furniture
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Current projects
What we're working on now
Carpentry and woodworking have been hobbies of mine for many years. As a young married man I renovated a duplex that
served as a single-family dwelling for my children and my wife for forty years. The renovation included adding a second floor
onto the house, converting a bedroom into a laundry room and back entrance, and removing load-bearing walls between the
structures two kitchens. Many woodworking projects were completed over the years, all done with limited time and space.
Retirement brought a change of scenery, as we moved into the country outside of beautiful Fredericksburg, in the Texas Hill
Country. This move enabled me to turn my interest in woodworking into a craftsman’s daily delight. First, I needed
space, so I constructed a 720 square foot workshop with studio space for my wife’s artwork. Elsewhere on this website, the
building process is well documented.
I expanded my tool collection to include all I need to design and build new furniture and to restore old pieces. I love the
smell of the workshop, and the pleasure of being creative and productive with the pieces I make. It’s exciting to build a
beautiful piece from scratch and it’s rewarding to rehab a tired chair or rickety table into something that people would want to
have in their homes.
I also am a full partner with my wife, Gayle, helping her to bring her artistic vision into something visible and real.
This is Bobcat Ranch Workshop!
The build
September 2016 - May 2017
Lee built the workshop in 2016, almost entirely by himself.