About Happy House Woodworking

(a small shop with big personality)

At Happy House Woodworking, we make handcrafted cutting boards, charcuterie boards, lathe-turned rings, and housewarming gifts—with just the right mix of sarcasm and sawdust. We’re a husband-and-wife team who believe that life’s too short for boring wood.

Who We Are

Jeremy’s the guy with 20+ years of electrical engineering experience and an unnatural love for calipers.

Christy’s a software engineer by day, lathe queen by night.

Together, we run a cozy little shop that turns hardwood into heartfelt (and occasionally hilarious) gifts.

What We Make

  • Custom cutting boards that are too pretty to use (but you should anyway)
  • Live edge charcuterie boards that steal the show at wine night
  • Wood-turned rings and bowls crafted with soul
  • Actually, anything you can imagine if it’s made (or can be made) out of wood.

Why Choose Us

We’re not a big-box store—and we don’t want to be. Every piece we make is custom, quirky, and full of character.

We work out of our garage, with the dog supervising and coffee fueling our late-night glue-ups.

Lucy, The Shop Dog
Lucy, the Shop Dog

Where You’ll Find Us

We ship across the U.S., and you can find us on:

Facebook (if you’re into that sort of thing)

Oh, we know having an electrical engineer and a web developer at the helm makes for the most traditional woodworking experience. We’re sure all of our tech expertise really comes in handy when we’re, you know, sanding a piece of wood. But hey, we pour our heart and soul into every project we make.

At Happy House Woodworking, we lean into sarcasm as a way to keep things lighthearted and memorable. After all, the world is full of the same serious sales pitches—and who needs another? We’re all about crafting quality items, but we’d rather not take ourselves too seriously in the process. Using a sarcastic tone helps us connect with people who appreciate humor, and it adds personality to our work. We’re here to make things fun, to remind everyone that even the finest woodworking projects can come with a good laugh, and that crafting is meant to be enjoyed!

Meet Our Craftsmen

Here’s a glimpse of our woodworking duo.

J Headshot

Mr.

First Failures, Fond Memories
CO2 car made in shop class in the 8th grade. Used out of the box thinking and the body style was comparable to what a Tesla looks like today. It was slow as s*$t…but it looked good.

Actual Job
Instrumentation Technician

Favorite Food
Food

Unexpected Talent
Measuring Things

Favorite Superhero
Captain Hindsight
His hindsight is a perfect 20/20 vision.

Biggest Fear
Squirmy Things

Favorite Animal
Platypus

Christy

Mrs.

First Failures, Fond Memories
My first patchwork cutting board. I didn’t let the glue dry enough. We sent it throught the planer and it came shooting out, in small projectile pieces, in all directions. We both were jumpy around the planer for a bit after that.

Actual Job
Software Engineer/Front-End Developer

Favorite Food
Wings – Flats and spicy sauced

Unexpected Talent
Reverse engineering. Give me a picture and I’ll give you a plan.

Favorite Superhero
Flash

Biggest Fear
Failure

Favorite Animal
Tyrannosaurus Rex

We identify as a woman-owned, veteran-owned, made-in-America small business. We don’t ever intend to be a multi-million dollar company. Keeping it small and local means we can give each customer the attention they deserve. When you receive communication from us, it’s a real human.