Family-owned and operated in Silver Spring, Maryland, Twigg Homemade makes custom hardwood religious items, keepsake gifts, and home décor. Maker Jerry Twigg combines more than two decades of civil-engineering design experience with hands-on woodworking, personally selecting and milling lumber before finishing each piece in the workshop. Rooted in the family’s Catholic faith, the business is especially known for personalized sacramental boxes, crosses, and its children-drawn wooden saint cards.
Smith Custom WoodworksFounded by wood artisan Derald Smith, Smith Custom Woodworks is a small, family-owned Baltimore shop that handcrafts solid-wood furniture, cabinetry, home décor and kitchen goods. Its made-to-order work is built from carefully selected hardwoods, including lumber sourced from family-owned sawmills in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and shaped through patient milling, traditional joinery and hand-applied finishes. The shop is also known for distinctive wooden doorbell chime covers and collapsible mobile event carts, alongside custom pieces designed around a customer’s space and ideas.
Cornerstone WoodcraftFrom a home hobby to a small family-run workshop, Dino and Nicole make handcrafted, personalized wooden gifts in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Their solid-hardwood cutting boards and serving pieces often begin as custom requests, while their faith-inspired bookmarks and keychains give the work an especially personal purpose. The couple also takes on one-of-a-kind projects and bulk orders designed around a customer’s space, event, or business.QUARRYVILLE, PA
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
Lumber JAKKSS Millworks, IncBuilt around Jay Jeffrey’s family woodworking tradition, Lumber JAKKSS Millworks is a family-owned custom millwork center outside Frederick, Maryland, crafting one-of-a-kind solid-wood pieces for homes and businesses. The team works from Windy Hollow Farm, where Jay renovated an 1876 farmhouse and built a workshop for projects ranging from heirloom-style furniture to highly individual “off-the-wall” creations. Its service area includes Maryland, southern Pennsylvania, northern Virginia, and the West Virginia panhandle.FREDERICK, MD