found wood can turn into good wood for your home & yard

Mike and Tammy are your ARTISANS - we always liked working with wood. We now look forward to hours in the workshop. Our love of this natural resource grows the more we handle different materials and create different pieces.

At gaviaWOODWORKS we are driven by
the beauty of nature and all of its elements
respecting our natural environment
reducing waste
being sustainable and local

Rather than buying wood from the lumber store, we rescue branches, logs and pieces of wood that were headed for the campfire, landfill, fireplace or chipper. Then we turn them into beautiful and useful things.

All of our items are handmade and handcrafted. That means each one is unique and different. Natural materials have slight imperfections - these add character. We use hand tools, power tools and finishes like beeswax and mineral oil
to bring out the colours and lines hiding in the wood.

We minimize waste by finding uses for end cuts.
Smaller items like mobile device stands and ornaments or the legs on serving boards.
​We try to reduce our impact on the environment by (re)using little or no packaging.
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