Founded by Heather and Mike in 2019, Fairport-based GRITWORX Designs LLC creates handcrafted hardwood furniture, home décor and personalized wood pieces using CNC milling and laser engraving. The husband-and-wife team combines carpentry and graphic-design skills, selecting each board by hand and turning it into work ranging from custom furniture to Finger Lakes and Erie Canal map art. Their made-to-order work brings a distinctly personal touch to Rochester-area homes and gifts.
Chagrin Valley Custom FurnitureBorn from founder Sheldon Myeroff’s furniture-making hobby, Chagrin Valley Custom Furniture has built one-of-a-kind hardwood furniture from scratch in Northeast Ohio since 2013. Its Warrensville Heights team works with clients nationwide from a 6,000-square-foot facility, where hand-finished live-edge and epoxy-resin pieces can be personalized further with CNC-engraved logos or topographic maps. The company’s made-to-order work is shipped across the United States.WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, OH
Canterbury Woods CreationsAfter leaving a 12-year technology career, founder Francis Twomey turned an oak bed made for his new upstate New York home into Canterbury Woods Creations, a woodworking studio making handmade furniture and custom commissions. Working primarily with domestic hardwoods, Twomey builds one-of-a-kind pieces around a client’s dimensions, space, and ideas rather than producing for quantity. The family’s J&J Twomey Collection adds handmade boards and trays crafted by his parents, with a tree planted and a portion of proceeds donated to the American Heart Association for each board or tray sold.VESTAL, NY
Beyond StockHusband-and-wife owners Seth and Greta Moyer turn clients’ ideas into hand-crafted custom furniture and cabinetry at their Lancaster County studio. Beyond Stock is particularly known for one-of-a-kind live-edge pieces, made from Pennsylvania-grown and harvested domestic hardwoods, with design work supported by detailed 3D renderings. Seth brings a fine-detail background in woodwind instrument repair to his work as master craftsman, while Greta leads design and client relationships.LEOLA, PA
Saranac Hollow WoodworkingFor more than 20 years, Saranac Hollow Woodworking has built custom wood furniture, cabinetry and casework in Northern New York, turning architectural drawings, sketches and conversations into finished pieces. Owner Hal Moore brings more than 25 years of design and construction experience, along with training in furniture design and traditional woodworking from the Wendell Castle School. The Saranac shop also supplies hardwood and specialty wood through its Adirondack Hardwoods operation.SARANAC, NY