opened a brick-and-mortar<\/a> location in Hutto last April. The shop offers premium woods as well as custom work on items such as tables, desks, shelves and countertops.<\/p>\n\u201cWe started with buying just what we needed and then we noticed prices where we were going were a lot better than here. Everything in Austin was very marked up,\u201d Jamie said. \u201cSo we started buying extra and [David] was like, \u2018Maybe I can sell the extra.\u2019 So it just exploded.\u201d<\/p>\n
Several of the other supply shops in the Central Texas area are not actually woodworkers, Jamie said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s just a sales job for them,\u201d Jamie said. \u201cThey’ll tell you whatever they need to sell stuff. And that’s not what it is here.\u201d<\/p>\n
What they offer<\/p>\n
Jamie said they offer a lot of exotic woods, and this is a highlight for several customers. Exotics are anything not grown in the U.S., and Fells Hardwood\u2019s specialty is canarywood. Their second most popular seller is the domestic walnut, followed by olive.<\/p>\n
Jamie primarily uses wood to make kitchen utensils, bookmarks and coasters, while David does shelves, desks, tables, and cutting boards.<\/p>\n
As part of the grand opening of their brick-and-mortar location, David has started offering woodworking classes. The first class was focused on hand tools, and the second was a dovetail class. Jamie said he\u2019s hoping to do two to four classes a month.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s been popular so far,\u201d Jamie said. \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of questions and inquiries about it because there’s not a lot of places to learn that stuff, especially in person. Most people have to watch videos and kind of figure it out. Hands on teaching has been nice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ultimate goal is to eventually expand, Jamie said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re a very small mom-and-pop business and we are funding this pretty much ourselves, so we just have to be patient and let the business grow,\u201d Jamie said.<\/p>\n
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