Thornbury Wood Design Build

Employee size

11-50

Headquarters

Glen Mills, PA

Dave Cloud, a lifelong woodworker and former Boeing manufacturing technology leader, founded Thornbury Wood Design Build in 2015 after more than four decades in furniture design and construction. Working from the New Hope area of Bucks County, Cloud creates individualized furnishings shaped by careful material selection and a blend of traditional craft with aerospace-informed technical experience. He also passes that knowledge on through small woodworking classes and apprenticeships.

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• Bella Woodwork DesignSteven Kratochwil began learning traditional woodworking from his grandfather at age eight, and that early apprenticeship still shapes Bella Woodwork Design in Pine Bush, New York. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience, he combines old-world methods with newer styles to create one-of-a-kind custom woodwork for clients who want their own vision carried from design through installation.PINE BUSH, NY
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