Creative Geniuses: Our Favorite Woodworkers
Meet some very talented furniture makers, restoration experts and cabinetmakers.

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Jeff Devlin
Jeff Devlin, host of DIY Network’s Stone House Revival, is a licensed contractor with more than 20 years of building experience. He started as an apprentice for a historic home remodeler where he honed his skills in the trade and gained an appreciation for the craftsmanship and beauty of historic dwellings.
In the show, Jeff and his team of restoration experts transform Pennsylvania properties – some over 200 years old – into modern living spaces while preserving the home’s historic integrity.
Off camera, Jeff’s love for historic homes has led him to completely renovate two centuries-old Pennsylvania farmhouses, one of which he calls home.
Jeff Devlin
For one of the Stone House Revival renovations, Jeff built this colonial-era secretary’s desk. The desk features a hinged top that opens flat to create a writing surface and behind the double doors lies bookcase-style shelving. Jeff used a deep wine-colored stain for the desk then after staining the entire piece, he distressed the edges with sandpaper. Positioning the finished desk next to the authentic bread oven with an antique cross-back chair makes for a cozy writer’s nook.
Jeff Devlin
A few feet from Jeff’s Pennsylvania farmhouse sits an old barn filled with tools and reclaimed wood of every shape and size. Some of Jeff’s most cherished tools are the ones handed down from his father and grandfather.
Jeff Devlin
Clint Harp
Clint and his wife Kelly founded their company – Harp Design Co – out of their garage. Shortly thereafter they moved with their three children to Waco, Texas where Clint met HGTV stars Chip and Joanna Gaines. They were so impressed with Clint's skills, they hired him as the carpenter for their hugely popular series Fixer Upper. His success on that show has led him to star in his own TV show called Against the Grain. On Clint's show, he and his team create new one-of-a-kind furniture pieces out of reclaimed wood.
Clint Harp
Clint's specialty is farmhouse tables that are beautiful to look at and yet at the same time rustic enough that a stain or two won’t matter. When designing these pieces, his goal is bringing people together. Clint wants to create a gathering space for family meals, homework, art projects or just sharing a cup of coffee. In this formal dining room in a renovated barn home, Clint designed a 17-foot farm-style table to host a crowd.
See More: Our Fave Furniture by Fixer Upper's Clint Harp
Clint Harp
Mark Bowe
Mark Bowe, host of Barnwood Builders, worked his way through West Virginia University as a coal miner, earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Mark also holds a master’s degree in safety management from WVU. He founded his company, Antique Cabins and Barns, in 1995. He and his hard-working crew have reclaimed more than 400 pioneer-era structures. Mark says he is passionate about honoring the craft of America’s ancestors and is devoted to ensuring their hard work lives on for centuries to come.
Mark Bowe
The series Barnwood Builders follows Mark and his fun-loving West Virginia crew as they hunt for hand-hewn antique log cabins and barns. They recover as much of old structures as they can and then restore and rebuild them in a new location.
Mark Bowe
Mark Bowe
Rosemary Pierce
Rosemary Pierce
Rosemary Pierce
Rosemary Pierce
This installation — known as "Over the Harbor" — was made for a penthouse in Baltimore. Rosemary explains it is part of her "Stick Together" series which is made from various depth and sized wooden dowels. "Each piece is hand glazed to bring out the richness of the natural wood, and then one by one dipped into paint and assembled into layers." See more of Rosemary's work >>
EJ Osborne
EJ Osborne
EJ Osborne
EJ Osborne
John McGilvray
John McGilvray has been building furniture and designing custom kitchens and libraries for over 25 years. He started out as a journeyman doing restoration work on historical homes on Long Island’s Gold Coast. John then moved to Tennessee where he started his own business working on high-end residential homes.
John McGilvray
In this kitchen, John was able to blend old and new together in a sophisticated manner. The wood on the hood vent and the corbels and siding on the center island were all once part of a barn that stood on the home's property. "The land has been in the family for several generations, so it meant a lot to the homeowners that they were able to incorporate a piece of family history in their new modern home," says John.
See More of This Home: Contemporary Farmhouse Kitchen Design
John McGilvray
John custom-designed this sophisticated French-country style for a family that moved from New Orleans to East Tennessee. For these homeowners, the number-one wish on their list was a large center island on one level with plenty of seating and work surface where the whole family can eat and cook together. This island and its single slab of marble provide space for five stools, plenty of storage, plus a full-size sink. John was able to give the family the function they wanted while incorporating design touches that lend a nod to their native Southern Louisiana.
See More of This Home: Read This Before You Remodel Your Kitchen
Kyle Huntoon
Kyle Huntoon
Kyle Huntoon
Kyle Huntoon
Katie Jackson
Katie Jackson
Katie made this poolside lounger with an adjustable back rest.
The tapered-corner brace legs give this classic slatted design a modern twist.
Katie Jackson
When building these sectional pieces, Katie was inspired by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) work back in the 1930s and early 1940s. When the CCC built our national parks they used simple horizontal lines with a practical purpose that blended in with the natural surroundings. This chair, ottoman and lounge are a nod to that National Park Service Rustic look (aka — Parkitecture).
Get project instructions from Katie's book, Handbuilt Outdoor Furniture, and see more of her designs at her website.