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Three boys and a dad doing all sorts of woodwork projects. Examples shown, but open to all ideas!

09/11/2026

It’s been a little while since our last post, but the Builder Boys have been busy in the shop! 🪚🔨

We wanted to share a couple of recent custom builds for some great new clients.

📸 8’ × 8’ Rolling Photography Wall

First up was this massive rolling photo wall built for a local photographer! One wall, two completely different looks:

⚪ Sherwin-Williams Shoji White on one side
⚫ Sherwin-Williams Tricorn Black on the other

Built in two sections, fully mobile, and ready for plenty of photo sessions!

🏠 Custom Red Oak Built-Ins

Next up was a beautiful set of custom built-ins designed to complement the client’s existing fireplace.

The lower cabinets feature:
• 3/4” UV prefinished birch cabinet boxes
• Solid red oak face frames
• Red oak partial-overlay doors & drawer fronts
• Blum European hinges
• Blum undermount drawer slides

The upper section combines red oak plywood with solid red oak face frames, and the entire piece was finished with Rubio Monocoat custom matched to the existing fireplace.

We couldn’t be happier with how both projects turned out!

These certainly weren’t “one-day builds” 😅, but that’s part of custom woodworking. A lot of planning, building, fitting, finishing, and attention to detail goes into getting it right. Thankfully, both clients were awesome to work with throughout the process!

🔘 WHO’S NEXT?!

Have an idea for a custom piece, built-in, or project you’ve been wanting to tackle? Send Builder Boys a message and let’s see what we can build for you!

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08/24/2026

The boys have been busy with a few of our most recent projects. Thank you to all of our wonderful clients and followers!

What’s next?!?

07/24/2026

A few of our recently completed projects and some random shop fun! It’s been a little quieter lately between the summer heat and wrapping up the kids’ summer camps, but we’re still hard at work creating custom pieces for our clients.

If you’ve been thinking about a custom woodworking project for your home, now is a great time to reach out. We’d love to help bring your vision to life!

07/04/2026

Wishing everyone a safe and happy 4th! 🎆🎇

Here are some of our latest completed projects including the table we ended up flattening! Sometimes your scope changes and we have to adapt to do things the right way!

06/14/2026

Our most recent project was this beautiful set of built-ins! We were so fortunate to have wonderful clients to work so closely together on this and see their excitement grow as we brought their vision to a reality!

Definitely not a 1 day project nor completely dust free 🤷‍♂️ 🤣 but 100% worth it to do things the right way all the time!

Maple face frames
Soft close hardware
SW Gallery Series - spray finish

06/13/2026

We are hoping to find someone local that can help us get this walnut slab flattened. We’ve tried a few places but had no luck. Approximately 40” wide x 72.5” long x 2.25” thick. It’s for an upcoming project - TIA

06/06/2026

It’s been a great few recent weeks! For this commission, we had the opportunity to design and fabricate a custom entryway locker system. While the client is finalizing hardware we really enjoyed how this looks and know that it will be great for many years!

Solid white oak
Blum hardware
Rubio Monocoat 5%
SW Emerald Doji White - spray finish
N3 ceramic coating

05/15/2026

The Boys have been back at it between busy sports weekends and some much needed family time! Here are some of our latest builds and a few sneak peaks at the current builds! Thank you to all of our supporters!

Please reach out with your project ideas. We offer design and custom build plans to meet your needs.

05/11/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there-we absolutely could not do all we get into without our Birdie (aka Mom) running a tight ship!🐦🚢

A little outside time has been good for everyone, but we’re still building! ☀️🎣🔨

04/16/2026

Hi all…

It’s the Boys again with a little Trivia and knowledge share!

Well it’s that time of year again for planters, boxes, raised beds, you name the outdoor flower project.

From a quick look on marketplace, we see the majority of makers are using cedar pickets. We also love using cedar pickets and have for many builds past and present! The builds tend to hold up great for a year or two but our weather really gives them a beating, especially if the are not sealed yearly. Trust us, we know from our personal planters 😉. Cedar pickets also only come in one size, meaning we see a lot of the same design concepts. Lastly, cedar can really range in color from red all the way to even a light cream.

So this got us to thinking…what other materials are durable but more dense and an actual hardwood??? What has more consistent color?!?

These considerations led us to think outside the box (no pun intended) for a recent 72”window planter box commission!

We feel like the species we ultimately chose will hold up much better…nearly 4x harder than cedar, very durable to rot/weather and is moderate to insect resistance.

Here are just some shop photos of the planter during the build process. We absolutely love it and feel we hit the project objectives!

TRIVIA: Can anyone name the wood? We will update the post with the answer and other wood recommendations from our research later this evening!

Thanks as always,
The Boys

UPDATE: The material of choice was SAPELE! Our client wanted something that resembled walnut and this was spot on after finishing with teak oil!

Other GREAT options:
Cypress
Redwood
White Oak
Mahogany
IPE
Anything thermally modified - ash is one option
Teak💰💰

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