“People ask how long a piece takes. I say: six years of learning, and then however long the wood needs.”

Alex Nguyen never went to woodworking school. Everything he knows came from watching, testing, failing, and spending his first two years ruining more pieces of wood than he’d probably like to admit in public.

But that rough beginning gave him something valuable - a deep understanding of how different woods behave when pushed too far, cut too quickly, or finished the wrong way. Experience has a funny way of teaching lessons that books usually skip.

Today, he specializes in bathroom vanities and corner shelves, pieces that demand both precision and durability in humid spaces where wood has absolutely no patience for mistakes.

Around the workshop, people trust Alex Nguyen with projects that need to survive daily life, not just look pretty in photos.

And if a piece leaves his bench, chances are it’ll still be standing long after the trends around it disappear.