Vancouver, Washington
Built by hand, one board at a time.
Cedar trellises, elevated planters, garden benches, and backyard structures from a one-man shop in Vancouver, Washington. The name is not a metaphor — every project tops up the whiskey fund.
Out of the shop
Recent work
Everything in the gallery
About that name.
I spent a career building software nobody could hold. Now I build things you can lean a ladder against. The money goes in a jar labeled “whiskey fund,” and honesty in labeling seemed like a good policy for a woodworker.
Commissions
How a project goes
We talk
Tell me about the spot: the fence line, the roses that need somewhere to go, the gate that deserves better.
I sketch
You get a drawing and a straight price. No mystery line items, no 'shop fees.'
I build
Western red cedar. Locking dados and half-lap joints instead of nails, finished with timber oil for Oregon weather.
You plant
Pickup or local delivery around Vancouver and the Portland metro. Then the clematis takes over and makes me look good.