimensions were relatively small and they had a specific vision for what they were hoping to get....
Did Things Just Get Cheaper?
Am I Going Crazy? You may have been wandering around your local big box store recently and noticed something unexpected. The price of wood...is dropping?! We found ourselves in Home Depot recently and saw 2x4's priced at almost pre-pandemic levels! Now we know this...
Gardening and Woodworking
An inevitable byproduct of woodworking is a growing collection of large bags of sawdust. Sanding, sawing, planing, jointing, etc; It seems no matter what you're working on you are in some way creating it. Over the years we've come up with different ways to use up...
Wood Costs So Much! Why?
When the world shut down due to the spread of COVID-19 there were few who would have been able to predict the widespread and long-lasting effects it would have. It seems to have impacted every facet of life in some way. For the purposes of this post we're going to...
Restoration Layers
Restoration Surprises I don't believe I have ever started a restoration and had it go exactly as planned. Regardless of how well you inspect and prep the piece beforehand, you will undoubtedly find unexpected challenges along the way. Often they will present as a...
New Tool Day
Sanding SmoothNew woodworkers often like to celebrate a tool purchase no matter how large or small it might be. Actually, let me correct that statement slightly. ALL woodworkers often like to celebrate a tool purchase no matter how large or small it might be. That...
Hand Made Items From Our Shop
We build because we enjoy the process of building. Creating something beautiful from raw materials is what wakes us up each day. Some people need coffee, but there is something to be said for the smell of sawdust in the morning.
100% Kiln Dried Wood
Your final product is too important to risk using inferior wood products. That is why ES&S Woodworking only uses kiln-dried woods in our furniture and specialty projects. The kiln drying process reduces the chance of wood movement which can cause failures.
Restoration and Resto-Mod
Whether it’s bringing a family heirloom back to life or turning a flea market find into the perfect accent piece, ES&S Woodworking is excited to get started. Contact us today so we can talk about turning your vision into a reality.
From Our Stock Room
Sometimes we feel inspired to create something with no customer in mind. When that happens the piece will often end up in our stock room until we can find it a forever home. Be sure to check back as we add to this collection often.
Mirror In Old Violet - $79
This mirror was rescued from an auction before coming to our shop for some TLC. The wood was prepared for paint and covered in Annie Sloan Old Violet before receiving some light distressing and a clear coat. This old mirror is well built and very heavy.
Small Bench - $90
The top is made from solid maple and walnut. The base and legs are made from red oak and rubbed with dark walnut stain. That was then coated with Jacobean stain to give is a dark and rich color. The whole piece received a final clear coat to help it last for decades.
Maple Toy Chest - $260
Available in maple, cherry, pine, walnut, and hickory. The price listed is for unfinished maple and will be adjusted based on wood species chosen. We can apply stain if desired and a clear coat is also an option. Every chest includes soft-close hinges to keep fingers from being hurt when the lid closes.
Contact The Woodshop
We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message if you have questions or would like some information on something you've seen on our website.
Please allow at least one business day for us to respond.