We’ve always been fascinated with the idea that a piece of wood can be “made” into so many things…
Earnestmakes is Bobby and Tracy Earnest
Bobby Earnest: Musician, Songwriter, Technologist, Woodworker Bobby Earnest has been working with wood on and off for for over 40 years. His background includes a wide variety of woodworking aspects including but not limited to working with logs to build structures and various pieces of furniture and décor with them, hand carving with knives and gouges, bowl making, as well as furniture, cabinet and box making.
Tracy Earnest: Singer, Songwriter, Dental Implant guru, crafter Tracy Earnest brings an eye for design to the party and started combing garage sales, dumpsters and thrift shops for funky furniture finds as a teenager. She taught herself how to strip wood, make minor repairs and refinish and paint old furniture. Tracy loves the process of finding something old and hard-used, but still sturdy and strong, and making it beautiful again.
Our Company
We Make Things From Wood (mostly)
It usually starts with the procurement of lumber (slabs, dimensional, reclaimed, etc…) and/or other materials. I was influenced early on by one of my uncles to use interesting wood (grain patterns, colors, bug holes, nail holes, and various stages of decomposition).
Chainsaw milling has been a welcome addition to our capabilities. We originally started this when a maple tree feel on our house and we didn’t want to “waste” the wood. Using reclaimed lumber diverts high quality and interesting materials from the landfill and connects our work to the past. We maintain a small inventory of original pieces based on our own designs and inspired by the wood that comes into the shop. We love to meet with potential clients to learn about their needs and help them design distinctive woodwork that contributes to the character of their home or business
Hand tool products
We love making things with hand tools! We currently have a selection of bowls, spoons, trays, and boxes that will be available here in the near future. With that being said, we love to make custom pieces/projects and welcome opportunities to collaborate..
Furniture
We love making furniture! Including (but not limited to) tables (kitchen, side, coffee), cabinets, consoles, benches, stools, islands… We specialize in “custom” work.
Resources
Since we’ve been woodworking, we have used reclaimed lumber almost exclusively. We now additionally use wood we procure by finding trees destined for the bonfire or chipper and milling them into usable lumber using a chainsaw mill and processing them with hand and power tools. This allows us to work with the wood from tree to final product.
We also reclaim usable wood from discarded furniture and repurpose it into a completely new piece. We want as many people as possible to be able to enjoy hand- crafted wood products with a unique back- story.
We would also love to disign a custom product for or with you