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Custom furniture, Upstate South Carolina

Built by hand.
Built to be
handed down.

Dan Goodman builds solid hardwood tables, beds, shelving and cabinetry one piece at a time, from lumber milled right here in the Upstate. Almost everything that leaves the shop was drawn up with the family it belongs to.

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Walnut and maple slab dining table with butterfly keys and a matching bench, set in a dining room
Black and white photo of a chisel resting on walnut boards next to two butterfly keys

Walnut & maple slabTrestle table and bench, butterfly-key joinery

Black WalnutCherryWhite OakHard MapleAshPineSalvaged LumberLive Edge SlabsSteel

The shop

Nearly everything here is made to order.

“95% of what I do is custom and I greatly enjoy the interaction throughout the build and finishing process, sharing the joy, excitement and delivering a piece exactly how you want it.” Dan Goodman, founder

Tell Dan the room, the people and the way you live in it. He'll help you pick the species, settle the dimensions and work out the details, then build it in his Upstate shop and finish it by hand. Most of the lumber comes from local Upstate South Carolina mills or salvaged wood.

2021Building since
95%Custom work
1Maker on every piece

Selected pieces

From the shop floor

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Walnut trestle table

2″ solid black walnut, butterfly keys
No. 01

Live edge console

Natural edge slab on steel legs
No. 02

Striped dining table

Pale hardwood with purpleheart inlay
No. 03

Farmhouse bed

Any size, any color
No. 04

Resin river desk

Spalted slab, black resin channel
No. 05

Round dining table

Ash top, cross-braced pedestal
No. 06

Barn door bar cabinet

Live edge top, sliding doors
No. 07

Adirondack chairs

Classic porch seating, hand built
No. 08

Blue river dining table

Live edge maple, blue resin, black steel base
No. 09

Pedestal dining table

Walnut, maple and cherry top, black spider base
No. 10

Spalted maple river table

Black resin channel, walnut butterfly keys
No. 11

Burl and resin dining top

Figured slabs set in deep black resin
No. 12

Live edge bar cart

Hickory, sliding barn door, casters
No. 13

Sliding barn door

Cherry frame, corrugated steel panel
No. 14

Teal ombre armoire

Hand-painted fade, brass medallion hardware
No. 15

Whitewashed maple dressers

Twelve-drawer bank, Shaker fronts
No. 16

Live edge vanity

Lighted mirror, two drawers, steel legs
No. 17

Cherry console table

Bent maple supports, cantilevered top
No. 18

Cherry plant stand

Turned tray top, three-leg base
No. 19

Reclaimed beam bench

Salvaged oak timber on steel legs
No. 20

Outdoor grill cabinet

Cedar doors, kamado cutout, weatherproof
No. 21

Three-tier wall shelf

Cherry and walnut, rebar rails
No. 22

Dollhouse bookshelf

Painted frame, maple shelves
No. 23

Church card box

Maple chapel for wedding cards
No. 24

Custom cornhole boards

Stained hardwood, your logo
No. 25

Cutting boards

Walnut, cherry and curly maple stripes
No. 26
Contrasting butterfly keys inlaid across a crack in a light hardwood slab, with a mallet nearby Walnut trestle table in evening light showing butterfly keys across the top

The signature detail

Look for the bow tie.

Real wood moves and real slabs crack. Instead of hiding it, Dan cuts a butterfly key (woodworkers call it a bow tie) across the split and inlays it in a contrasting species. It holds the slab together for good, and it turns a flaw into the part of the table people run their hand across.

  • TopsUp to 2″ solid hardwood
  • LengthsSized to your room
  • JoineryButterfly keys, Domino tenons, trestle wedges
  • BasesHardwood trestle or fabricated steel

How a commission works

Five steps from rough board to your dining room.

01

Talk it through

Call, text or send the form. Share the room, the size you have in mind and a photo or two of what you like. Dan will help you narrow it down.

Live edge walnut slab table in a sunny breakfast nook
02

Pick the lumber

Walnut, cherry, oak, maple, pine or a salvaged slab with some history. Most of it comes from local Upstate mills or salvaged lumber.

Thick live edge slab with rough edges set on square legs in the shop
03

Glue-up and joinery

Boards are milled flat, glued up and clamped, then joined with methods that hold for decades: trestle wedges, Domino tenons and butterfly keys.

A tabletop glue-up held in a row of bar clamps
04

Finish by hand

Sanded through the grits and finished to bring the figure up. Dan keeps you in the loop through every stage of the build.

Finished black walnut tabletop with a rich satin sheen
05

Home for good

Pickup or delivery is arranged with Dan once the finish has cured.

Trestle dining table with matching chairs in a family dining room

Ready to go home

Available now

Finished pieces in the shop today. Customization is still available on each one.

Solid walnut trestle table with contrasting butterfly keys, photographed outdoors
In stock

Solid walnut table

2″ solid black walnut top on a walnut trestle base with butterfly keys.

6′L × 36″W × 30″T$2,000
Long walnut and maple slab tabletop, finished and photographed from above
In stock

Walnut & maple slab table

Handcrafted solid walnut and maple, long enough for the whole family.

8½′L × 36″W × 30″T$2,000

Beyond furniture

The same hands, other rooms

Wall of solid wood cigar lockers lit warmly in a lounge

Solid wood cigar lockers

Custom sizes to fit your shop or lounge.

New white sliding patio door with grilles installed in vinyl siding

Alside windows & patio doors

Call for a free estimate.

Built-in vanity desk with round mirror and floating shelf in a bedroom nook

Built-ins & remodeling

Vanity nooks, shelving and bathroom updates.

Walnut serving board with handles holding cheese and salami

Boards & gifts

Cutting boards and charcuterie boards made from shop offcuts.

Dan Goodman standing with arms crossed at his workbench, black and white

Meet the woodman

One maker. Every board.

Dan started Goodman the Woodman in 2021 as a part-time venture and it hasn't slowed down since. He designs, builds and finishes every piece himself, and keeps you in the loop the whole way through.

  • Custom barn doors for a historic mill being turned into apartments.
  • Another barn door build, joined with Festool Dominos.
  • A church donation box model, woodworking plus 3D-printed details.
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Have something in mind?

Let's build the piece you keep.

Send a sketch, a photo or a measurement. Messages go straight to Dan.

(864) 572-0352 goodmanthewoodman@gmail.com Upstate South Carolina

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