Black Diamond Timber & Joinery Co.

06/04/2026

Built this one for my Grandma. She has spent more of her life in that kitchen than anywhere else on earth, and her current cutting board has probably seen thirty years of Sunday dinners. This is the first of three - hard maple, dense, tight-grained, God's gift to kitchen work honestly - rounded corners, little rubber feet, and a little purpleheart dot pressed into the center so it always knows its place in the set.

Before I made a single cut she walked me through every cutting board she owns. All 15 of them. Picked each one up, turned it over, told me what she loved and what she'd change. I just listened. That kind of patience,sitting still, paying attention, caring enough to get it right, I learned that from her. Somewhere between a lifetime of meals and thirty years on the same board.

That's what I'm trying to put into this wood. Hope you love them Grandma.

05/27/2026

Mountain lodge is the look this year and that's sort of how we've always done it.

These chairs went out to Hanna's Farm Market this week and you can go test them out with a cold drink in hand. That's what handmade feels like when it lands somewhere it belongs.

The chairs come in three tiers. Pressure treated pine at $110 for the workhorse build. Western red cedar in the middle for natural rot resistance and warm grain. Poly lumber at the top end up to $435, recycled, maintenance free, the last outdoor chair you will ever buy.

But we do not just build chairs. We build the whole lodge.

Live edge coffee and dining tables. Raised cedar planter boxes with legs that look like furniture not lumber. Floating shelves in live edge oak or walnut. Entryway benches with shoe storage built to actually hold up. Charcuterie boards, garden boxes, sideboards, custom built-ins, harvest tables long enough to seat your whole family.

If you have a second home up here, a deck that needs something real, a kitchen that needs an island, or a garden that needs a planter that does not rot out in two seasons. Message us.

Drop a 🪵 in the comments for pricing on anything you see here. DMs are open.
Black Diamond Timber & Joinery Co
Pocono Mountains, PA 🏔️

05/07/2026

Exotic wood is cool, But we still don't really mess with it.

Went to Woodcraft for the first time today. Picked up these two pieces of purpleheart for gifts and they're honestly stunning. But walking around that store kind of reminded me why we do things the way we do.

A little accent piece of something exotic on a build can be just right sometimes. But basing a whole business around lumber harvested God knows where under God knows what conditions and shipped halfway around the world just isn't us.

We use local timber. Pennsylvania hardwoods. We know where it came from, who cut it, and the money stays here. Fair trade isn't just something printed on a coffee cup, it's supposed to mean that the people that helped bring that cup of coffee to you, weren't suffering to do it. It applies to wood too, it applies to everything.

The purpleheart is beautiful. The walnut from down the road is the real thing.

Pocono homes should have Pocono wood!

05/02/2026

"I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society." — Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Thoreau knew what a good seat was worth. And he only needed three.

We've been working through our own Adirondack design for a commercial space and this week we finally cracked the seat angle;
that thing where a traditional Adirondack swallows you whole and getting up feels like a workout. We found the sweet spot.

Comfortable enough to stay a while, upright enough to get up with your dignity intact.

We're prototyping in pine to work through the design but the final build will be locust, oak, and cedar. Wood that belongs outside. Wood that lasts.

Your porch deserves a chair worth sitting in. Reach out if you want one built right.
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04/29/2026

It is remarkably difficult to find cedar wood in the Poconos, but look what we found! Reach out for all your outdoor furniture needs!

04/16/2026

04/10/2026

There’s something about a solid table that just anchors everything.

Morning coffee when it’s still quiet. Kids doing homework. Friends staying way later than they planned because nobody wants to leave. Holidays that get a little louder every year.

Different leg styles (trestle, slab, steel, custom, whatever fits your space), different woods, finishes, lengths, edge details, indoor, outdoor, somewhere in between. You can keep it clean and simple or go all-in on something that’s completely yours.

If you’ve got a weird space, a big family, or just a vision that you haven’t been able to find anywhere else this is where that actually gets built.

If you’ve been thinking about a table for your home, your patio, your fire pit… this is your sign to stop scrolling and actually do it.

Shoot a message, tell us what you’re thinking even if it’s half-formed. We’ll help you dial it in.

Let’s build something you’ll still be sitting around 10–20 years from now.

04/06/2026

This is the shot everyone sees.

It doesn't show the late nights, the sawdust, the measuring twice, or the starting over. Doesn't show any of that. But this moment right here is exactly why I do it. Custom cabinetry, built by hand, right here in the Poconos. If you've been thinking about a custom build, let's talk.

Black Diamond Timber and Joinery Co.

03/25/2026

I love seeing the stuff we make on display at local businesses!

If you're in the area, and you haven't had a chance yet to check out Hanna's Farm Market, definitely take the time to head over there, somewhere between a local grocer, and country boutique, they are doing something super special, local meats and produce, and snacks, handmade gifts, and more!

I can't drive through Pocono Pines without stopping!

03/22/2026

I love this wood. I love this shop. I love what we make here.

I spend a lot of time on these posts trying to figure out how to show people that. And I notice the same thing everybody notices. A lot of what's out there isn't real anymore.

I even see it in places you wouldn't expect. People fighting against data centers running ads made by AI. I'm not judging anybody. This stuff is everywhere.

But Black Diamond is handmade. That goes for what comes out of the shop and what goes on this page. Same hands, same eye, same care.
That's just who we are.

If you've got a project, a vision, something you want built and built right, come talk to us. We're in the Poconos and we'd love to make something with you.