Wood pizza and bread peels handcrafted with care, with an eye to both function and form. Each peel is custom made. Standard finish is 100% food safe mineral oil and pure beeswax. Our own locally-sourced Bee Good Wood Oil sold separately. If your peel is intended purely as wall hanging or decoration please let me know and more durable finish will be applied.
A Maker who has been a valued part of this community for several years.
Customers say that this Maker ships promptly after completing a project.
This Maker has consistently demonstrated excellence in craftsmanship and customer service.
I specialize in custom furniture from salvaged trees, unique and heirloom quality end grain surfaces, butcher blocks, tables, and islands all sizes.
We work with responsible local arborists and sawyers to perform the modern art of urban wood salvage around the greater Asheville area, preserving large trees of a wide variety of species in beautiful slab form that would otherwise be ground up at the mulch yard and turning them into custom-designed furniture and–for lack of a more humble word–art.
Lisa Corcoran
For Spalted Sycamore End Grain Chopping Board, Butcher Block, IslandI absolutely LOVE this sycamore butcher block! Matt communicated timely and I had the block within the time specified. It arrived with a bottle of oil to nurture the block with as well. The grain and craftsmanship put into the block are amazing) Its just beautiful! Highly recommend Greenriverwoods!
Susan Baxter
For Serving BoardWe had a serving tray made by Matt and it turned out terrific - we couldn't be more pleased. Matt was very patient with me as we worked to figure out exactly what I wanted (which I didn't really know at the beginning of the project). He patiently stepped me through some options and possibilities until we landed on just the right design and wood. Just great. Can't say enough.
Christine McLennan
For Ambrosia Maple End Grain Chopping Board, Butcher Block, IslandI worked with Matt Christie on my project. Matt listened carefully to what I had in mind and offered very useful professional advice. Matt’s expert craftsmanship and attention to detail was evident in the excellent end product. Matt was very easy to communicate with and prompt with his email responses. I received my completed project ahead of schedule and am delighted with it. Definitely good value for money.
shawn cheris
For Ambrosia Maple End Grain Chopping Board, Butcher Block, IslandFirst thing's first: the cutting board Matt made for me was perfect and I expect to be using it for many years to come. He selected some gorgeous maple ambrosia wood and the color and style and really, everything was spot on. I couldn't be happier with the end product.
We had a few bits of miscommunication along the way to the degree that Matt actually built several versions of the board before it matched what I wanted. The main reason I mention this is to highlight that at each step, he went out of his way to make sure I was satisfied with the result. When I wasn't (even though the results were beautiful), Matt was more than happy to try again.
I'm sure my experience was atypical (Matt not nailing it on the first try), but it's great to know he cares this much about customer satisfaction. I'll be recommending him to anyone who wants beautiful custom board and wouldn't hesitate to have him make something else for me.
Bonus: I wanted to make a matching magnetic wooden knife block and Matt threw in a few beautiful matching pieces of wood for me in the shipment.
Thanks, Matt!
Marnie Spencer
For Cutting board to by inlayed into our tile countertopI worked with Matt and he was great with communication and giving me something unique that fit within the guidelines I put out there. His work is beautiful and I would definitely use him again for future projects.
Thank you Matt for enhancing our new bar area with your art and craftsmanship :)
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