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Definitely Made by Hand

Definitely Made by Hand

Hand-made or not? We use a laser cutter to cut the wood parts for our boxes. And we use vector graphics software to draft the designs for our boxes. So,...

Definitely Made by Hand

Hand-made or not? We use a laser cutter to cut the wood parts for our boxes. And we use vector graphics software to draft the designs for our boxes. So,...

Cedar Street Design's Big Year of Change!

Cedar Street Design's Big Year of Change!

The last year has been a year of change for Melissa, me, and Cedar Street Design. We bought a 27 acre wetland cattle farm in rural Mason County, Washington. Our son...

Cedar Street Design's Big Year of Change!

The last year has been a year of change for Melissa, me, and Cedar Street Design. We bought a 27 acre wetland cattle farm in rural Mason County, Washington. Our son...

In Praise of Slow Work

In Praise of Slow Work

Unlike other physical activities, making things comes with the additional reward of engaging your imagination and intellect to manifest a physical object. Find something to make.

In Praise of Slow Work

Unlike other physical activities, making things comes with the additional reward of engaging your imagination and intellect to manifest a physical object. Find something to make.

Video about our contribution to Tacoma Light Trail 2022

Video about our contribution to Tacoma Light Tr...

Tom Edgar, PLU, found illuminated polyhedra in Dan Metzler's light installation "Shapes" as part of the 2022 Tacoma Light Trail.

Video about our contribution to Tacoma Light Tr...

Tom Edgar, PLU, found illuminated polyhedra in Dan Metzler's light installation "Shapes" as part of the 2022 Tacoma Light Trail.

We are a very small business and intend to keep it that way!

We are a very small business and intend to keep...

We are a two person owner-operated shop and have no plans to mass produce our work. The appeal of having others help us do our work is very real -...

We are a very small business and intend to keep...

We are a two person owner-operated shop and have no plans to mass produce our work. The appeal of having others help us do our work is very real -...

Why do we use 1/8" box joints and round over the corners on most of our work?

Why do we use 1/8" box joints and round over th...

The smaller the box joint the stronger the union of the two pieces of wood. We use 1/8" joints as our standard because they are small enough to create a...

Why do we use 1/8" box joints and round over th...

The smaller the box joint the stronger the union of the two pieces of wood. We use 1/8" joints as our standard because they are small enough to create a...