Living in the suburbs of Minneapolis doesn't always provide one with the most creative casual dining experiences. This is something husband and wife, Don & Megan Seiler, quickly realized when they moved to Minnesota. They found themselves desiring a place to kick back with a cold one after a long week that was appropriate for families however, a place that had the fun, unique vibe that was so lacking in the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities. It was for these reasons that th

Its already May, 2016 and I feel as if this year is flying by. Before you know it, autumn will be upon us. One of our goals for this 2016 year was to begin keeping a regular blog that shares not only our life in the woodshop but life outside of it as well. So many things have happened in the past couple of months that it has been hard to keep up. To sum it up, I will give you a quick play by play as to what happened outside of our day-to-day woodwork and full time jobs: Janua

Over the past couple of months we have been busy working on many different projects. One of which was a few different orders for blanket ladders. Today, they are now all officially off to their new homes hopefully being decked out in cozy fall blankets. The ladders are all built out of reclaimed wood from Minnesota or Wisconsin giving them each their own unique character. No one ladder is the exactly the same as the next. Every one of the rungs is hand turned on a lathe that

​ This week we finished up a table we have been working on for some friends of ours. The wood used on the table is from different locations around the midwest. The legs are made up of the beams from a dairy farm in Greenfield, MN, the trestle bar came from Park Falls, WI where my Grandfather handmilled the wood himself before he let it sit in a field to weather the harsh northern winters. Last but not least, the top of the table is made up of wood from a barn in Owatonna, MN,

​ Last weekend we spent our Saturday helping tear down a portion of a barn in Greenfield, Minnesota that was built over 100 years ago. As we spoke with the owner of the barn, he shared with us some of the history of the barn. This old barn used to be a dairy barn. There was a birthing room for the calves, which was located in the front left corner of the main bar. There was also a special room just for milking, which is what you see coming off of the front of the barn here. L

Hey. It's Kristina & Joe Donner - husband and wife for almost a whole year now. Together, we are just begining our adventure that is: Beams & Boards Woodshop. Based out of Prior Lake, Minnesota we are a team that loves to create. Even growing up, this desire to create things has always been innate. Joe grew up fixing things, going to shop class and tinkering with everything he could. From as early as I can remember, I was drawing, painting, and creating in the majority of my