Notes from the workshop.

April 2026

6 min read

On the patience required by quartersawn oak

Why we wait eighteen months before a board ever meets a chisel — and what happens when you don't.

March 2026

8 min read

A morning with the sawyer in Litchfield

Visiting the small mill in northwest Connecticut where most of our walnut begins its life.

February 2026

4 min read

The case against flat-pack

Why every Home Tex piece leaves the workshop fully assembled — even the ones we'd rather not deliver up three flights of stairs.

January 2026

5 min read

Brass, by hand, in Bridgeport

On the small foundry that has cast every drawer pull we've ever installed.