Custom Solid Wood Benches: Timeless Style, Modern Comfort

Custom Solid Wood Benches: Timeless Style, Modern Comfort

Alana Mace

When you picture a truly inviting home, one of the first images that comes to mind is a place where people can gather, relax, and connect. For centuries, one of the simplest and most versatile pieces of furniture has been the bench. From medieval great halls to modern dining rooms, benches have offered not just a practical seating solution, but also a sense of warmth, community, and timeless style. At CS Woods, we bring that tradition into the present ...

The Power of Solid Wood Statement Pieces

The Power of Solid Wood Statement Pieces

Alana Mace

In the world of commercial design, few elements captivate and ground people like wood. The rich tones, organic textures, and sheer presence of solid wood have the power to transform sterile lobbies into immersive environments, and nowhere is this more true than in the creation of show-stopping, biophilic statement pieces. From massive live-edge conference tables and carved seating installations to sculptural art made from tree roots and trunk segments, wood connects people to nature and elevates spaces into destinations.

Tree Root Gathering Tables

Tree Root Gathering Tables

Alana Mace

As specialists in harnessing the power of wood, we excel at creating sustainable, biophilic, instagrammable showstoppers; functional environmental art that breathes life and luxury into the largest spaces. For this project we partnered with the design firm to create one-of-a-kind structural moments for the community space at One River North that would provide a social gathering space and utilitarian surface. One River North features open-air terraces and soaring walls of glass, all encased in a first-of-its-kind sculptural façade.

Modern in Denver - Concrete Plinth Elm Table

Modern in Denver - Concrete Plinth Elm Table

Alana Mace

The live edge elm table with a concrete plinth base featured in Modern in Denver's Winter 2024 issue exemplifies the harmonious blend of natural elegance and industrial design. The table's centerpiece is a meticulously crafted live edge elm slab, sourced, manufactured and finished by CS Woods and co-designed with Batch and Trowel.

New ways to get to know us!

New ways to get to know us!

Alana Mace

CS Woods is now offering Product Knowledge (PK) Luncheons and a Certified CEU Course! Yes, there is such thing as free lunch and a show. Visit our showroom and warehouse, learn about solid wood surfaces and how to spec them in your projects, and have lunch on us! Kent himself will walk your team through the CS Woods process, making them experts in solid wood surfaces. You will take a "walk through the woods" in our warehouse and learn how to confidently ...

2025 TREND SPOTTING - THE COCKTAIL TABLE

2025 TREND SPOTTING - THE COCKTAIL TABLE

Alana Mace

It is the age of the high top cocktail table! Imagine a table that encourages you to gather and fosters conversation by providing a comfortable place to park your drink and snack and also allows you to move freely and mingle! This is the special power of the modern cocktail table... The buzzy atmosphere of a modern social event, whether it is in a private home or in a business or cultural environment, is enhanced by the freedom of movement ... Adding the biophilic benefits of the fractal energy of natural solid hardwood just makes sense...

CS WOODS NEW SHOWROOM AT THE IDC

CS WOODS NEW SHOWROOM AT THE IDC

Alana Mace

CS Woods is excited to announce the opening of a new showroom at the International Design Center (IDC Building) in Downtown Denver, Colorado! The IDC is the premier destination for home design and furnishings in the Rocky Mountain region and a perfect fit for CS Woods. The building itself is a work of art, designed with a focus on light and space and an inspiring atmosphere with a stunning open-air atrium.

FRACTAL BENEFITS: BIOLOGY, GEOMETRY, AND YOUR WOODWORKING

FRACTAL BENEFITS: BIOLOGY, GEOMETRY, AND YOUR WOODWORKING

Alana Mace

Have you ever paused to consider the uncanny resemblance between your thumbprint and the rings of a tree? ... At CS Woods we use the largest piece of solid wood we can for project to preserve the elements of the natural world and their benefits. By using single slabs and bookmatches instead of glue ups, we maximize carbon sequestration, biophilia, and wellness of both the natural world and our own....

Anchorseal to the Rescue

Anchorseal to the Rescue

Alana Mace

What kinds of things do you buy in five gallon buckets? Here at CS Woods, one of those things is Anchorseal! The application of this fantastic product is one of the essential steps to milling wood, and one that we strongly recommend to any new miller.

Walnut Slab with a circular saw and other tools ready to be used!

Tabitha Babbitt: Heroine of the Circular Saw

Alana Mace
What is your favorite tool in your shop? Is it a special hand plane that stays sharp longer, a sander that has done its job without complaint for years, or maybe a saw that cuts the way you expect more often than not? Well, one of ours is the circular saw! We use a version of this type of saw almost every day. A ubiquitous tool in woodworking, we couldn’t do without ours...
How to attach a solid wood surface to a pony wall, CS Woods style

How to attach a solid wood surface to a pony wall, CS Woods style

Alana Mace
The most versatile wall in the house is a PONY WALL. Topped with a gorgeous solid wood surface from CS Woods, we can turn a humdrum room divider into a stunning bar top, kitchen island or counter, entry space, or so many other useful surfaces!  After years of working on hundreds of walls...
Environmental biophilic art. Wood on the wall. Team hanging a burl on the wall.

Environmental Art: Think and feel better with wood on the wall

Alana Mace
Check out the hottest new way to add the luxury and beauty of wood to your space! Hang it on the wall! As the health and wellness benefits of bringing nature indoors become more evident every day, people are searching for exciting new ways to add wood to homes and offices. Surfaces have long been the go-to method, with a beautiful table, bar or other usable horizontal expanse...