“Everything we make needs to last 100 years, at least.”

Remember when your kitchen table was your grandparents’ old kitchen table? Remember when your cutting board had a bowl shape in the middle due to the thousands of cuts that wore it down over generations?

This continuity is what we’re bringing back by building and selling things that are durable and beautiful and useful.

“Everything we make needs to last 100 years, at least.” This is the philosophy that guides us.

The problem today is that we’re hitting dollar stores or Amazon, buying a plastic or bamboo cutting board, throwing it out when it cracks or starts to show signs of age, and doing that over and over through our lives.

We don’t know how it was made.
We don’t know by whom it was made.
We don’t know how much pollution was caused to get it from Earth to your counter.

While this seems normal, we offer something better.

Instead of buying a $20 cutting board every 5 years of your adult life (total cost ~$200 without inflation), how about buying one cutting board that should last for 100-200 years?

The Perks

• You can select the wood you like.
• You know who made it and that you supported your community.
• You saved around $100 and 10+ trips to the store.
• Your grandkids can take it when you’re old and use it.
• It can be refinished over and over. Call us with any questions.
• It’s biodegradeable. Toss it in your compost.
• It’s burnable. Toss it in your wood stove.

Remember: if it’s complicated, it’s probably dumb.

Cut down bamboo → bring to drying company → bring to processing company → bring to packaging company → bring to shipping yard → ship to United States →unpack and bring to generic distribution warehouse → ship to Amazon distribution warehouse →repackage product →sell online →ship to consumer.

The basic flow of a product from Earth to Amazon to you.

That’s not convenience. That is insanity. The chain gets longer every year with more brokers, fees, interest, processing. Therefore quality decreases while price increases.

Meet true convenience.

Cut down tree, mill it, build it → ship to you.

The basic flow of a product from Earth+Us to you.

You can pick up the phone and call with questions anytime. Our goal isn’t to get rich, it’s to live and enjoy what we do. And we want the same for you.

We created Yellow Barn Woodworking to restore balance and sanity, and to promote and provide quality workmanship, products, and friendly service.