Hi, my real name is Christophe, and it all started in the last months of 2018 when I picked up an old hobby, woodworking.

I have been passionate about wood from a young age, and it has been a common thread in everything I have done in my life.

Since my training as a landscape gardener and designer, and during my almost 20 years of working in gardening and landscaping, I have constantly worked with wood, be it with living trees or with wood for construction.

By picking up woodworking, I wanted to take this love for wood and transfer it from using wood for construction to making unique items with respect for the material and our environment.

Back in 2018, when I picked up woodworking, I had some experience working with wood through school and my landscaping company, but my knowledge was minimal. Another issue I had was that I could only use my one-car garage as a workshop. So I guess you could say I had to start almost from scratch.

I started converting my small garage into a woodworking workshop, but, honestly, I had no idea what I was doing. 

Luckily the internet and YouTube were there and these were the best places to learn. After looking at some content, I started to build out and organize my workshop as efficiently as possible. 

I must admit that in trying to set up a workshop, I made several mistakes that cost me quite a bit of time and money. It was a matter of trial and error.
One day, on the advice of another woodworker, I found a course on the internet that helped me make great progress. It’s The Ultimate Small Workshop course, which I now recommend to others myself because it helped me so much. It was the first of many courses I took to get to where I am now. To inspire and help you, I’ll be sharing these courses on my Toolbox page.

After realizing how difficult it was to find the right information, the idea of sharing my experience was born. The only problem was that I had no idea how to go about it. I could not make YouTube videos because I did not know how to do that, and even better, I did not have a camera at the time.
Another option was blogging, but I am far from a computer person, and creating and maintaining a website just seemed too difficult.

Long story short, I watched hours of videos, took more classes, and taught myself how to film, edit, create a website, and write blogs.

Since then, I have been trying to get better every day.

Now, with my YouTube channel and this blog site, I have a way to share all my experiences, and I hope I can inspire you to get into woodworking, build a workshop, and make your own furniture or home decor.