N 35°08′ W 85°20′Vol. 07 · Spring MMXXVIA STUDIO FOR FINE FURNITURE | SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TENNESSEEFurniture
for those who
refuse the
ordinary.
Commissioned pieces drawn slowly and built by hand — walnut, white oak, and the occasional heart pine rescued from a porch older than the state it sits on.
Craftsman two board pine table | 2025CF. 04 Fine Furniture & Custom Woodworking Studio.
Fine Furniture & Custom Woodworking Studio.
Each piece, one at a time.
index -Selected WorkEach object here was commissioned, drawn, and built in the studio on Signal Mountain.
042026202201American black WalnutWalnut Dining Table
022025Tennessee White oak Oak Dining Chairs
032024Dovetailed Blanket Chest
Ambrosia maple
Wormy chestnut & walnutFigured Wood Mirror
Material is everything.
The woodEvery board is chosen in person — milled locally where possible, reclaimed when the piece asks for it. Grain, figure, and weight are not garnish. They are the work.
| No. | Common | Latin | Origin | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Black Walnut | Juglans nigra | Appalachian hardwoods | Chocolate heartwood, creamy sap |
| 02 | White Oak | Quercus alba | Tennessee Valley | Closed grain. Ages silver. |
| 03 | Cherry | Prunus serotina | Southeast, locally milled | Darkens with sun |
| 04 | Heart Pine | Pinus palustris | Reclaimed, Southeast | Old-growth, dense, honeyed |
| 05 | Hard Maple | Acer saccharum | Upper South | Pale, tight-grained |
| 06 | Basswood | Tilia americana | Carved slabs | A carver's wood |
Made on a mountain above the river.
The STUDIOThe studio sits a thousand feet above the Tennessee River, on the southern edge of Signal Mountain. Morning fog sits in the valley until ten. The afternoon light is long and warm. The building is old, the floorboards are uneven, and the bench has been flat for seven years.
ELEVation2,150 ft
From downtown14 mins
Studio est.2020
A life spent sharpening the axe.
AboutWhitney started learning woodworking at Appalachian State, where she studied Industrial Design with a focus on furniture. After school she apprenticed under Bill Carney at the Chattanooga Woodworking Academy, learning the old joinery — the mortise and tenon, the dovetail pulled by hand, the patience it takes to let a board tell you what it wants to be.
Today she works from a studio on Signal Mountain, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband and two children. The work is slow, pragmatic, and built to outlast its maker.
“If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
— Abraham Lincoln