Dedicated to artistry and the highest degree of craftsmanship, Woodshop Girl is a niche woodworking company specializing in working with quality engineered hardwood products.
Woodshop Girl builds one-of-a-kind furniture, as well as custom stair components for residential & commercial construction. With highly developed skills and specialized processes in working with this unconventional material, Woodshop Girl stands proudly behind the work. Guaranteed quality and service with a smile. Always.
What is Engineered Hardwood?
Engineered Hardwood is real wood. It is made by bonding layers of wood together in alternating directions with a thick “wear layer” of the desired wood on the top layer. It is more stable than solid hardwood and less prone to expansion and contraction, therefore it is not affected by seasonal humidity changes. This eliminates problems such as cupping, warping or splitting. It can also be sanded and re-finished over time, just like solid wood.
Environmentally Ethical Furniture
Much of the material for WSG furniture is actually being diverted from a landfill. It is sourced from local hardwood flooring companies where it is standard practice to order anywhere from 15% to 25% more material than is necessary to complete a project.
In many cases, the leftover material winds up in the trash, even though it ranges in price from $5 to $25 per square foot!! Woodshop Girl loves to save as many of these beautiful boards, and turn them into something functionally beautiful.
Innovative Stair Products
Stair components were once made from solid wood and stained to color match the hardwood flooring. That was back in the day, before texturing, pre-coloring and mixing became the norm. In the current industry, staining a solid wood tread to color match an engineered hardwood floor is rarely perfected. With the Woodshop Girl method, the same engineered wood that is used for the floors can be used for the stairs; eliminating the time-consuming, costly and imperfect process of color-matching.
The Process
Stair Components are sourced directly from the client’s supplied engineered hardwood. This way the color is guaranteed to match, tongues and grooves are a perfect fit and the final product is a seamless transition from floor to stair.
However, when it comes to furniture, each piece is individually designed and always begins with the source material.
Working with existing colors, textures and dimensions is a welcome challenge. Where some designers might see limitations, Amy enjoys the process of finding a way to work with the existing material that comes into the shop to realize it’s greatest potential.