Our Work

Every piece below was planned, built, and finished by CWI. Here are a few recent projects, from raw slab to finished surface.

Black Walnut Kitchen Island

A single black walnut slab, taken from rough lumber to a finished live-edge island top.

Flattening the slab with a router sled in the shop.
The raw black walnut slab before work began.
Close-up of the figured walnut grain on the island top.
Finished black walnut slab top for a kitchen island.

Laundry Room Makeover

Wire shelving replaced with solid cherry hardwood shelves and tops. Before and after.

Before: the laundry room with builder-grade wire shelving.
After: solid cherry hardwood shelving above the washer and dryer.
Close-up of the finished cherry hardwood top.
Cherry shelf with a built-in rail for hanging clothes.

Walnut Bench Top

A solid walnut bench top with mitered edges and a high-gloss finish that brings out the figure in the grain.

Finished walnut bench top with mitered edge banding.
The walnut grain under a high-gloss finish.

In the Shop

Every top starts as rough lumber. We flatten, glue up, and finish each piece ourselves.

Walnut boards clamped during a countertop glue-up.
A spalted live-edge slab, sanded and ready for its next project.

Start Your Project

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