At Common Wood we talk a lot about timber. Different species, grain patterns, finishes, joinery — all the fun woodworking stuff. But if I’m being honest, the most important part of the business isn’t the timber, the machines, or even the workshop itself. It’s the people. Woodworking is one of those trades where the person doing the work really matters. You can give two woodworkers the same tools, the same timber, and the same plans, and you’ll always end up with two slightly different...

January is when a woodworking business remembers it’s human. September thru to the end December is chaos. Absolute chaos. Everything needs to be finished yesterday, everyone wants it before Christmas, and the workshop runs on caffeine, adrenaline, and quick thinking. Then January hits… and suddenly it’s like, oh yeah, we’re allowed to breathe again . The first few days are basically just wandering around the workshop, looking at things and nodding. Benches get “cleaned” (stuff is moved from...

2025 - Thanks & Don’t park over our driveway. 2025 was a wild year for us here at Common Wood. We made a mess and cleaned it up a million times over. We said goodbye to some old faces while we welcomed some in new faces. We challenged ourselves with some head scratching builds whilst trying to maintain our sanity.  Early on in the year we lost a beast in the workshop, Mitch, to Sweden so he could finish his architecture studies. We welcomed Ryan and then a little later in the year we also had...