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C-los Carpentry

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carlos Chimborazo & Elena Krougliak

C-los Carpentry, a woodworking team led by Carlos Chimborazo and aided by his partner, Elena Krougliak, creates beautiful and functional pieces for restaurants or for the home. Each piece is lovingly and carefully made, highlighting the natural patterns found in the wood grain. Carlos draws on his vast experience working in a carpentry shop starting from the young age of twelve, and continuing working on his craft even while working in a fine dining farm-to-table restaurant. Both having a long background working in hospitality and restaurants, Carlos and Elena wanted to continue being able to be involved with food, dining, and that incomparable experience of building relationships and sharing conversation over a meal. So it seemed only natural that they would use locally sourced wood to create one-of-a-kind handmade pieces for the dinner table. Whether focusing on creating items for the home, or fulfilling larger orders for a restaurant, they are always challenging themselves to produce quality-made pieces that last. In addition to creating bowls, platters, and cutting boards, they also design and create larger-scale pieces ranging from built-ins to custom furniture.

 
 
We miss working with local professional photographers because without them we've had to just blunder on on our own. Back to trying to figure out lighting, aperture (what even IS that?), exposure, and everything else involved in taking a decent photo.
Just wrapped up and delivered this dining table and benches to their new home. Measuring at 8 feet long, there's plenty of room for friends and family to gather around it (when we're all allowed to gather again!) That's the fun part of this job - we
Walnut seems to be an all-around favorite for a lot of people, and we can certainly understand why! Nothing else quite compares to the that rich dark color and those swirls in the grain. Have only a couple of these ready now #walnut #saladbowl #salv
It was a bold choice to go for this color on the cabinets for a kitchen island - definitely a departure from the standard white cabinets (though nothing wrong with white!) But it came out looking great with a brass accent from the hardware, and a cou